From the VirtualBox Website: VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of ...
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VirtualBox Scoll Up/Down Guest Terminal
I have a FreeBSD guest on an XP host.
BSD has no GUI, so it just boots up to the terminal. The output of most commands is more than is visible on the screen, but I can't scroll up/down in the ...
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How can I access data from another vbox?
I am using Oracle as my VM running an Ubuntu VBox. During the initial setup, I moved and configured a lot of information on it. Before I did a snapshot (my bad!) a power failure crashed the vbox and ...
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Boot from flash drive then start VirtualBox
I want to put a very small OS on a flash drive with minimum necessary requirements for running VirtualBox 64 bit machines. Can I make it with Tiny Linux or something similar?
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Any way to rescue corrupt Win 7 VirtualBox image giving “FATAL: No bootable medium found”?
My Ubuntu workstation froze completely, so I had to reset it.
Afterwards, when I launch VirtualBox (v 4.1.4) and try to power on a Windows 7 image, I just get "FATAL: No bootable medium found!".
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What is a benefit of using separate HDD / RAID controller?
I have Asus P6T Deluxe V2 motherboard with integrated HDD controller providing 6 SATA II (3 Gb/s) ports. I use this controller for 2 SSDs and 4 HDDs. SSDs and one HDD are for host system (Windows 7 ...
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Re sizing VirtualBox vhd with windows 7 host and windows xp client
I am stuck on one step of resizing a virtual hardisk... I followed the instruction used found in this Youtube video...
Video I followed
Well that worked. But my windows xp virtual still had the ...
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How to enable WiFi bridged networking in VirtualBox ? [closed]
I would like to set up my virtual machine (Debian 6.0.4 64 bit) in VirtualBox on Windows 7 64 bit host OS.
When I launch my virtual machine with NAT networking option everything runs fine but when I ...
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How do you auto-type the contents of the clipboard from the host into a guest Virtual Box instance?
In the case where clipboard sharing is not possible, because there is just a console and no GUI.
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Virtual machine failed to wake from saved state
Virtual machine ( ubuntu 11.10 ) was in saved state. Restoring virtual machine gives following error
Failed to open a virtual machine my-ubuntu
Failed to load unit HGCM
Details:
Result ...
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How do I run VirtualBox as a service in Windows Server 2008 R2? [closed]
I have Windows Server 2008 R2 and I'm trying to run VirtualBox as a service. I've read postings by various people in WWW discussion forums who claim that this is possible, and I've tried following ...
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Can't get bridged networking to work between linux guest virtual machine and Mac host
I'm trying to establish bridged networking from linux mint vsn 12 in virtualbox to a Mac Lion host.
Mac config:
Network setting: en3 configured by DHCP
Sharing setting: Internet Sharing ...
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virtualbox on windows 7 -> host wireless connection interrupted when guest OS starts
I've been trying to use virtualbox on a windows 7 laptop , connected to wireless network. As a guest OS I have Ubuntu 10.10. When starting the virtual box, as soon as Ubuntu is loading (after login, ...
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How do I set permanent IP for my VirtualBox using Bridge adapter?
I'm running a web (development) server on my Virtualbox (Ubuntu 11.1).
I'm moving around a lot and thus I get various IP addresses on my computer.
Each time I get a new IP adr I have to change ...
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VirtualBox? Hangs on creation of new VM from VHD with Windows 7
Does this product even work on Windows 7 (64 bit)? It says its supported, but I have tried about 5 times in a row to create my first VM with existing VHD file, and this thing just hangs @ zero percent ...
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Fedora Linux VM guest: How to change screen resolution [closed]
I'm running Fedora Linux 16 as guest system, inside a Windows/VirtualBox host. After install the provided add-ons, only 1024x768 screen resolution displays properly; when I try to increase it, I ...
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Insert floppy img into virtual box
so I have been trying to insert a floppy disk image and supposedly you are supposed to go devices>floppy device>more images? But for me there is no floppy devices. Does any one know the solution to my ...
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Host-only network with multiple VMs
What I'm trying to do is create a host-only network with multiple VMs so as to allow direct access between the host OS and the VMs, but to also allow the VMs limited access to the Internet for things ...
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VirtualBox and Windows 8 - No USB connectivity?
I've tried using 4 different pen drives with my Windows 8 virtual machine in VirtualBox and for some reason it just won't show.
What am I doing wrong?
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Using VMware/Virtual box to simulate a cluster of nodes, but actually using a single machine
I am developing a webapp using Cassandra database which works on a multi-nodes cluster. But I don't have multiple machines to create a cluster while development. Is it possible to create a cluster ...
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VMWare VM's network card not working after VirtualBox installed
I use VMWare workstation and have had no problems with my virtual machines and bridging the network card. However, I installed Virtualbox to check it out and ever since I can't establish a network ...
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Vwmare network card issues possibly after Installation of VirtualBox
I use VMWare workstation and have had no problems with my virtual machines and bridging the network card. However, I installed Virtualbox to check it out and ever since I can't establish a network ...
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How to make Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox accessible from the internet?
I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu server in VirtualBox.
The host is Windows 7 x64.
The guest is Ubuntu 11.10 x64.
I want to make this server accessible from the internet. How can I do it?
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Can't access Apache in my CentOS Virtualbox
I'm setting up a VirtualBox with CentOS so I can test out all my code, etc. on a Linux box instead of the Windows I use for development.
I just got the SSH working (I SSH to localhost:2222 and it ...
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Can't seem to SSH into my CentOS Virtualbox?
I can't seem to SSH into my CentOS VirtualBox 4.0 running on Windows 7 64-bit. SSHD is running.
I've forwarded port 2222 on localhost to the virtual machine (port 22).
The network adapter is NAT ...
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Allow raw access to a partition for a particular user
I have a system that is dual boot Windows/Linux, and VirtualBox installed so that I can also boot Linux in a VM under Windows.
As VirtualBox requires direct access to the Linux partition for this to ...
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OSX: Howto start VirtualBox VM on startup?
The Question
How do i start this Wiki VM at the startup of the OSX Server?
I am running OSX Server 10.6.8 and VirtualBox 4.1.8 r75467 and a Debian Linux VM (called "wiki").
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What I tried so far
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How to run sun virtualbox or qemu using BASH to load one operating system full-screen to the left display where i have one display reserved?
I have a complex case, i do not know how i will solve it but maybe you guys must know it :")
I need to organize a solution which will allow me to run dual head, seam-less mode, everything command and ...
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Booting VirtualBox with Virtual CloneDrive mounted boot media
I have VirtualBox on a Windows7 64bit host, I want to use a WinXP 32bit on it as a guest. I have the installer image - legally - in a format (.img) that is supported by Virtual CloneDrive, but not ...
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How to diagnose problems with virtual machine?
My configuration is -- Linux (as host) using VirtualBox with 3 virtual machines -- all Windows: XP, Vista, Windows 7. All virtual disks are on the same partition, all worked fine until today.
Today ...
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Virtual Machine (VirtualBox) — How to access files from the hosting machine?
I have a PC with Windows 7 Ultimate (A) running on it. From within that OS I have VirtualBox running another Windows 7 instance (B).
Is there any way for the Windows 7 (B) to access files from ...
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Make my Virtual Machine invisible to outside world
I am a total newbie to installing and working on server platform. Just to see how things work I went ahead with installing Ubuntu Server (LAMP) 11.10 on Virtualbox installed on a Ubuntu 11.10 desktop ...
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Cannot access FreeBSD 8.2 client in VirtualBox from host browser
So, on my MacBook I have installed VirtualBox because I want to develop a web app that will be running on FreeBSD OS.
I have installed FreeBSD 8.2 inside virtual PC I have created in VirtualBox. I ...
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How i can install BusyBox on Virtual Machine?
How i can install BusyBox on Virtual Machine? For instance, VMVare or VirtualBox? Where I can see some manuals about this problem?
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What Virtualization Servers support Windows Clients with Direct X?
In advance I'd like to state this question is similar to its predecessors here and here but, those questions are old and I would like an up to date answer based on current technology.
I want to host ...
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Convert VMDK to ISO
I have a disk image that is in VMDK format, and I would like to convert this to an ISO so that I could use this outside of a virtual environment. I know that, at first impression, these formats don't ...
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How to edit file on virtual machine?
I broke my /etc/fstab file on my guest system in VirtualBox. How can I correct it? I tried virt-edit, but I can't get it working.
Guest OS: Debian
Host: Ubuntu
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Not getting 1366x768 screen resolution in LUbuntu installed as a guest on VirtualBox
My laptop supports 1366x768 resolution but, even after installing Guest Additions on my lubuntu-11.10-alternate-i386 virtual machine I have as available resolutions only (from xrandr):
1024x768 ...
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What's a good Linux distribution for a virtual machine? [closed]
I am running Linux only for testing in a VirtualBox vm. I currently use openSUSE. However, openSUSE, like Fedora and Ubuntu, is simply "too complete", i.e. it is a perfect system for running a ...
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Windows 7 - Ubuntu VM .VDI file disappeared
I'm on a Windows 7 laptop and I have two Ubuntu VMs that I've been running under VirtualBox. The first is a 64 bit version of Ubuntu that I don't use, the second is the 32 bit that I do use. ...
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Resize a VM hard-drive (virtualbox)
Is there a way to resize a VM hard drive? I am using virtualbox and I have a VM that has run out of space, looked into the settings but it seems I may have to create another partition. I thought ...
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How do I trap the mouse pointer within a VirtualBox Guest OS?
I'm on a Mac Mini 2011 with VirtualBox installed. I have Windows 7 running as a Guest OS.
My question: How do I "trap" my mouse pointer within Windows? In other words, I don't want my mouse to move ...
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VirtualBox Under CentOS vboxdrv not loaded
I am a newcomer with linux. I have a little problem with linux.
Whenever I try to open [start] virtual box, I get this error and do not know how to fix
VERR_VM_DRIVER_NOT_INSTALLED (rc=-1908)
The ...
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How can I troubleshoot Virtualbox port forwarding from Windows guest to OSX host not working?
There are a plethora of questions about virtual box port forwarding problems but none with my specific details.
I have a Windows install living in Virtual Box, hosted within OSX. I've got several ...
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Ubuntu Guest on Virtual Box keeps crashing
Hi I have a Windows 7 Host, with following specs
4GB RAM
i3 processor
500GB HD
(any other detail required? If so please ask.)
I have Virtual Box v3.2.12
I installed Ubuntu 10.10 on Virtual Box ...
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Virtual Box 4 and VT-x enable settings
I attached x64 virtual machine, but when I run it, I got error that VT-x is not available. Hardware virtualization enabled for my machine, I know that there is settings for virtual box for enabling ...
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Is running a Windows 7 VM on an SSD a bad idea?
I'm using VirtualBox to run a 64-bit Windows 7 VM, with the guest drive being on an SSD for speed. Host OS is also 64-bit Windows 7.
I know Windows 7 automagically tweaks some settings if it detects ...
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How can I migrate a Windows 7 system image into a VirtualBox VM?
I have a Windows 7 system image (as in Microsoft's built-in backup, not dd or Norton Ghost). Can I convert it into a VirtualBox image? I'm aware that you can do this with dd images.
Even if I'm able ...
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Unable to link No-IP to my website that is hosted on a VBox machine
I have a webserver running on a virtual platform (VBox). Have set the VBox adapter to bridged mode. Am able to access the webpage from my host machine. I have also configured dynamic DNS (No-IP) on my ...
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VirtualBox bridged adapter not installing on Windows 7 host
After installing VirtualBox 4.1.8r75467 on a Windows 7 64 bit host, the bridge adapter doesn't appear to have been installed. It doesn't show in device manager, and in VB, changing Settings > Network ...
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How to create a virtual appliance in VirtualBox
I'm brand new to the concept of virtualization and VMs and have downloaded VirtualBox and created my first VM (an Ubuntu box).
I understand that a "virtual appliance" is very similar to a VM, however ...
