VirtualBox is a free, open source virtualization program from Oracle for the x86/x86_64 architectures.
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Linux Mint VM in VirtualBox freezes with DISKFULL error
Disk partitioning guide for Linux Mint Debian
This guides shows me how to partition my HD for Linux Mint. I'm trying to install Mint as a guest client on Windows 7 hosted VirtualBox. I used to let it ...
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Is it possible to run my other partition inside of a VM?
So I have dual boot machine with windows 7 and ubuntu 11. I would like to, at times, run a vm from one partition to another. For example sometimes I would like to do certain things in windows while ...
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VirtualBox does not show my VM when launched from the menu
I have installed VirtualBox on Ubuntu 11.04. I launched it from the console and added a virtual Windows XP. Everything was working okay, but when I added VirtualBox as a shortcut to my menu it opens ...
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Creating physical machine from a virtual one [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Is it possible to convert virtual machines to physical environments?
I've come across the question on creating a virtual machine in VirtualBox from a physical one. Is it ...
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How to reduce or remove the need for filesystem checks
I am currently running windows 7 in a virtual machine. After several days of disk-intensive I/O, the virtual machine crashes and needs to run a filesystem check when booting the guest OS back up. (The ...
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Windows Admin Privileges Required After Install
I installed VirtualBox on Windows 7 from an EXE without admin privileges, but now I can't do the following unless I provide admin credentials on my system:
Change/disable Host-only adapter installed ...
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virtual box shared folders
I'm running Windows XP in Virtual Box inside Windows 7. I selected a folder in Windows 7 for Virtual Box to share. However, when I'm in XP, I can't find the folder. Where is it?
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VirtualBox : 1366x768 resolution
My notebook native resolution is 1366x768, however i cant set up virtualbox vms to use that definition.
I cant select from 800x600,1024x768,1280x1024,etc but cant select 1366x768 (native very wide ...
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virtual machine and client OS
I just adjusted my client OS to scale its display to fit the host Windows virtual box and things began to look warped. I want to undo this new setting and re-employ its display to be back to the ...
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Share VirtualBox folders in reverse? Guest-Host?
I'm familiar with the process of installing Guest Additions and sharing host folders with the guest, but is there a way to do the reverse?
I have an XP host and Ubuntu 10.10 guest, with VBox 4.0.2.
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Resizing a Virtual Machine in VirtualBox
How can I resize my Virtual Machine, it is only 10GB and I need probably 50GB for this.
Is it easy to resize the image?
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Mount VirtualBox VDI disk
I have a virtual Windows 7 computer using VirtualBox on a Linux host. How can I mount this virtual pc's harddisk (VDI file) in Linux? It's a dynamic file, meaning that it only takes up as much space ...
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What disk image should I use with VirtualBox, VDI, VMDK, VHD or HDD?
Latest versions of VirtualBox supports several formats for virtual disks, but they forgot to provide a comparison between them.
VDI
VMDK
VHD
HDD
Now, I am interested about a recommendation or ...
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How can I get VirtualBox to play nicely with dual monitors?
I use VirtualBox to run a Ubuntu x64 guest under a Vista x64 host with a 19" and 15" monitor.
I enable seamless mode in VirtualBox, but the windows don't actually move anywhere other than the ...
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How can I run a VirtualBox machine as a service?
I have a VirtualBox machine with Windows XP on a Windows XP Host.
How can I start VirtualBox as a service, so I can get a virtual machine under the hood, and I don't have to start VirtualBox in order ...
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Can you run one virtual machine inside another?
Is it possible to, say, run VirtualBox on Windows 7 with a Linux guest, and inside that Linux machine run Bochs?
The reason is that I'm interested in starting OS development, and I've found that all ...
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What does “auto-mount” do in VirtualBox shared folder setup?
In VirtualBox, Ubuntu guest, Win7 host, I click this "Auto-mount" box, but it doesn't seem to have any effect. I have to edit fstab to get it to mount. So what is it for?
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Dedicated mouse and keyboard for a virtual machine, is it possible?
Let's say I have a PC with two monitors atached. I'm running e.g. Windows Vista natively, and start up a virtual Ubuntu PC. I change to fullscreen mode so that on one Monitor, I see my Windows ...
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How do I set the Apache2 DocumentRoot to a “vboxsf” VirtualBox Shared Folder? (permissions issue?)
I setup Ubuntu 11.04 desktop 32 bit on a VirtualBox VM with a shared folder to the host. The shared folder is
/media/sf_Dev/
I want to change Apache2 to point the DocumentRoot to that folder, so I ...
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Tuning Windows 7 for use in a VM
I'm running Windows 7 in a VirtualBox Virtual Machine, and would like to make it run in a more streamlined fashion. I'll be using the install primarily for testing web apps, and have no need for it ...
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Convert VirtualBox guest into main OS
Is it possible to somehow convert my guest OS to the Host OS?
I have a PC and would like to physically install my current Ubuntu VM into my new notebook.
Is it possible?
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What's better a better VM app: VMWare, Parallels or Virtual PC
From a Windows developer's perspective, which VM application is the best? Why?
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How to copy VirtualBox VDI contents to a partition and dual boot the OS from it?
I'm a Linux user but I keep a compressed Windows XP ISO with me on a pen drive for the case I absolutely need Windows to do something. This works in VirtualBox most of the time.
But now I want to ...
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Virtualbox: Raw linux partition not booting
I have a dual-boot laptop with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. I am trying to boot the ubuntu partition from windows using Virtualbox. I have successfully created the .vmdk, and created the virtual ...
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Windows 8 Start Screen very slow after Guest Additions
I installed Windows 8 Release Preview on a VirtualBox VM, and it worked correctly. Then I installed the Guest Additions to get the correct resolutions.
Now, the Start screen is very slow, takes a ...
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Limiting CPU speed in a virtual machine?
Does anyone know of a way to limit the CPU speed in a virtual machine? Or if there is even a vm software that allows you to do this?
I am trying to find the minimum requirements for a system, given ...
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virtualbox snapshot size
I've started using Windows 7 under VirtualBox on an Ubuntu 10.10 host. I took about 6 snapshots over the course of setting up the VM from the Windows restore image that came with the computer. My ...
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How do I setup a virtualbox server with a static ip?
I'm trying to get a Virtualbox instance running with a very specific networking setup.
Here's what I have right now:
I have a laptop running Ubuntu, hosting a Debian Virtualbox. My loptop regularly ...
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What is the world's smallest-footprint LAMP stack? [closed]
What is the world's absolute smallest known VMWare/VirtualBox image supporting basic Apache/PHP/MySQL functionality? Before or after compression.
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Installing an operating system to a USB drive and booting to it - all within VirtualBox
Is it possible to install an operating system onto a USB drive, and then boot to it, all within VirtualBox? Not like putting the virtual disk on the USB drive. Installing the entire OS there so it can ...
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VT-x/AMD-V Work-Around For VirtualBox?
After converting a Parallels VM to VirtualBox, the converted VM still does not run. VirtualBox says:
VT-x/AMD-V hardware acceleration has been enabled, but is not
operational.... Please ensure ...
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How to access guest server from the web
Ok, here's what I want to do: I want to connect to a webserver running on a virtual machine.
I have an Apache webserver running on my host machine: Windows Vista, which can be accessed from the web.
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Best way to virtualize physical Windows 7 installation in Linux?
Ever since I saw a friend running Windows 7 inside Mac OS X with VMware Fusion, I've been trying to do the same on my laptop, in order to avoid having to reboot every time I have to use a Windows ...
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How to permanently disable mouse integration in Virtualbox?
The "mouse integration" feature in Virtualbox is pretty handy in most cases, but I need to have it disabled. Unfortunately, it looks like I have to press Host+I at every boot of the virtual machine.
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Internet connection fails in Ubuntu on VirtualBox when virtual machine is created from “Import appliance”
I have installed Ubuntu Server 9.10 in a virtual machine in VirtualBox, then I made a cope/clone and exported it with "Export appliance" so I can create many cloned virtual machines.
But when I try ...
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How do you add more space to a Fedora (LVM) partition?
In a nutshell, i have a VM that ran out of space. I increased the size of the VM's harddrive to be 4 times bigger but the OS partition is still only using 1x the space. I need to change the LVM ...
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VirtualBox: VPN networking test environment
I want to setup VirtualBox instances of Ubuntu guest to make a VPN test network. The host is Windows 7 Ultimate.
My hope is to setup a VirtualBox instance which represents a gateway for the test ...
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VirtualBox - XP guest does not see multiple cores/multiple processors
Environment:
Host OS: Win7 Pro 64bit
Guest OS: WinXP 32bit
VirtualBox version: 4.1.4r74291
Processor: Intel Core i7 2630QM with virtualization enabled
The Problem:
I need the guest system to use ...
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Kernel panic booting CentOS 5 image in VirtualBox
I'm using VirtualBox, and have a vdi. It works fine on the virtual machine I originally configured for it, but if I clone it (with VBoxManage clonehd) or just copy it, create a new VM and boot it, I ...
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Has anyone managed to virtualize Windows 7 on a physical disk?
I have Windows 7 installed on a partition and running fine, but I want to access the parition from my Ubuntu installation with VirtualBox. I have created the virtual disk file and everything, but ...
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VirtualBox NAT port forwarding on Ubuntu 64?
I have an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop 64-bit guest OS running on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop 64-bit host OS (yes, the same OS). I'd like to run a web server on the guest and make it accessible through NAT on the ...
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VirtualBox network configuration
I have a CentOS 6.1 virtual machine, virtualized with VirtualBox on Windows XP. This machine hosts my local development MySQL server.
I'd like to find the correct network configuration, so that:
my ...
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Setting up virtual PC (virtual box) as a web server
i am on windows 7. i am thinking of setting up a virtual pc/ubuntu with virtual box to act as a (linux) test web server. how can i set it up? i think the default of NAT networking will fail as the ...
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How to Switch Some Basic Keys in Windows (Windows VirtualBox Guest on OSX Host)
I am going crazy switching between Windows XP in a VirtualBox and the host (OSX), mostly due to the use of control-c, control-v, control-x and that they are different between the two OSes.
Is there ...
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Sharing folders with VirtualBox, Windows 7 Host and Ubuntu 9.10 Guest
I have a development setup from this tutorial: Build Your Own Dev Server with VirtualBox.
But what I can't figure out is how to share a folder on my Ubuntu virtualized machine with the host Windows ...
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SSH from host machine Win7 to guest Fedora Machine in VirtualBox
I'm using VirtualBox on Windows 7 to run Fedora 7. I seem to have my SSH on, as /sbin/service sshd status tells me. When I do an /sbin/ifconfig, I get this:
eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr ...
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Special instructions for CentOS VBox virtual machine?
I am gearing up to create a CentOS 5.5 server virtual machine in VBox and was wondering if there are special instructions, configurations or settings that I should be aware of ahead of time.
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connect to a headless virtualbox instance in Linux?
I've started a headless virtualbox instance with this command:
VBoxManage startvm "Ensembl67VirtualMachine" --type headless
Waiting for VM "Ensembl67VirtualMachine" to power on...
VM ...
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How to import an Image for VirtualBox
I have VirtualBox installed on Ubuntu 64.
I have a few Images I need to import into my Virtual Box.
What I got is a file with *.ovf and a file with *.vmdk
What am I suppose to do with those files?
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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?
