Questions tagged [virtualbox]
VirtualBox is a free, open source virtualization program from Oracle for the x86/x86_64 architectures.
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How to prevent disk corruption on Virtualbox
I have a btrfs filesystem with redundant metadata in a virtualbox image. After a host system crash the btrfs partition experienced some corruption, which is counter to the guarantees of the filesystem,...
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What could be causing my VM to have video and audio difficulties?
I have bought a new computer, and although I was informed that it was not tested for Linux I bought it anyway. Linux works fine, but there is a problem I have come across when using Virtualbox VMs.
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How to resize VirtualBox volume disk with Microsoft Windows?
I have Apple Macbook (MAC) with 128G volume space.
I received Virtual Machine (VM) in Open Virtual Appliance file (OVA file) with size 25G. After import that file in VirtualBox that space grow to 50G....
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How can I ssh into a Virtual Box Windows 7 guest from a Linux host?
I've installed Cygwin on the guest and set up sshd. I can ssh localhost from within the guest.
The virtual machine is connected with a "NAT" adapter, and I've set up a port forwarding rule for the ...
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Is it possible to always work in a virtual machine / create full machine backups (not tied to particular hardware?)
I've recently had a hardware failure with my personal machine and need to temporarily use a different computer while waiting for parts etc. Setting this up for me to work (often coding) productively &...
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Debian64 VM VBox startup error: Windows Host
I have just installed (possibly incorrectly) Virtual Box additions on my Debian64 virtual machine and when I start up that machine it gives me an error:
[FAILED] Failed to start vboxadd-service....
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Sql server doesn't have access to VirtualBox shared folder
I am trying to configure Log Shipping in SQL Server between two VirtualBox machines. On both machines SQL Server 2008 R2 has been installed. The OS of the machines is Windows Server 2008R2.
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virtual box stuck at "starting virtual machine" 0%
After upgrading to virtualbox 4.2.16 all of my VMs get stuck at launch.
I tried downgrading to 4.1.26, but I still get the same problem.
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Drag and drop doesn't work in VirtualBox, host is Windows 10, guest is Windows 7
My host is Windows 10 and my guest is Windows 7. I enabled Devices > Drag And Drop > Host to Guest. I failed.
Then I tried the this method which states I should open Windows Explorer.exe as ...
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Create additional WiFi via dongle while remaining connected to the internet
I am currently doing a project where a mobile robot needs to be connected to a Linux machine via a local wireless network and the IP address of the computer must not change. I now want to port the ...
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Windows 8 is using DHCP but not getting a new address
In the properties window of both IPv4 and IPv6 (accessed from Control Panel\Network and Internet\Network Connections), "Obtain an IP address automatically" are selected, but ipconfig shows the IPv4 ...
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How to access apache server running in virtualbox from host?
I want to access apache web server running in centos virtualbox. With my laptop connected in office lan network, I can access that webserver with bridged networking mode. But what I want to do is, ...
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My Fundamental Misunderstanding of Google Cloud/Compute Engine
So my goal is to be able to run some programs/applications on remote computer (windows), all day long. So I created a Google Compute Engine VM Instance, win server 2008 R2 (desktop), with 1 CPU and no ...
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Windows 10 install immediately stuck on blue window logo [duplicate]
I downloaded the Windows 10 Enterprise trial ISO, created a VirtualBox VM of the "Windows 10 64bit" type, gave it 2 CPU cores and 10GB of RAM, entered the ISO in its virtual DVD drive, and started it.
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Virtualbox, how to force a specific CPU to the guest
I have a XP guest in VirtualBox, windows 8 host. The guest shows the processor transparently same as the host (i5 2500k). However most of the installers don't recognize this processors and fail to ...
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Windows Bash vs Ubuntu in VM and the SSH
i have been looking around for some time, but i have not been able find out what the difference is between the new Bash For Windows 10 and a ssh into a Ubuntu running in a VM (With the windows drives ...
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Copied a VM to a new machine and it doesn't work
I'm very new to Virtual Machine concepts. I copied a VM that is working on a machine to an another machine, and I wasn't able to start the copied version.
When I tried to open it up, I get this error:...
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is there any way to ensure VT-x is both supported and enabled in Lenovo ThinkStation P500
Scenario ... i am trying to run windows DataCentre 2008 64-bit under vBox 5.1.26 on a ThinkStation P500.
regardless whether VT-d (sic) is enabled, Windows 10 Pro Task Manager shows virtualization is ...
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Virtualbox Guest keyboard not inheriting Host keymap
I have a MAC OS/X host system running a Xubuntu as guest.
In my MAC, in the shortcuts/key mappings, I chose to reverse the Command/CTRL keys (cause I use a PC keyboard and I'm used to it)
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Oracle VirtualBox connecting USB device
Oracle VirtualBox (v 4.3.4 r 91027) installed on Windows 7 64-bit throws this error message:
Failed to attach USB device STMicroelectronics STM32 STLink[0100] to the virtual machine ..
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Virtual Machines and UUID changing
Where I work, we are attempting to implement a VM cloning solution for some of our machines. We have a piece of software that needs to be on the cloned image. When I clone the VM the software throws ...
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How to set up cluster of VirtualBox VMs?
I'm trying to have 3 VirtualBox VMs all running at the same time on one host (Windows host, Ubuntu guest) so I can test running clusters of various services.
Problem is, I can't get the networking ...
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Is there a way to increase monitor resolution by some software?
I want to control many windows without tab thing, just use keys on Numpad to change position and size of controlled area by "+" and "-".
For example, there are 4 windows 2 with Virtualbox, and two ...
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How to disable Hyper-V in Windows forever? [duplicate]
I am using Oracle VirtualBox oftet, which conflicts with Hyper-V feature of Windows, which I don't use. So, I am turning Hyper-V off.
Nevertheless, from time to time, probably during major upgrades, ...
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Installing then Running VMware or VirtualBox causes my Windows 7 PC to not boot up after shutting down?
At work I use a Windows 7 PC but I am a programmer and face problems in Windows while working on some types of development, so I want to have a virtual Ubuntu Linux machine that I can use when I ...
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Which VirtualBox network scenario to chose for single demo VM with webserver
I have to setup a demo system for a web application with these requirements:
On a Windows device (laptop) a virtual Ubuntu (16.04) system is to be set up using VirtualBox 5.0.40. This guest system ...
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Unable to connect to Apache(httpd) running inside VirtualBox Guest from LAN
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To be able to connect to httpd running inside a guest from other machines on the same LAN as the host.
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I have configured a NAT interface with port forwarding on the guest. ...
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Cannot reach to shared folder of Fedora host from Virtualbox Windows 10 guest
I've decided to give Fedora a whirl and installed the Fedora Workstation 26. I also need to use Windows every now and then for MS office suite.
I've got a working Windows 10 VM running in ...
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Can't connect to host network from virtual machine
I have a centos virtual box machine which is hosted on ubuntu, on ubuntu I'm connected to open-connect VPN and I want to use this VPN through centos 6.7 virtual machine.
I have set up Virtual Box ...
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Why can't I use/browse the internet while performing port scanning?
I am running the rolling release of Kali as a guest OS on windows through Virtualbox and dealing with the following problem...(which I believe is a result of misconfiguration of software)
I am ...
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Why does Kali Linux only allow a wired internet connection in VirtualBox?
As you can see from the screenshot below, my virtual machine of Kali Linux in VirtualBox will only allow for me to get connected to the Internet by an ethernet cable, which I don’t have.
I want to ...
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How to configure a linux router so that DHCP is only used on one interface?
I'm using Virtualbox for this lab.
I'm currently working on a project where we would like to have a Linux router to route traffic between multiple Virtual Machines. We also want the router to be able ...
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Trying to setup a netwrok between Ubuntu and virtualbox
I am running ubuntu on my machine with another ubuntu in Virtualbox, I am trying to make them connect together so they both have access each others and both can access the internet.
This is the ...
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VirtualBox - How to solve "VT-x not available" when VT-x is turned on in BIOS? [duplicate]
I have a VirtualBox that was working before I installed Docker for windows.
Now when I try to open a VM (64bit) that was working I get the follow error:
VT-x is not available (VERR_VMX_NO_VMX).
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Virtualbox, merging snapshots and base disk
I have a virtual machine with about 30 snapshots in branches. The current development path is 22 snapshots plus the base disk. The amount of files is seemingly having an impact now on IO and the dev ...
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Network adapters in Virtualbox virtual machines
When setting up a virtual machine with Virtualbox, in the Network configuration section it is possible to select from various emulated adapters:
The default one, automatically selected at the VM ...
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Can't use VirtualBox shared folder as Apache document root
Having jumped through several hundred hoops I've finally managed to get Centos 5.8 to mount a VirtualBox shared folder (which is not read-only), which now appears at:
/media/sf_sites
This is a ...
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How do I copy/paste into a minimal installation of CentOS on VirtualBox?
I am trying to copy&paste from my local Windows machine into my CentOS guest machine, running on VirtualBox. The CentOS installation is minimal (only the console).
I followed this guide, and ...
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Windows10 bypassed my bogus proxy, or did it?
I'd like to know what could I have done to let Windows bypass a fake proxy setting.
I want to keep Windows 10 host offline while the guest machine would be able to use the internet. I just need 10 ...
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Unable to log in to Azure VM running in Hyper-V
I have a virtual machine hosted in azure. I want to run this machine locally to make some tests so I downloaded the VHD image and created a VM in Hyper-V
The problem is that I cannot log in to this ...
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VirtualBox: "USB Device Is Being In Use By Someone Else" error. How to let the guest OS grab it without crashing my Mac?
First of all, I want to make clear that I have read this question:
VirtualBox: "USB device in use by someone else" error, how to make (mac) host let go?
However, although I do everything that the ...
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The ping command fails when I try to ping my CentOS 7 VM’s own interface
I've built a CentOS 7.3 VM using VirtualBox. This VM has the following interface:
[root@localhost ~]# ip addr show enp0s3
2: enp0s3: <BROADCAST,MULTICAST,UP,LOWER_UP> mtu 1500 qdisc pfifo_fast ...
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Why can't I hit a webserver on a (Linux) VM from the host (Windows 10) system?
I've got a Lubuntu 17.04 web server (Sinatra) running in VirtualBox on my Windows 10 Desktop. The VM is configured to use bridged networking, and is assigned an IP address on my local network. (It is ...
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Kali Linux VirtualBox Wi-Fi Config
So I installed Kali on my mac (laptop) the other day and now I'm stuck with a question:
I cant access the internet. My inet is 127.0.0.1 ...
I have set up Bridged connection in the virtualbox config ...
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64-Bit OS is not listed in VM Virtual Box
I just installed VM Virtual Box for testing purposes and I can't setup 64-Bit Guest OS Systems. It just shows 32-Bit OS options.
I'm running my Host OS on Windows 10, 64-Bit; Quad Core CPU from Intel ...
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Why does VirtualBox even need GuestAdditions to resize the guest window
I have struggled with VirtualBox for quite a while, sometimes guest additions installs nicely and everything works, sometimes, like now, I end up with a tiny little window to configure CentOS 7 with ...
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Using Samba to share a folder from a Linux guest with a Windows host in VirtualBox
I would like to share a folder from a Linux Guest with a Windows host (with read and write access if possible) in VirtualBox.
I read in these two links: here and here that it's possible to do this ...
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Virtual Box not opening
I was using VirtualBox normally the other day, when I turned off my Mac and turned it on I keep getting the error, I even tried uninstalling it and reinstalling it and still getting the error, any ...
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ESC and Backspace not working in VirtualBox on Windows host via VNC
I have run into a strange problem. I have a remote host running Windows 7. A VirtualBox VM instance is running Ubuntu.
The host runs a TightVNC server. The Ubuntu desktop is also VNC-enabled.
On a ...
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Putty SSH Tunnel used in Virtualbox as Network-Adapter
I have a Putty SSH Tunnel through a firewall, which works fine. Localhost:8080 proxies everything to the other end.
Now I want a VirtualBox VM use the tunnel as standard eth adapter (I don't want to ...
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