Questions tagged [virtualbox]
VirtualBox is a free, open source virtualization program from Oracle for the x86/x86_64 architectures.
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Use Host VPN in Guest VM
I have a host Windows 7 OS running a guest Lubuntu OS in VirtualBox and I'm trying to configure it so that the Guest OS will use the Host VPN.
So a couple quirks, when the VPN is turned off the guest ...
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Enable Virtualization for Windows 10 Pro running inside VirtualBox
My ultimate goal is to run docker for windows inside a Windows 10 Pro (evaluation).
To do that,
Downloaded Windows 10 Pro evaluation image from Microsft website,
Mounted it with virtual box
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Can I safely ignore the windows logo testing warning when Installing VirtualBox on Windows XP?
When I download the xp version of VirtualBox from http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/3.0.12/VirtualBox-3.0.12-54655-Win.exe and run it, it alerts me about not being windows logo tested. It then ...
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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 08:00:...
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How to access webcam from VirtualBox?
I have installed windows XP on Apple MacBook Pro using VirtualBox. Here I want to access webcam from installed windows XP using VirtualBox. Is it possible? If yes, How to do this?
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Stop Ubuntu From Automatically Updating the Time
I just need to set the date temporarily. I run this
date 051918002010.00
and it sticks for just 5 seconds or so. Then it syncs with the time server. I have tried:
ps aux | grep ntp
but there is ...
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How do I recover files from a corrupt VDI file?
Is it possible to repair a corrupt VDI file? The OS on the VDI (XP) doesn't boot at all, it just hangs at a black screen. I was getting file errors before on its last boot, but now its not working at ...
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Host-only-like interface in KVM
I just migrated from Virtualbox to KVM, everything is very good. But I've a little bit confused in network adapter type.
In Virtualbox I have host-only adapter, which are virtual nic (no bridge), and ...
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How can I access a VirtualBox host-only network from outside the host machine?
I'm using Vagrant to deploy a large virtual network environment for testing out some applications and network activity. I'm using host-only networking so I can define all the IP addresses in my ...
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227 Entering Passive Mode (0,0,0,0,...) when connecting to vsftpd FTP server
As said in the title, I don't manage to connect my Windows 10 host to my FTP server on the VirtualBox guest side (Ubuntu 18.04).
On the guest side, the vsftpd server works fine, I can connect without ...
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Failed to open a session for the virtual machine (VirtualBox)
Was not using VirtualBox for some time and now found that it stopped working (as usual).
When running, the following error appears
Some details
VT-d is enabled in BIOS
Host system is Windows 8
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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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Mounting external usb harddisk (ext4) in virtual box in windows
I would like to mount my external linux formatted usb harddrive in a virtual machine. The host is windows 7. Unfortunately virtual box doesn't enumerate the external harddrive in the options menu of ...
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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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Changing Windows 10 System Clock Doesn't Work
I'm trying to post-date my Windows 10 system by one year. I go into the Windows menu to change date and time. I press 'Change', it opens a window, I choose 2020, I press 'Change', then the clock ...
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Can't access internet from inside Virtual Box
I have used Virtual Box on my system before and was able to access the internet. I just reinstalled Virtual Box and installed XP inside it. I cannot access the internet from within.
When I look in ...
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"A disk read error occurred" when booting XP disk image in VirtualBox
I'm trying to boot an XP installation cloned into VirtualBox from a real drive. I'm getting the message
A disk read error occurred
Press Ctrl+Alt+Del to restart
whenever* I try to boot the machine.
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How to solve the issue of VirtualBox showing a VM with UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME?
I downloaded some VM images for VirtualBox from
https://dev.windows.com/en-us/microsoft-edge/tools/vms/mac/
and extracted the files, and set up a new VM on VirtualBox 5.0.12 using the extracted ....
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Linux connect from host to VirtualBox Guest over virtual serial port
I need to retrieve config file from guest VM without network support. The simplest way to do that is probably to use serial port. As far as I understand I need to create kind of serial port "loop" so ...
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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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Running a 64-bit VirtualBox archive on a 32-bit machine
I received a VirtualBox archive that should import a virtual machine. The archive was created using Mac OS X.
The problem is that it works on 64-bit machines, but not on 32-bit.
On 32-bit ...
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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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VirtualBox - shared clipboard not working
Months ago I followed these steps and got shared clipboard working:
https://superuser.com/a/42140
Now, I didn't shut off my VM for several days, but instead just saved the current state. I powered it ...
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VirtualBox fails to start on Windows Server 2003
For reasons I cannot disclose, I need to install a Linux server within a VirtualBox host running in Windows Server 2003. Unfortunately, VirtualBox fails to start, giving me an error that seems to ...
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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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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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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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How to mount a VirtualBox .vdi disk on Linux?
I am running Fedora on a VirtualBox. Sometimes to allow for performing some real hardware testing, I need to run my development environment on a physical machine. So I need the hard disk of the ...
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Virtualbox: Connecting Host-Only networks on separate hosts
If i create multiple ubuntu guests on the same host (windows 7), all with a network adapter configured as "Host-Only" the result is that all guests in the host can ping each other
On windows 7 host, ...
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Is there a way to avoid "Guru Meditation" when doing docker pull?
I have Win 7 32-bit, Vagrant + Virtualbox. I spin up a Ubuntu 14.04 VM (4cpu and 1.5G RAM) and install docker. Then, I execute a
docker pull jenkins
RAM use on the VM zooms to nearly 100%, and ...
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creating a named host for virtualbox accessible from host
For my dev machine, I have windows 7 host with ubuntu guest. I run the guest as the server.
Every time I want to test from the host, I find my current guest IP address, and connect via that (for ...
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Virtualbox clipboard not working
I have problem to make the clipboard works on my VM the informations is following
VirtualBox Version: 5.0.20 r106931.
Host: Ubuntu 16.04 VirtualBox Extension Pack installed.
Guest: Windows 10 Guest ...
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Incorrect password on first login to Kali Linux in VirtualBox
I tried to install Kali Linux on VirtualBox following this guide on Youtube
As per the guide, there was no setup page, as Kali Linux was configured. When I turned on the machine, it booted and went ...
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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 7....
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Connection to VirtualBox machine drops as soon as VPN is enabled
I have a VirtualBox machine running on my Mac and I can connect to it without problems, for example using SSH:
$ ssh [email protected]
user-centos-6:~ user $
As soon as I connect to a VPN from the ...
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Check Point VPN client alternatives
On Windows I can connect to a VPN with the Check Point Endpoint Security client.
However, since my main desktop is Ubuntu 18.04 I found an alternative client (SNX) which worked until some weeks ago. (...
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Portable VirtualBox kernel driver error
I'm using PortableVirtualBox for about a year with no problems.
But from two weeks now -without upgrading or updating anything on Virtualbox or anything
related on my PC- after running any of my VMs ...
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Cannot start VirtualBox on Windows 10 - (Failed to acquire the VirtualBox COM object)
Greetings to the community, I recently tried to open my VirtualBox (windows 10 host OS) after approximately 3-4 months (when everything was perfect). Unfortunately, now the VirtualBox is unable to get ...
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Installing VirtualBox has broken my remote desktop - how can I resolve this?
Recently I installed VirtualBox (and the networking support that comes with it). Everything worked great, it's a lot nicer than the old VM I was using.
However, ever since installing, I can no ...
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Can't enable AMD-V in VirtualBox (hardware virtualization)
In the VM settings, the case VT-x / AMD-V is grey and I can't check it. Why ?
I have a Windows 10 pro host (updated)
I use Vbox 6.1 (the latest)
SVM mode is enabled in my BIOS settings
Windows task ...
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Pitfalls of Windows XP Virtual Machines
What problems have you faced when registering and activating Windows XP under VirtualBox or similar?
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How to obtain the proxy resolver configuration of a Virtualbox VM
Virtualbox provides two configuration flags to modify the DNS behavior of the NAT engine for a virtual machine:
VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --natdnsproxy1 on
VBoxManage modifyvm "VM name" --...
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How can I mount internal ext4 drive as storage for Linux VirtualBox with Windows 10 host?
I have a Windows 10 host PC and a Linux Mint 18.2 virtual machine under Oracle VM VirtualBox (V 5.1.26r). The Windows OS and VirtualBox run from the same hard drive, and I would like to extend the ...
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Disabling instruction set in VirtualBox
How to disabling a particular instruction set in VirtualBox?
A modern host computer should have the latest instruction set, such as AVX.
I want to emulate the situation without AVX in the guest OS, ...
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From VirtualBox VM (.vdi file) to a USB bootable ISO image
I have set up a virtual machine with Xubuntu Linux in VirtualBox.
The disk is 4.5 GB a .vdi file.
How can I make an IMG or ISO file from this, such that I can then write it into a bootable USB flash ...
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How to add a new SATA disk to a running VirtualBox guest?
I installed a Centos7, booted it and want to add a new SATA disk online, but the "storage" part is grey. Other VirtualBox version supports it or is it fully not possible to add a new local disk for a ...
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How do I get a bridge network to work for VirtualBox with Linux guest on a Mac OS X host
Does anybody have the step by step configuration process that would allow VirtualBox running a Linux/Ubuntu guest on a Mac OS X host use the bridge type network using Ethernet and wireless? I have ...
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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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Windows 10 virtual machine disappears in seamless mode in Arch Linux
I have Arch Linux (64-bit) and I installed 32-bit Windows 10 in VirtualBox. Everything seems to work fine—fullscreen, scaled, etc…—except for seamless mode. When I activate seamless mode, the virtual ...
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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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