Questions tagged [virtualbox]
VirtualBox is a free, open source virtualization program from Oracle for the x86/x86_64 architectures.
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Can an OS inside Virtualbox work with devices not supported by the parent OS?
I'm trying to transfer from Windows to Debian. But, currently Debian just can't connect with my network printer device. Is it possible to install Windows XP inside a VirtualBox and get it to ...
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Rebooting Windows 7 in VirtualBox after Windows Updates hangs
I installed Windows 7 Enterprise 32 bit with VirtualBox. The install went great. Now I'm trying to install the Windows Updates and when I do the suggested reboot from the Windows Updates applet it ...
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Share wireless connection for a Windows 7 host and VirtualBox guest
I am using a Windows 7 x64 laptop as my VirtualBox host. And I'd like my single-NIC Linux guest to share the wireless connection of host.
I want my guest to be a network peer of the host, so using ...
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Wireshark cannot see traffic from a VirtualBox guest on Windows 7
I have been trying to use Wireshark to capture some traffic that comes from a virtual machine.
The setup is:
Windows 7 host
Ubuntu guest
VirtualBox 4
I send some packets from the guest to the host ...
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How to fix virtualbox startup error: "vboxadd-service ... failed!"
I'm using VirtualBox 4.0.8 with Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit host and debian 6.0.1a amd64 guest (in CLI mode).
I installed Guest Additions and it seems to work, at least partially, as I have ...
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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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Configuring GRUB to choose different OS when inside VM
On my laptop, I've got a dual-boot configuration with Windows 7 and Linux OSes installed.
I am also using Linux via Oracle VirtualBox (through raw VMDK file) when working in Windows.
Since I have ...
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Can Host Mac OS access web server located at Guest Windows 7 in VirtualBox
I wonder if it's possible to access jboss web server which I can access in virtual box windows 7 as guest using localhost:8080 on mac as host?
The current network is NAT. Do I need to change it?
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Ubuntu grub menu - detect partitions
I installed Ubuntu to spare raw partitions using VirtualBox, and have managed to get it to boot up and get it fully working in VirtualBox.
Now I want to be able to boot it natively too. My current/...
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How to keep Virtualbox from being uninstalled by kernel update in yum
I use fedora, and installed virtualbox-ose from rpmfusion. It seems that the virtualbox-ose is compiled against certain kernel versions. If I update kernel with yum update, virtualbox-ose will be ...
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Virtualbox - Installed Ubuntu to raw partition, but won't boot up in virtualbox
I have managed to install the latest version of Ubuntu to raw partitions in VirtualBox. But now when i try to boot it up in VirtualBox it's giving me:
error: Unknown filesystem.
grub rescue> _
I'...
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Howto manually force Windows 7 to work in the way as it had SSD vs hard drive [duplicate]
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Confirming that Windows 7 is using SSD optimizations
I have a SSD and Windows 7 working in virtual environment (VirtualBox).
Windows 7 works great with SSD but I wonder may ...
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Automatically create snapshot before launching VirtualBox VM?
Does anyone have a script or know how to write one to automatically take a snapshot of a VM before launching it for use?
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Are there any real advantages to assigning more "cores" to VirtualBox?
I have an 2.8 quad core i7 with a VirtualBox. I have the option of assigning up to 4 cores to a guest machine, but I have only been doing two. What are the advantages/disadvantages of assigning more ...
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VirtualBox - How easy is it to export Ubuntu VDI to raw partitions
I would like to ask how easy is it to export an Ubuntu VDI in VirtualBox to raw partitions and make them boot natively with the boot menu?
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Virtualbox - ubuntu installing to partition
Hi I would like to install a fresh copy of Ubuntu on separate partitions to the host in VirtualBox, which is also Ubuntu.
I have managed to create VMDK files to point to the raw partition. But I need ...
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Multiple VirtualBox guests - SSH into them
I have a Ubuntu VirtualBox host and two Ubuntu guests. I need to be able to ssh into both guests and be able to ssh to/from guest1 and guest2.
I'm really stuck. I've tried NAT settings, bridged ...
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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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Share Virtual Box files to Windows Network (
I have a Virtual Box with Ubuntu 10.10 minimal installed. The computers that is running the virtual box is windows 7. How would I be able to access the files in the virtual box from Windows?
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VirtualBox on Mac: getting a network connection?
I've installed VirtualBox on a Macbook with Mac OS 10.6 and it's running great. Inside the VirtualBox I'm running Ubuntu 10.04. Really impressive setup and install process.
However, there's one ...
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Booting a virtual machine non-virtually
I have a VirtualBox virtual machine that I use regularly. In order to use it on many computers, I carry it around on a USB drive.
Sometimes, however, I come across a computer that doesn't support ...
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Make Image of real Ubuntu hard drive from PC and run in VirtualBox on Mac
I want create a image of my PC Laptop and run the image as a virtual machine on Mac OS.
I have already VirtualBox installed.
What can I do now?
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VirtualBox machine with two disks - How to create/restore snapshots for only one?
I have a Linux virtual machine with two disks, one is mounted as / and the other one as /home. I'd like to take a snapshot of / but not of /home so that I can later come back to a clean system and ...
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Where can I configure wireless to be passed on to the Virtualbox guest?
I have WinXP install in virtualbox which host in Linux. I have a TP-Link (TP-WN321G) USB wifi adapter and have the driver installed inside WinXP. When I plug-in the wifi adapter, there is an option ...
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How to get Windows 7 to open directories with single click and files with double click?
I've got a Windows 7 VM (VirtualBox) running on my Macbook, and I'm slowly working my way towards a configuration that gives as consistent behavior as possible between OS X and Windows.
In OS X ...
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What is the difference between red and green hard disk activity in Oracle's VirtualBox?
Here are some screenshots, so you know what I'm talking about:
Red Activity
Green Activity
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When does a VirtualBox snapshot actually happen
I spend a lot of my job writing documentation for the installation of software on my employer's servers. Sometimes this is quite complicated, so I do the initial work inside a virtual machine running ...
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Configure Virtualbox-nonfree to use VNC instead of RDP for remote desktop
I'm using VirtualBox-nonfree on Linux Mint (based on Ubuntu), and have the VM installed and working all fine.
I noticed there is a Remote Desktop feature built into VirtualBox, which would come in ...
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Virtual OS using same Wallpaper as Host
Greetings,
I'm running a guest Linux OS on top of Windows XP, which rotates its wallpapers using the PowerToy Wallpaper Changer. I'm hoping for a way for my guest OS to somehow detect which wallpaper ...
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Ubuntu 11.04 Server host w/ VirtualBox and a windows 2003 server guest, doesn't recognize the network adapter
I have an Asus Extreme II motherboard with onboard chipset for ethernet. Running Ubuntu 11.04 Server with VirtualBox. The Windows 2003 Server guest, doesn't recognize the network adapter. Installed ...
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VirtualBox: How to restore a deleted configuration file?
Somehow a lot of things went wrong with VirtualBox. The configuration-file (which is an xml-file) was cleared, because there was most probably no space left on the disk.
The harddisk file was lost in ...
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Is it possible to assign more video memory in VirtualBox?
I am currently using VirtualBox to run a Fedora 15 VM. While changing my settings, I allocated 128MB of video memory, as well as enabling 3D acceleration.
Is there any way to assign more video memory?...
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Accessing windows network printers from a VirtualBox WindowsXP client
Is it possible to access windows network printers from a VirtualBox WindowsXP client running under Ubuntu 10.10 host?
The networking type is NAT.
Would Bridged Networking solve the problem? If so, ...
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VirtualBox: Is trying harmful programs completely safe for the host? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Can a virus from a virtualbox vm affect the host computer?
OK, first I need to say that I know that this has already been asked. However, I couldn't find this specific ...
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VirtualBox: how do I install a specific version of Ubuntu?
I'm really new to VirtualBox (and server stuff generally).
I'm using VirtualBox on MacOS and I need to install version 10.0.4 of Ubuntu.
The setup for VirtualBox only allows you to specify Linux > ...
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Network problems after installing text-only Fedora 14 using VirtualBox
A small background.
I've just subscribed to virtual dedicated server running Fedora 14.
But before starting to setup it, I've decided that it is a good idea to try all installing/configuration on my ...
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VirtualBox Booting from Raw Disk Error
I'm using Ubuntu (11.04) on a triboot machine, and I'm trying to boot the XP partition at /dev/sda1 using VirtualBox.
I've run
VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename sda.vmdk -rawdisk /...
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VirtualBox -- choosing a shared directory?
has anyone tried designating their entire user directory as the shared VirtualBox directory? All the examples on the web seem to illustrate the sharing of some self-contained directory, but it would ...
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Installing VirtualBox 4.0.8 on Windows 7 hangs
I already have a previous version of VirtualBox 4.0.4 on my computer and I want to make an upgrade by a direct "overwritten-installation".
But every time I try to do so, the installation get stuck ...
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How can I restore a VirtualBox operating system after a clean install?
Before I wiped my computer, I was careful to back up my VirtualBox operating system and all of its configuration files which were stored at ~/.VirtualBox. Now that I've reinstalled my host OS and ...
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How to (legally) get Windows virtual machine on linux via VirtualBox without buying Windows
My goal is to install Windows 7 on a virtual machine running on Ubuntu. The Lenovo machine came with Windows 7 installed, but did not come with a boot disk.
What are my options? Should I ask Lenovo ...
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Where can I download copies of a Windows XP ISO image with Internet Explorer 6 or Internet Explorer 7 for VirtualBox? [closed]
I have Windows 7 Professional hosting Ubuntu inside VirtualBox for my development machine. To test my site, I run Internet Explorer and hit my Ubuntu box. This works great for Internet ...
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Adding shared folders with Virtual Box
I thought I should ask this as another question since the last screen is filling up.
I was able to install Linux Mint ver.10/Julia with Virtual Box. My problem now, is that I am still trying to run ...
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Debian networking stopped working after cloning VM image (virtualbox)
After I cloned a VirtualBox VM image, either original nor cloned Debian 6 (squeeze) image have networking works anymore.
I've read A TON of articles online describing modifying the /etc/udev/rules.d/...
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What would happen if i run 3-4 virtual machines on a dualcore cpu?
How would my macbook work when i use 4 computers on only two cores? My school is trying to save money so we are supposed to run a server with at least two clients in virtualbox. Afaik each machine ...
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Why does my guest virtual machine keep freezing?
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In the past when my guest VM froze, I looked at windows task manager and saw very little ram. This led me to conclude "the host put the VM out of physical memory and into virtual memory (...
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How to tell Guest OS to treat USB port as network card?
Computer 1
Motherboard 845GBV
Host OS Windows XP
Guest OS Linux slackware (via Virtual Box)
Network via USB modem
USB port 3/6
Computer 2
Motherboard Asus P7P55D-E Pro
OS Windows ...
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Can I access an encrypted USB in Ubuntu VirtualBox VM?
I used the standard disk utility on another 2.6.x Ubuntu desktop to encrypt a USB device. Can I access this through a similar VM on a Mac OS X host?
I don't have any problems accessing normal USB ...
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Buffer I/O error while booting from BackTrack 4.0 live CD using VirtualBox
I am facing a problem while installing BackTrack 4.0 on my VirtualBox installation. After assigning a hard drive and booting from the live CD, I am receiving a error message as follows.
Loading, ...
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How to decrease the CPU usage when running Virtual Box?
I am facing an issue with 100% CPU usage under my system when running VirtualBox. Here are some further details:
My System Information:
CPU 1 name: Intel(R) Pentium(R) Dual CPU T2310 @ 1....