Questions tagged [virtualization]
Virtualization is the process of using software to emulate an entire computer, in which "guest" operating systems can run.
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I can't find UEFI boot in mumy bios to enable virtualization technology
My samsung computer is not legacy it has UEFI. But in my bios, UEFI boot option is not showing. And my cpu is virtualization technology, but I can't find it in the bios to enable.
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Run QEMU in virtualized UBUNTU via VMWARE
I am using Windows host and I would like to run a Vmware workstation ubuntu client. In that client, I would like to run QEMU. The problem I am facing is I cannot turn on the virtual machine with ...
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Imaged windows 7 won't boot
I have a physical windows7 system (HP) and am migrating the user to a new windows10 machine. I'd like to virtualize this machine as a backup. I clonezilla'd the drive and if it was windows 10 I'd be ...
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Virtualization is enabled in BIOS and Windows 11 but running Ubuntu WSL yields 0x80370102
I have a Ryzen 2700X on a B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85), I have SMV enabled in BIOS and it shows up in the taskmanager on the CPU tab as Virtualization: Enabled.
Yet when I start Ubuntu 22.04 ...
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QEMU: how to share guest VPN connection with host
I have a QEMU VM with Windows 10 from which I can connect to a VPN. I would like to connect also the guest system (GNU/Linux) to the VPN, but unfortunately the VPN works only on Windows.
I use virt-...
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Hyper V checkpoints with an Azure VM
Is there any thing in Azure VMs similar to Hyper V checkpoints? I want to preserve the state of an Azure vm, deploy software builds for test and debugging and quickly revert. I do not want or need a ...
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Getting shared folders to work on a VM with open-vm-tools
VMWare Workstation Pro Version 17.0.2 build-21581411
Host System: Win 10 Pro most recent version
Guest OS: Zorin OS 16 Core most recent version
I want to setup a shared folder between my windows host ...
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Networking woes : some physical and virtual machines are reachable and some aren't
I had a sudden problem a few minutes ago (everything has been working fine for months until then), still going on :
The physical machines are
a PfSense router
a networking switch
a KVM virtualisation ...
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Migrating Old Windows XP and 7 machines to VMs to improve security
I work for a manufacturing company which has all kinds of equipment that runs older operating systems. Some have computers that run full blown Windows XP and Windows 7, while others run embedded ...
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Enabling Virtualization (SVM Mode) Causing AMD 7900x Graphics Driver to Fail
I recently built a desktop PC with an AMD 7900X CPU and a Gigabyte B650 Aorus Elite AX motherboard. It is running Windows 11, and I have not installed an external PCIe graphics card. The BIOS settings ...
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undefined symbol : qemu_plugin_get_thread_id()
I have added a new function in api.c file (qemu/plugins/api.c) :
int qemu_plugin_get_qemu_tid(void)
I made changes in qemu/plugins/qemu-plugins.symbols and qemu/include/qemu/qemu-plugin.h as well
I ...
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How to create a bridge device to be used with virt-manager,that I have installed within ubuntu 22.10,installed on the WSL2 system on Windows 11
I've just installed virt-manager on my Ubuntu 22.10 that I've installed within the WSL2 system running on Windows 11 with the aim to virtualize FreeBSD. I've reaized that virt-manager didn't create ...
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Is it possible to allocate a dimm slot to a VM
I read that it is possible to escape a VM by overflowing the RAM and sending something in the main OS.
So would it be possible (even in theory) to allocate one of the RAM stick or dimm port to a VM?
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VirtualBox: Sharing Files From a VM Guest OS's Filesystem to a Path on Its Host OS's Filesystem Like WSL?
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On Windows, Windows Subsystem for Linux — I use WSL 2, but this also applies for WSL 1, as I understand it — makes the guest Linux instance's filesystems available to the Windows host ...
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WSL 2: Unable to install kali linux - WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102
I'm trying to install Kali as Windows Subsystem for Linux. I get below error:
WslRegisterDistribution failed with error: 0x80370102
Please enable the Virtual Machine Platform Windows feature and ...
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Prevent disk read/write access between 2 operating systems
I would like to isolate disks between 2 operating systems. I hope im posting on the correct stackexchange :)
Setup:
1x 2.5 SATA drive with work OS - im not in control of the settings in
this OS
1x 2....
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How to optimise a VM for gaming [closed]
Me and my friend like to play a game called "Red dead redemption 2" but sadly his PC is pretty weak and that's why he doesn't want to play anymore. Yesterday we came up with a solution. My ...
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Login to VM downloaded from Google Compute Engine
I downloaded the disk for a google compute instance as a vmdk and I'm able to bring it up in VMware Fusion (it's a debian 10 instance). However when I run it locally it's prompting me a for username &...
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Is Intel Vt-d actually supported on the ASUS P8P67 Deluxe?
The title is my question but for context, I have enabled Intel Virtualization Tech in the UEFI BIOS on this motherboard and can confirm in my Proxmox hypervisor that IOMMU is enabled (PCI-E pass-...
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FreeBSD 13.2 network on Microsoft's Hypervisor
On the vm I try to connect to the Internet for all needs.
If I ping or try anything it takes forever and no answers are given, at all.
Tried chat GPT and got ideas on updating "/etc/rc.conf" ...
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How do I determine the current blocksize of an APFS filesystem and is it possible to change?
Documentation for APFS is sparse and unhelpful. I'm on a MacBook Pro and trying to make IO requests more efficient in VMs, currently qemu disk image is using a block size of 16k, and the xfs ...
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How to route all network traffic from host OS through a VPN running on the guest OS
I have an Ubuntu VM (guest OS) running on Fedora (host OS) through QUEMU/KVM.
On the Ubuntu VM I have a VPN client running. Because of end-point visibility rules I'd be kicked out if I tried ...
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How to optimize Win11 VM for MS Office only?
I'd like to set up a Windows 11 VM image only for running the latest MS Office (including online collaboration features). There are lots of guides out there on how to optimize VMs, but some ...
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Six buttons mouse do not work in a virtualized environment
I have a six buttons mouse, in this has back and forward buttons, this does not work on a virtualized Proxmox environment.
Environment: Proxmox 7
Image: Ubuntu 22
Mouse: Logi MX Keys
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WSL not enabled in "Turn Windows features on or off"
I am on Windows 11 (22H2) Professional Edition. I enabled WSL2 by doing wsl --install. I did a test run by downloading Ubuntu 20.02 from Microsoft Store and it works perfectly.
However, the option &...
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How do I create a virtual box vm network with internet access that is safe for my physical PC and network?
I am trying to create a network of 1 Server and 2 Nodes in virtual box. I am new to networking in virtual box and have read the docs. How do I create the desired network but protect my physical ...
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Automatically load VMs in VirtualBox on different OS?
Overview: I have a device with multiple operating systems installed, and I use VirtualBox to run virtual machines on each operating system. I often switch between the different operating systems, and ...
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Noxplayer not recognizing VT-x Windows 10 with AMD CPU
I installed Noxplayer with Android 12, but I've got an error message "No VT service detected"
I've followed all steps from FAQ (https://www.bignox.com/blog/nox-doesnt-recognize-vt-even-if-it-...
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Can't access the enhanced session menu after setting it for the first time
I am trying to get the "Connect to" prompt in Hyper-V after I have set some shared folders.
Image: Connect to VM prompt.
Current shared folders are mapped with tsclient. The mapping was done ...
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Hyper-V: Exclude Hypervisor from VM network
I need to run virtual machines on a Windows Server Hypervisor in a different IP network than the hypervisor itself. It is mandatory that the VMs cannot communicate with their hypervisor, but they ...
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VirtualBox/VMWare Fusion w/ Macboon Pro M1Pro chip
I am dying for help here. I have read forums on here, on Oracle site, several other dev sites and I just can't seem to get anywhere. I see so many places that VB 7.0 Beta can now support Apple's M1pro ...
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Can we run old games in a Hyper-V XP VM?
They're really old games that used to run on XP or earlier systems. And of course, many of them don't work as expected when running on newer systems.
I created a Gen1 XP VM with Hyper-V Manager and ...
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I Image Device All Day - And want to run multiple BIOS/UEFI environments for Training/Testing - What do wise ones?
I'm an L2 Support Tech, and as part of my daily activities, I provide assistance walking stores through reimaging their POS/Hardware systems. We mainly support six or so set units. These devices are ...
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Ubuntu Xen guest: reboot inside guest or use console?
I can't seem to find any information about using the Xen host (xm reboot) reboot command compared to using the reboot command within the guest itself (I'm using Ubuntu guests).
Can I assume the Xen ...
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WSL was working, but stopped and I can't enabled virtualization
Docker and WSL were working on my computer for many years. Last night there was a short power outage, and this morning when try to activate WSL, I am getting the error:
$ wsl
Please enable the Virtual ...
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How can Virtualbox and Multipass coexist on the same system?
I am running an Ubuntu 22.04 (KDE Neon) on an Intel Haswell i5-4570 CPU.
I installed Virtualbox (6.1.38-dfsg-3~ubuntu1.22.04.1) to be able to run the occasional Windows application, and I installed ...
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Hyper-V: my custom virtual switch disappears from time to time
On my Windows 10 Pro x64 PC, I have Hyper-V with multiple VMs. Some VMs use a custom virtual switch (let's call it "MySwitch"), which I need so that I can set it to type "External" ...
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Hyper-V host virtual switch preference
Couldn't find any decent info online, may be my lack of searching skills.
Situation:
Hyper-V host with external virtual switch (shared with host) and internal virtual switch. IP's received in both ...
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performance issue with Workstation pro and enabling VT on Dell XPS 17
I recently moved from MAC to this very beefy CPS laptop with 64gb of ram and i9 12k processor.
However, I noticed a dramatic performance reduction when I moved my VMs from MAC to windows.
I decided to ...
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How to connect standalone QEMU sessions to libvirt user-session?
I would like to have qemu started machines running in user space, but during development I would like to issue commands to it using virtsh. (note, this is not because I need virtsh, but the QEMU ...
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Does Hyper-V properly schedule on CPU with Performance and Efficient Cores?
New CPUs (at least in the consumer market) will eventually likely all have the split into performance and efficient cores that Intel has started with the 12000 series.
I have seen some bad/dumb ...
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How to record sound coming through left and right channels in a 3.5mm cable in a laptop(Windows)
I want to record sound which is coming from another PC though output(3.5mm jack). I don't want to externally join left or right channels to the microphone slot in the 3.5 mm cable. In the receiver ...
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QEMU + KVM (Keyboard, Video and Mouse) what are my options?
I'm using QEMU with KVM (kernel based virtualization) and I want to connect my virtual machines to my physical KVM (keyboard, video and mouse) switch.
GPU passthrough would be an option but I don't ...
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How to get a memory dump in a Hyper-v enabled environment
I was conducting some experiments in memory forensics, during which I needed to extract the memory of a virtual machine in Vmware Workstation to make an image. I enabled the Hyper-v feature in the ...
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Use DHCP server from local network for guest system
I have a host system connected to with eth0 interface to the local network. Host system get network config from DHCP server that runs in this local network.
I want to test PXE related configuration of ...
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When using hyper-v virtual machine and running a game why the game window is so small and can't be maximize?
on my original main system i have windows 10 pro and i created a new virtual machine using hyper-v and installed on the virtual machine windows 8.1 pro
screenshot of the game window i marked it with ...
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Changing which gpu is controlling the primary display (From nvidia to AMD)
I am using Nobara on my desktop computer. Currently I have two gpus one GTX 1070 and an AMD Radeon 6700XT. At the moment when I boot into Nobara, the 1070 is the one which is chosen as the main ...
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Using vagrant can I use vb.customize "modifyvm" to migrate the processor type from Intel to AMD64 for a certain VM while downloading and installing?
Using vagrant can I use vb.customize "modifyvm" to migrate the processor type from Intel to amd64 for a certain VM while downloading and installing?
This is the vagrantfile I'm using
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Can OCS Inventory installed on the host get the list of softwares installed on a Virtual Machine?
Suppose OCS Inventory is installed on a Windows host to inventoriate installed programs, but there is at least one Virtual Machine installed, like Oracle VM Virtual Box, with a guest OS, let's say, ...
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Singularity container best practice - install libraries inside or outside of container?
I am building a singularity container for my project. My project has a bunch of dependencies like python libraries and a simulator program.
Should I install these libraries and the simulator program ...
