An x86 virtualization software package developed by Oracle (which bought Sun, which bought Innotek).
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Any reason NOT to run Linux in a VM all the time?
I've switched to using Arch Linux for most of my day to day work and don't need Windows for anything but gaming and the couple of apps that aren't ported to Linux like OneNote. My Linux distro is ...
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How to automatically start and shut down VirtualBox machines?
I need to run a software system that is intended to be installed as an appliance on a dedicated machine. In order to save energy, I plan to run the system on a VirtualBox VM instead.
The host is a ...
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Using a LVM partition as a Virtualbox drive
Is it possible to use a LVM partition as a Virtualbox disk?
I can't find any option to use a device as a Virtualbox disk, only disk images.
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Good distro for a VM?
I want a lightweight Linux VM that I can run with VirtualBox on Windows so I can test how to deploy PHP apps, Mono apps, etc. I don't need the UI and was thinking of going with the Ubuntu server ISO. ...
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What's causing VirtualBox OSE to hang my machine?
I'm using VirtualBox OSE and recently, when I run Ubuntu 10.10 on it, my machine tends to hang, forcing me to hard-reset it (not good). How do I start finding where the problem is?
Here's the last ...
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How to make ext4 filesystem sparse?
I am using Linux as guest OS in VirtualBox. I deleted huge number of files from its filesystem. Now i want to shrink the filesystem image file (vdi). The shrinking works by compressing filesystem ...
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Wine vs Virtualbox?
I have used Wine before. I recently heard of VirtualBox. Do they do the same thing? What are the differences and relative merits of these?
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Why is VirtualBox Bridged networking slow
When logged into the guest, data transfer (scp) from the host is very slow (<1MB/s). Is this expected?
setup:
VirtualBox host is Debian Unstable
VirtualBox guest is Debian 6 (Squeeze)
Bridged ...
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How to re-size virtual disk with installed Linux system?
I've got hard system configuration there and I don't want to re-install it again but I need more space now.
Current system space is 30GB.
Seems like it's not possible to re-size disk so what I need ...
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Virtual box machine, Created in windows run on linux?
Can a virtual box machine that was created in Virtual Box for windows run on Virtual box for linux?
And if so do I just need to transfer the hdd files?
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Convert image of a partition into image of a disk with partition table
I have an image of an existing partition generated with dd if=/dev/sdXN of=image.bin. Now I want to use this image as the basis for a virtual machine. I know how to convert the image into a format ...
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How to resize a VirtualBox HDD image
I initially created a dynamically expanding VirtualBox image, and have tried to increase its hard drive space:
VBoxManage modifyhd "VirtualBox VMs/JHBuild/JHBuild.vdi" --resize 16384
After that, I ...
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File permission issues with shared folders under Virtual Box (Ubuntu Guest, Windows Host)
I am using Ubuntu on Virtual Box and I have a folder which is shared between the host (Windows) and the VM (Ubuntu). When I open any file in the share folder in Ubuntu, I can not change it as its ...
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How to convert VMDK to VDI/VHD
It's said that VirtualBox's VBoxManage modifyhd --resize command can only be used on either VDI or VHD files. Sadly, I have a VirtualBox image that is in VMDK format, and I don't know how to convert ...
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Increasing Screen Size/Resolution on a VirtualBox Instance of Centos
I have VirtualBox instance of Centos 5. The screen size is quite small (800*600) and I'd like to increase it to 1280*1080. Under the Gnome preferences for "Screen Resolution" I only get the option for ...
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how to send CTRL-ALT-Fn to virtual box guest Linux?
This should be a simple question:
Host OS: Arch Linux
Guest OS: Arch Linux (GNOME)
How can I send Ctrl+Alt+F1 to my Guest Linux OS?
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VirtualBox guest: 16 CPUs detected but only 1 online
I am running VirtualBox (using the Qiime image http://qiime.org/install/virtual_box.html)
The physical hardware is a 32 core machine. The virtual machine in VirtualBox has been given 16 cores.
When ...
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Self contained VirtualBox VM
I would like to create VirtualBox VMs which are entirely contained in a single
directory (including various aspects that are normally kept in a configuration in the ~/ directory).
The idea is to ...
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How to make a distro be fullscreen on VirtualBox?
I'm running Debian as host and I fail to get Debian, Ubuntu, and Fedora guests to be fullscreen. Changing video memory didn't help.
NOTES:
I haven't tried any other distro
I didn't create WinXP ...
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Do I need acpid in a virtual machine?
I'm always wondering if power management facilities in a virtual machine is necessary?
i.e acpid.
And I'm not sure if they still function in a virtual machine.
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How To Install Virtualbox Guest Additions On CentOS via Command Line only
Reading the Virtualbox user manual, I finally got [here], which explains how to install Virtualbox Guest Additions on a Linux guest via Command Line.
But it's not clear enough for me (I just started ...
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Automate installation of VirtualBox Guest Additions via command-line
How can I install VirtualBox Guest Additions from a Bash script, in a unattended way?
Whenever I run apt-get -y install dkms virtualbox-guest-dkms from the terminal I'm presented with a interactive ...
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Lightweight VirtualBox Host OS for single guest
I'm thinking about replacing some PC's on our network, some win32 and some linux. I'd like to run the actual OS I want in a VirtualBox instance, only one per PC, so I want a mega-thin Linux ...
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Booting the already installed Windows from the VirtualBox installed in Ubuntu
I want to boot the Windows which is installed in laptop's internal harddisk(/dev/sda1) from the VirtualBox installed in my Ubuntu. Can somebody tell me how to do this in VirtualBox.
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Linux Mint won't run virtualbox
I installed Linux Mint 11 Katya with Virtualbox 4.1 once and all was running fine. Then I reinstalled system, and I have a lot of software installed too (including Wine). But when I went through the ...
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Migrating a Virtualbox virtual machine into a physical dual-boot system
I'm running a Linux Mint 12 virtual machine in Virtualbox. I would like to move it into a dual-boot setup with my Windows 7 installation. I have lot of settings in there, and apps installed, and my ...
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Why are my two virtual machines getting the same IP address?
I have two virtual machines both running on a Linux host (Fedora 16). I set both adapters as attached to NAT. When I boot them up they both have their default gateway set to 10.0.2.2. They also ...
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Can applications like VirtualBox run at startup without any users logging in ubuntu?
This question comes to mind because we are tinkering with the idea of going VM with some of our servers. KVM is a bit involved, VMWare acts like they want to be a free product, and Microsoft is just ...
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Minix: Kernel Panic when booting from the Live CD
I followed the instructions in the Minix wiki on how to set up Minix in VirtualBox, but right after hitting enter on the boot screen, I get a kernel panic:
*** kernel messages:
ested 0
...
kernel ...
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AltGr keys don't work with Ubuntu in VirtualBox
I just installed VirtualBox (from Oracle) in Windows 7, and created a virtual machine with latest Ubuntu.
Here in Firefox I can use the left Ctrl key, while the right one doesn't have any effect. ...
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Oracle Linux 6.1 guest on Virtualbox 4.1 can't connect to network
I just installed VirtualBox 4.1 on my Windows system, and then added a Solaris 11 Express guest and an Oracle Linux 6.1 guest. Both installs went smoothly. But while the Solaris 11 guest has network ...
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Distributing Updates to VirtualBox Images with (Bandwith) Efficency
I'm currently responsible for a lab of machines that all need to run the same virtual machines. I want to automate my current setup of distributing VirtualBox virtual machines via rsync (erasing any ...
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Debian Wheezy, VirtualBox, HP DV6-7099EL problem with AltGr
I just bought a HP DV6-7099EL laptop (Italian keyboard).
I'm going to install Debian in a week or two, I just want to test the computer without touching the partitions (just in case I need ...
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Virtualbox seamless mode in Bodhi Linux
I just created a Bodhi virtual machine (Win 7 Host) and installed virtualbox-guest-additions but I'm still not able to activate seamless mode in virtualbox.
Is this mode even supported for Bodhi Linux ...
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NAT (Internet connection sharing) switching between multiple public interfaces
My Ubuntu 12.04 (precise) laptop has three network interfaces:
eth0: wired interface sometimes connected to the Internet
wlan0: wireless interface sometimes connected to the Internet
vboxnet0: wired ...
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Use cgroup to limit the memory usage of virtualbox
I am trying to use cgroup (Control Group) to limit the memory usage of virtualbox, but it does not seem to work.
My machine is:
$ uname -a
Linux fc.bgi 2.6.40-4.fc15.i686 #1 SMP Fri Jul 29 18:54:39 ...
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How to run a fresh version of AIX in a Virtual Machine with a Linux host?
I need to learn about AIX, and I only have a laptop with Fedora 14/VirtualBox on it. Is there any chance that I could run an AIX guest in my VirtualBox?
My laptop has an Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU ...
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How can one switch to ttyX in virtualbox?
I run VirtualBox in Linux , running CentOS in it , and I can't switch to ttyX in the CentOS since I'll go to the ttyX in my Linux.
Any solutions ?
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disabling ssh session expiration
I am installed Ubuntu on Virtual Box, and use xshell (a remote terminal application) to ssh to ubuntu. when I hibernate computer during night, after powering it on, the session is expired and I should ...
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How to transfer files from Windows to Ubuntu on Virtualbox?
How should I transfer files from Windows to Ubuntu installed on Virtualbox? When I plugged in a USB, it only pops up in Windows.
How can I see it in Ubuntu?
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How secure is Ubuntu in Virtualbox on Windows host?
I have the most recent version of Ubuntu in Virtualbox on Windows 7 host. How secure will that be? I mean if I get malware on windows how will that affect the Ubuntu system I am working on?
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Installing CentOs 5.5-x86_64 kernel hangs with message NET: Registered Protocol family 2
The title pretty much says it all. I am attempting to install CentOS 5.5 on Oracle VM VirtualBox. I press enter for normal installation, things start to happen and then it hangs with the above ...
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VirtualBox: two network interfaces (NAT and host-only ones) ina a Debian guest on Ubuntu
I created a Debian VM on VirtualBox with two interfaces: a NAT one (for accessing internet) and a host-only one. However, I do not know how to make both interfaces work at the same time. If I the ...
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What are some alternatives to virtualbox
I have a lot of trouble lately installing on a box that i can't reboot or change the kernel. Is there any other package that supports gre tunnels (if the os supports ) that i can run on linux? ...
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What are the cons of using VirtualBox guest additions?
There's a number of advantages to installing Guest Additions in VirtualBox guests:
one can copy-paste between host and guest
one can run guest as fullscreen
There must a whole lot more, so that ...
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small Linux host for virtual box
Does anybody know a small and simple Linux distribution that contains not much more than the "VirtualBox" program?
I'd like to set up a machine that actually needs some kind of graphical display plus ...
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Uninstalling default VBoxGuestAdditions on Debian
When I ran sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run I got the following warning message:
You appear to have a version of the VBoxGuestAdditions software
on your system which was installed from a ...
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How to install Gentoo with VirtualBox and use it as native OS later?
I'd like to try Gentoo (again...). I know that many steps require a lot of configuration and much more time. I'd like to do something else on computer during long waiting, because of that I would like ...
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My VirtualBox Virtual Machine doesn't detect my USB attached disk
I'm using the latest version of both Virtual Box (4.1) and CentOS (6.2). I would like my Western Digital USB drive to be recognized by my VirtualBox guest operating system.
My host system, Windows ...
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Running xen inside VirtualBox , possible?
Can i run a Linux system inside VirtualBox or VMware , with xen kernel ?
It's not intended for a real server or production workplace , just to learn the configuration of XEN.
BTW: target computer ...
