Shared virtual machine
I have installed VirtualBox 6.1 on Kubuntu 20.04.2 I would like to create a virtual machine shared among different host users. The users have no needs to launch this vm simultaneously. I have tried to …
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Virtual box ubuntu VM with 2 network adapters
I am running an ubuntu server 20.04 LTS image on a virtual box VM without a lot of wisdom here. There is 2 Python apps/scripts that each require a separate network adapter if running both scripts on …
Automatically pausing a Virtualbox VM if it receives no KB/mouse input
I am running a Windows 10 guest on my Macbook Pro MacOS 10.12. In order to conserve the resources and battery of the host, I’d like to be able to pause the guest if the guest receives no keyboard or …
Windows installation is stuck at initial loading screen
My Windows installation on VirtualBox is stuck on the initial setup screen. I checked that virtualization is enabled and the ISO image works fine in Hyper-V VMs on the same machine. I googled some …
VirtualBox 6.1.2 upgrade on Windows (host)
Opening the VirtualBox application, pops up the upgrade dialog: Unfortunately, the URL (https://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/6.1.2/VirtualBox-6.1.2-135662-Win.exe) is broken. Following it (and …
How can I clone a (physical) hard drive directly to a vdi image on WINDOWS
This question is based on How can I clone a hard drive directly to a vdi image ps. I’ve done this question only to share the answer. PS. Obviously you need to install Virtualbox to be able to do it…..
Are Vagrant virtual machines (Virtualbox) safe from accidental shutdown/reboots?
Say your host machine got shutdown abruptly or somebody pressed the reboot button and your Vagrant VM is in a running state (e.g., not on halt or suspend state). Will they survive when the host …
Virtual machines can only ping PFSense router and Windows Server
I have a virtualbox network: PFSense with 2 adapters: NAT and a Internal Network (Lan on PFSense set to 10.0.0.1/24) -Windows 2016 (Internal Network)(10.0.0.2) -3 Windows 7 Machines(Interal …
How to stop ROS script that starts after reboot
I’ve created a script that would check whether a certain server is running and restart it in event of crash (the script runs endlessly every 10 seconds). How can I stop/ignore/break the script? I …
Running perf within a VirtualBox guest
My professor has asked me to run: perf stat -e mem-loads,mem-stores ./test In order for me to find the memory loads and stores for a C file. I’m doing this from within a VirtualBox Linux guest and …