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Open native browser from within a virtual machine on Mac
Is there a way to open a browser window from within the vagrant vm? This is what it says:
$ open .
Couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console
$ open http://localhost:3000
Couldn't get a ...
user39251
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My VirtualBox Ubuntu crashed. How can I access its files from my Mac?
I have Ubuntu installed in my Mac using VirtualBox. A few minutes ago it crashed, so I have no access to Ubuntu now, but I need a file in it!
Is there any way I can access my Ubuntu files from my ...
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Connect VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu to VPN
I would like to connect my VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu 10.04.4 to a VPN or share the host's VPN connection. The VM is connected to the internet and issued an IP from my wireless router but it is not ...
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Can't ping Ubuntu VM from OS X
I've looked at many of the similar questions, but none seem to solve my issue. I'm running Ubuntu 13.04 Raring in a VM through VirtualBox and I'm trying to communicate with it from my OS X Mavericks ...
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Can I clone an existing OS X install into a virtual machine on a Windows 7 PC?
So I have a Macbook Pro running OS X Mavericks. I just built a Windows 7 PC.
Is there anyway I can effectively 'clone' my OS X machine and put it into a VM that I can run on my Windows 7 PC?
That ...
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Can I make a regular Windows 7 installation into a VirtualBox VM?
On my mac I am running Windows 7 in bootcamp. It works really well, but I would be interested in running Windows as a VM instead in virtualbox. I could of course just re-install, but it would be ...
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What does the "name" of a Virtualbox Bridged adapter mean and what is its effect on the connection?
I have installed a VM under OS/x that already had some engtries for Bridged Adapater (as shown in screenshot). These entries were inherited from the creator of the VM.
Should I change them/ remove ...
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VirtualBox does not start on Mac OS X
Suddenly and without notice, VirtualBox application doesn't start.
First, it just didn't do anything. Not even an error message. I looked in the system log (/var/log/system.log) and I found these two ...
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VirtualBox on OSX: host unbearably slow
Even though my mac is quite new and well equipped, using virtualbox slows it down to a crawl. Here's an example:
With Virtualbox open, running a Windows XP guest:
➜ uptime
9:19 up 2 days, 17:28, ...
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Will a VirtualBox VM created on a Windows host run on a Mac host?
If I create a VM in Virtual Box on a Windows host, including installing a guest OS, will that VM run on a Mac OSX host?
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How to allow Nginx in guest VM access shared folders in host os?
My setup
I want to setup a Ubuntu VM to act as a web server for development.
Reason
I want to have a development environment as close to the actual production environment as possible.
Problem
The ...
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VirtualBox: How to connect to Internet via wi-fi on Mac?
I installed VirtualBox with a Win XP VM on my Mac running OS 10.7.5.
My Mac only has a wi-fi connection to the internet. On the settings for the virtual host, I set:
Attached to: Bridged Adapter
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Change MacOS X guest screen resolution for VirtualBox
I have tried all alternatives and resources that I found on internet to achieve to change screen resolution in my MacOS X guest. I have the latest VirtualBox version (4.1.22) and I have MacOS X 10.6.3 ...
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OSX: Howto start VirtualBox VM on startup?
The Question
How do i start this Wiki VM at the startup of the OSX Server?
I am running OSX Server 10.6.8 and VirtualBox 4.1.8 r75467 and a Debian Linux VM (called "wiki").
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What I tried so ...
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VirtualBox: Linux guest on OS X host won't update
I'm running a Debian Mint guest on an OS X host with VirtualBox.
1) So I run Update Manager in the Linux guest: 364 recommended updates are available.
2) Everything seems to be going fine.
3) ...
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Issues with internet on Virtual Machine from different houses
The necessary information
OS X Lion (10.7) running a VM of Windows 7. Tried both VirtualBox and Parallels and the problem is 100% the same between them.
Require a VPN connection to work from Windows ...
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Mac OS X and Windows XP VM
I have a Windows XP VM setup in my Mac OS X Virtualbox.
I am connected to the internet using a Cat5 cable and not via AirPort.
I am trying to make it, so I can browse the internet on the Windows XP ...
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VirtualBox networking OSX Host and BackTrack Guest
Does anybody know how to get networking working on a VM BackTrack OS?
Im using a Mobile broadband USB Dongle in my OSX and i want that connection to be shared to my linux VM also.
when i check the ...
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Mac OS X in VirtualBox
I want to buy the MAC OS X operating system from Amazon and wanted to know if it can be install in VirtualBox with Linux as the host machine?
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Running Mac OS X Physical Partition Inside VirtualBox
I have a Macbook Pro partitioned to dual boot Ubuntu or OS X. I've read a couple guides explaining how to run a physical Windows partition as a guest inside VirtualBox. Is the same thing possible with ...
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What Virtual Machine (virtualization) solution to use? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Virtualization software for a Mac
I am a Mac user and wanted to have Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine. I know about only two possible solutions/software that I can install on ...
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VirtualBox's Internet doesn't work no matter what
None of my VirtualBox virtual machine can use the internet. I've tried every possible configuration of networking ad it never works. Occasionally, just out of the blue, without changing anything, the ...
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will a virtual box file on windows work on a mac?
if I move a vm form a windows machine to a mac machine, will it work?
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VirtualBox or else programs to run Mac OS virtually on Windows 7 [closed]
VirtualBox or other programs to run Mac OS virtually on Windows 7?
any idea will help me to enlarge the boundaries surround me nowadays.
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Importing VMware drive into VirtualBox drive
I have VMware on my Mac and it crashed. I am unable to access the files used by the VMware. So I downloaded VirtualBox and when I try to add the .vmwarevm file to VirtualBox it says that its unable to ...
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Virtualize Mac OS X Using Virtual Box or Microsoft Virtual PC [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to run Mac OS X within Windows Virtual PC?
Hi.
I know there are a lot of tutorials and stuffs telling how to install MAC OSX on windows, using vmware, like this one
But ...
user38362
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Visual Studio Development on Virtual Box, Boot Camp, or VMWare Fusion
I currently have a Mac, 2ghz and 2 gigs of ram, running OS X Leopard and Virtual Box with a Windows 7 Pro 32bit virtual machine.
Performance on the virtual machine is fine for minor tasks but is very ...
Eli
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How to access my local server on my VirtualBox virtual machine?
Here's my setup:
I have a local server running on my machine (Mac OS, Snow Leopard). I can access it via my browser by doing
localhost:3000
I have a virtual machine using Virtual Box running a ...
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VMWare vs VirtualBox ...what I should use [closed]
what I should using to work with linux on windows ...
I don't know ! ... but I tried VirtualBox and VmWare what's the differents and which are the feutures
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Is it possible to use a Vista Boot Camp partition inside Virtual Box on Mac OS X
I've got windows Vista installed inside Virtual Box on my Mac OS partition. I've also got it installed under boot camp and I occasionally boot to it when I want to run windows with better performance ...
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