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Share existing virtualbox vm across partitions

I created a vm with virtualbox in windows 7, then partitioned and installed Ubuntu. I'd like to be able to access the vm I already created from Ubuntu-- is that possible? I've looked around, found ...

Colleen

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asked Oct 3, 2012 at 17:50

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7 answers

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Is it possible to "virtualize" an existing PC?

I'm running Ubuntu Desktop 12.04, and I was wondering if it was possible to somehow take my whole filesystem (everything under /) and create an ISO from it. Then, perhaps, use that ISO as the file ...

pnongrata

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asked Oct 1, 2012 at 16:32

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Ubuntu 12.04 VirtualBox on powerful W7 quite slow

I own a Thinkpad T420s with 8GB RAM, 160 GB SSD and a quite fast i7 processor. Summa summarum a very fast computer that works perfectly. Now, I am not very impressed by the performance of my Ubuntu 12....

grssnbchr

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asked Oct 1, 2012 at 15:32

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Can I install Ubuntu into VM using a Live USB?

I want to set up an Ubuntu VM in my machine, but downloading the ISO is too much. I do have a Live USB containing Ubuntu. How can I install it?

drum

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asked Sep 28, 2012 at 21:01

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Accessing guest (Ubuntu) localhost from host (Windows)

Is there any way to access guest's localhost through a browser inside the host? I am running Ubuntu with Virtualbox on Win7.

Kay

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asked Sep 21, 2012 at 4:23

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2 answers

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Can't find the right Ubuntu Server ISO for VirtualBox

I have been trying all morning to find the right Ubuntu Server (12.04) ISO to use for installing an Ubuntu guest OS on my VBox VM. Here are the relevant stats: Host Machine: AMD 64-bit Host OS: ...

pnongrata

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asked Aug 21, 2012 at 12:13

9 votes

2 answers

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Restoring a VirtualBox VM to a clean/default state?

I am playing around with Virtual Box and installed an Ubuntu 12.04 ISO on a my first VM. Now I want to "wipe" that VM clean and undo all the software I had installed on it. My co-worker said the ...

pnongrata

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asked Jul 29, 2012 at 20:34

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Virtualbox: Raw linux partition not booting

I have a dual-boot laptop with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04. I am trying to boot the ubuntu partition from windows using Virtualbox. I have successfully created the .vmdk, and created the virtual ...

abalter

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asked May 28, 2012 at 4:36

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1 answer

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VirtualBox shared folder write permission - Ubuntu 12.04

I'm using the following command to mount my folder in VirtualBox: sudo \mount -t vboxsf -o rw -o uid=1000 -o gid=1000 Dropbox ~/Dropbox/ However, the folder is read-only. I re-installed Guest ...

The Quantum Physicist

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asked May 21, 2012 at 14:28

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VirtualBox crashes with Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit

I've tried it with many different configuration changes. Eventually I'm using now the stock config with 3D support and 128 MB graphics memory. The installation of Ubuntu crashes and I get the ...

The Quantum Physicist

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asked May 12, 2012 at 22:35

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Host-only network with multiple VMs

What I'm trying to do is create a host-only network with multiple VMs so as to allow direct access between the host OS and the VMs, but to also allow the VMs limited access to the Internet for things ...

memilanuk

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asked Jan 30, 2012 at 18:45

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1 answer

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How to make Ubuntu VM in VirtualBox accessible from the internet?

I'm trying to set up an Ubuntu server in VirtualBox. The host is Windows 7 x64. The guest is Ubuntu 11.10 x64. I want to make this server accessible from the internet. How can I do it?

Tural Ali

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asked Jan 27, 2012 at 18:15

3 votes

1 answer

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Creating Ubuntu VM with VirtualBox

I am trying to set up my very first virtual machine via VirtualBox (4.1.8). I created the machine and selected Linux → Ubuntu inside VBox's installation wizard. I then went to run the machine for the ...

pnongrata

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asked Jan 4, 2012 at 19:25

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If I virtualise a server on my machine, can I access it in a browser?

I want to start playing around with Ubuntu Server on my machine (Macbook Pro) running off VirtualBox or something similar. I want to do this so I can get used to using Ubuntu Server, and so I can ...

Alex Coplan

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asked Dec 29, 2011 at 6:00

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VirtualBox's virtual machine refuses to shutdown

I am running Windows 7 64-bit and recently installed VirtualBox on which I installed Ubuntu 11.10 64-bit guest OS. Everything runs smoothly until I found that I am not able to shutdown or reboot the ...

airfang

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asked Dec 16, 2011 at 7:07

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Is it possible to run my other partition inside of a VM?

So I have dual boot machine with windows 7 and ubuntu 11. I would like to, at times, run a vm from one partition to another. For example sometimes I would like to do certain things in windows while ...

Parris

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asked Nov 28, 2011 at 8:07

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Virtual box error: "FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted." [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: VirtualBox Fatal: no bootable medium found! System Halted This question has been asked few times before, but I am not able to find the answer. I had downloaded the .iso image ...

iammilind

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asked Oct 28, 2011 at 4:28

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Host-only network with Ubuntu guest in VirtualBox with Host running a Juniper VPN

I have a Windows host that needs to run a Juniper VPN, and an Ubuntu guest that needs to be accessible from the host as it runs a web server that must be accessed by the host. Without the VPN running ...

Diego

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asked Oct 7, 2011 at 12:45

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Virtual Machine can access internal network but not the internet

I am on a company computer with Windows 7 installed on it. I installed VirtualBox on it too and installed Ubuntu on this virtual machine. Now from inside the virtual machine (Ubuntu), I can access ...

mmtauqir

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asked Sep 9, 2011 at 15:19

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VPN in VM -> Ubuntu

i'm running Ubuntu, and use VPN. i want to know, if my Virtual Machine (Windows 7) uses the same VPN Connection or if i have to use an vpn client in windows also? best regard

OskarStark

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asked Sep 6, 2011 at 10:21

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3 answers

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How can I cause a VirtualBox VM (running Ubuntu) to run a command upon resuming its state?

I am running a few Ubuntu VMs on a MacBook Pro host. Whenever I pause a VM or save its state to disk, the next time I restart it, the system clock goes out of sync. Is there a way for the VM to know ...

mpontillo

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asked Aug 31, 2011 at 23:24

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Unable to do Port Forwarding in Virtual Box

I'm using Mac OS X 10.6. I have installed Virtual Box 4.1.0 in it. My Guest OS is Ubuntu Server 11.04. I have added a rule in Port Forwarding in Virtual Box -> "guestssh" TCP 127.0.1.1 8080 127.0.0....

Nihar Sawant

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asked Aug 15, 2011 at 13:51

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Minimize VirtualBox Hard Drive disk

I have Ubuntu Server 10.04 TLS installed on a Virtual Machine in a VirtualBox. The size of the Hard Drive is dynamic growing hard drive and the maximum is 32GB. At the beginning i had 4GB on the Hard ...

Aviv

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asked Jun 23, 2011 at 13:42

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1 answer

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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 ...

Richard

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asked Jun 14, 2011 at 11:28

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1 answer

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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 /...

930913

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asked Jun 6, 2011 at 1:49

16 votes

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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 ...

Eric Wilson

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asked Jun 2, 2011 at 12:54

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How to use VirtualBox guest controls with Microsoft Office?

I'm running Ubuntu 11.04 with VirtualBox and a Windows XP VM. This VM has Office 2007 installed on it. How can I use Guest Controls so that Office files (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, etc.) open in Office on ...

Lawrence

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asked May 20, 2011 at 16:24

8 votes

3 answers

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apt-get behind proxy on VirtualBox Ubuntu

how can I set apt-get to work behind proxy?

simone

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asked Apr 11, 2011 at 13:21

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Create Eclipse Project From Host to Guest Using VirtualBox

I have windows 7 host and ubuntu 10 guest. I am using a bridged connection and can quite easily access files on the guest from the host. I can create files from within win explorer, edit files, delete ...

Damien

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asked Mar 15, 2011 at 20:16

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Advice on Windows 7 Host and Ubuntu Guest - from WAMP

I have been using WAMP for a while on windows and I thought it was about time I moved over to a full server environment on linux. I chose ubuntu and I have installed and configured as a virtual ...

Damien

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asked Mar 15, 2011 at 8:16

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1 answer

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Virtual-machine loses save state after reboot

Every time I restart/shut down my VM in VirtualBox (image is Ubuntu 10.02), whenever I start it back up, it reverts to the state it was in after I installed Guest Additions. This is extremely ...

zach

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asked Mar 4, 2011 at 1:23

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Use existing Windows 7 installation with VirtualBox in Ubuntu 10.10

I have two operating systems: Windows 7 Professional and Ubuntu 10.10 (dual boot). I wish to use this existing Windows installation using VirtualBox in Ubuntu as well as use it in the native mode. ...

Neel Mehta

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asked Feb 23, 2011 at 17:24

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Compiz key bindings do not work in Virtualbox VM

I'm running Ubuntu in a virtualbox VM on windows, and none of the key-bindings that I define for compiz plugins (such as Grid and Put) work. I've tried letters and numbers by themselves, as well as ...

nestling

153

asked Feb 3, 2011 at 1:33

4 votes

1 answer

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Trouble with Ubuntu on Oracle VM

I'm running Ubuntu on an Oracle VirtualBox virtual machine. I clicked the "install Ubuntu" button, and it took me through a wizard. I am currently on the following step: Unfortunately, the "forward" ...

Nick Heiner

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asked Jan 8, 2011 at 23:19

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2 answers

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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 ...

Cerin

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asked Nov 29, 2010 at 18:34

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1 answer

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Mount a .vdi in Windows 7 as a hard drive?

On my Windows 7 machine (host), I have a virtual machine (VirtualBox) running Ubuntu 10.10 - inside the .vdi, I have some large files that I would like to extract - one of them being a standalone .iso ...

studiohack

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asked Nov 3, 2010 at 22:23

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How can I access Apache server (that runs on Ubuntu) from VirtualBox OSE to test my php websites?

I should test php websites on ie6,ie7,ie8 but i have ubuntu. My computer have OS Ubuntu and virtual box OSE. In ubuntu I run apache server that running my websites with special config. How can I ...

Ben

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asked Oct 20, 2010 at 13:04

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Virtualbox: inaccessable VMs?

I have two inaccessible VM's here, I'm entirely unsure of how to resolve this issue, and don't want to mess up any of my files. I found a thread on the internet about this, but it's specific to ...

Incognito

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asked Oct 14, 2010 at 13:18

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7 answers

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Ubuntu Server VM: copy paste?

I've installed Ubuntu Server under Virtualbox just to get a nice little shell. I've also installed the VirtualBox "Guest Additions" and set "Shared Clipboard: Bidirectional". I still can't seem to ...

bukzor

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asked Oct 3, 2010 at 18:57

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If someone can access my ubuntu virtualbox files, can they hack into it?

If someone can access my Ubuntu VirtualBox files, can they hack into it? Is it hard?

user27449

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asked Sep 22, 2010 at 13:54

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My Keyboard does not work in Ubuntu terminal whilst writing a source code

I have installed a Virtual machine.I use Virtual Box for the same. My host OS is Windows XP SP3. I have assigned it 500mb of Ram and it works fine. But my problem is that my Keyboard does not work in ...

Pavitar

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asked Aug 29, 2010 at 10:24

3 votes

3 answers

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VirtualBox VM Shared on DualBoot System

I have a dual boot system: Vista from factory and Ubuntu Lucid with WUBI. I've installed Oracle VirtualBox on both to do what follows. I previously used MS Virtual PC on Vista with a XP VM, which I ...

Martin

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asked Aug 26, 2010 at 5:08

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4 answers

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Can I virtualize my current XP installation within Ubuntu? [duplicate]

Possible Duplicate: Converting existing PC into a VM with Virtual Box I have XP currently installed on my work machine, which is getting a bit outdated and sluggish. I was hoping to install ...

NoCatharsis

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asked Aug 19, 2010 at 13:50

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1 answer

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How do i set up shared folders in virtual box (windows 7 host, Ubuntu guest)?

I have windows 7 (host), virtual box, and BioLinux6 (a varient of Ubuntu) as the guest OS. how can i set up the shared folders to be usable for read and write in both OS without having to re-mount ...

Kirt

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asked Aug 11, 2010 at 13:16

2 votes

1 answer

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Accessing a guest OS's directory from the host OS in VirtualBox

With VirtualBox you can share a directory on the host machine with the guest machine. Can you share a directory on the guest machine with the host machine? In my setup the host is Windows 7 and the ...

hekevintran

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asked Jun 5, 2010 at 23:32

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3 answers

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View apache server across virtual machine?

I installed VirtualBox on my Windows 7 machine. Through VirtualBox, I installed Ubuntu 9.10 with apache2. I can view http://localhost from Ubuntu, but is there anyway I can view it from my windows ...

mpen

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asked Apr 5, 2010 at 9:20

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How can virtual machines consume so little RAM on the physical host machine?

I'm running VirtualBox on a Windows XP machine with 2GB RAM. I've created a virtual Ubuntu machine and allocated it a base memory of 750MB. Just to put it to a test, I ran 20 things at once on the ...

dggoldst

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asked Aug 2, 2009 at 16:54

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