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How to install a Virtual Machine that runs Ubuntu OS on an AIX machine?

I have access to an AIX machine: -bash-3.00$ uname -snlrvmaxupfFM AIX xxxx 109286105 3 5 00068392D900 powerpc IBM,8204-E8A IBM,036568392 040183749F887601 040183749F887600 How could I install an ...
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Why does my virtual image use more than 3x as much space as the combined file system?

I'm trying to mess around with bitcoind (just the daemon) in a Virtualbox Ubuntu installation. So after installing bitcoind in the virtual installation it downloads the blockchain which is about 5 GBs....
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Enable Mouse Integration between Real OS and Virtual OS without coding

I have a virtual machine that had been build in Vbox. My Laptop OS is Windows and I build vm with Ubuntu OS in Vbox 4.3.4. One day, I update my vbox to 4.3.6 version. After that, I don't know why, I ...
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Is it possible to direct mount an EXT4 disk with data on it to a XenServer guest vm?

I have a few ext4 disks (3GB each) with data on them (almost full). And I would like to mount them on a Xenserver, and have them mounted directly to an Ubuntu guest vm. Is this possible? (and easy. ...
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Ubuntu VM environment whereis wpa_supplicant

I am following certain instructions in a Ubuntu VM environment. It says to modify a "wpa_supplicant.conf" file. The first command is: ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant However, in this location ...
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Ubuntu virtual machine on windows 7

I've got ubuntu install on virtual machine with vmware player. I'm deploying a web app on this virtual machine and it's unreachable from outside my computer. When I check IP with ifconfig eth0 on ...
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Two VM Player guests block network

Im having some trouble getting VM Player to run on Host: Ubuntu 12.04 LTS x64. I Have two guests Win2012 Ubuntu 13.04. It somehow jams the system and as it is a farm server i cant only assume it ...
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Can you copy files from virtualbox without vbox running?

I got into a big trouble now. My hard disk just kind of "crashed". I get from disks that "DISK IS LIKELY TO FAIL". My main OS is ubuntu, and I am (or was) using a Windows 7 VBOX. When I start ubuntu, ...
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Ubuntu performance on a VirtualBox

I installed Ubuntu 13.04 on a VirtualBox on Windows 7 host. The problem is that the UI lags a lot. I already installed Guest Additions and etc and enabled 3D acceleration, though it made things faster ...
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Running Ubuntu as VM on Windows 8 from HDD

I have Ubuntu installed on my HDD and I want to run it as a VM from inside my windows 8 which is also installed on that computer (different HDD). Is that possible? (And what VM software should I use?)...
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VirtualBox guest OS reports higher than actual storage usage

I've been using VirtualBox on Windows 7 to run a guest OS of Ubuntu Server 13.04. Generally this has been used for local testing of MongoDB which claims to be out of space. The guest OS has been ...
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How can I increase disk space allocated to my VirtualBox VM?

The basics: I'm running windows and have a VritualBox VM running Ubuntu 12.04 on top of that. I need to increase the disk space allocated from 8 GB to 12 GB. I'm trying to follow along with these ...
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How do I setup DNS names and static IPs for an Ubuntu virtualbox?

I have Ubuntu installed on VirtualBox, on top of a Windows 8 host. How can I setup a static IP and DNS name for this virtual machine that other virtual machines will see?
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Running an ubuntu server VM on a windows home server - viable?

I've been pondering the idea of building a home server for a while now. I want linux for development, but I want windows for streaming files (subsonic, plex, etc). So, I figure I can just create an ...
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Built installation usb key from linux virtual machine

I have a virtual machine I'd like to install as real os on my machine. As I have refit installed on my macbook air (Mac os, windows and ubuntu), I tried the clonezilla methode in order to overwrite ...
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