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Having trouble installing Linux Live CD on to a VirtualBox Hard Drive (install option is not working)
I've built several Ubuntu ISO images using Ubuntu Builder which will run in VirtualBox as a Live CD, I have run into a problem trying to Install the ISO to the VirtualBox machine as the Install option ...
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Unable to change hardisk data in virtualbox
Using Windows 10, I have a virtualbox running scientifix linux.
I now need to emulate a "real" harddrive, and as google, forums, and superuser has taught me, this can be achieved as such:
C:\Program ...
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Can't create vmdk from raw disk: VERR_SHARING_VIOLATION
I'm using this answer to create a vmdk file from my secondary hard drive. My problem is I keep getting an error stating:
VBoxManage.exe: error: Cannot open the raw disk '\\.\PhysicalDrive0': ...
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converting parallels pvm files to virtualbox readable
I am having issues with parallels, and so I decided to go forth with migrating my stuff to virtualbox, since it's much better, it has always worked.
I've googled ways to convert a pvm file to hdd, ...
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Why does my VirtualBox machine not have disk space when it is using a small portion of what I allotted it?
TL;DR: VirtualBox VM running Ubuntu doesn't seem to recognize virtual hard drive size. How to fix? FWIW, I used to run this same setup on VirtualBox 5.2 with Ubuntu 16.04 and MySQL 5.6 and never had ...
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VIRTUALBOX RESIZE PARTITION | Archlinux | guest not recognizing new increased disk size
UPDATED-STATEMENT: 20190206@094017@WED Post created
UPDATED-STATEMENT: 20190208@153938@FRI Attempted to resize partition but unable to get more than 8GB for root or sda2 in my case
UPDATED-STATEMENT: ...
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Hard Drive space incorrect after deleting Virtual Box virtual machine
I created several virtual machines using Oracle Virtual Box. The total hard drive spaces these machines took up was ~40GB. I have since deleted these virtual machines from Virtual Box and My Computer ...
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Mount external hard drive in virtualbox
I have virtualbox 4.3.12 extension pack installed on a windows 7 computer and am running a virtual machine with Ubuntu 12.04 on it. I have an external hard drive that I would like to access within the ...
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Hard Drive space used but files are in found.000 and cannot be accessed
I had used Virtualbox for a virtual machine which had froze for a long period of time and would not close by shutting it down normally. I closed it by clicking the cross and restarted my machine. I ...
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HDD or USB stick for keeping VirtualBox disk images for efficiency and durability?
I recently replaced a storage device and copied all my VirtalBox VMs to a large USB stick. The USB stick advertizes IO performance so I thought VMs may run efficiently out of it, but a few minutes ...
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Compact VirtualBox disk images which are not attached but still have child images
I have been creating some VMs on the fly: set up one, created a snapshot, made a few changes, cloned it, repeated the process with the clone, and then with a clone of the clone etc.
After cleaning up ...
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Error USB3 UAS passthrough VMWare Workstation 15
Specs:
i7 5700 HQ
3x USB3 ports
Windows 10 1809
Tested not working:
Seagate 1TB USB3 HDD
Seagate 4TB USB3 HDD
Tested working:
Philips 32GB USB3 Flash Drive
Issue:
All of the devices work ...
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VirtualBox: two or more OS in one usb disk "unmountable boot volume"
My goal:
For education purposes I've been asked to install Windows and Linux on the same usb and be able to boot them from virtual box
My problem:
Windows crashes with "unmountable boot volume"
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Raw Disk VirtualBox Windows 10 Guest in Pop!_OS no bootable medium
I have a laptop with Pop!_OS installed and I don't want to partition or touch that hard drive at all since it is my main work machine. I installed a second hard drive and put Windows 10 on it, so the ...
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How can I eliminate multiple devices (virtual HDD), and use my original one from my first installation?
I am running Ubuntu on VirtualBox 5.2 on a Windows 10 system. I first ran Ubuntu in an older version of VirtualBox 3 years ago. I upgraded my VirtualBox and Ubuntu, and was unable to see my original ...
