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VirtualBox Linux Guest Mac Host runs really slow
I have performance issues in VirtualBox, the quest operating system runs really slow and laggy.
The configuration:
Host: MBP 2019, 2.3 GHz 8-Core Intel Core i9, 16 GB RAM, MacOS Sonoma 14.2
Guest: ...
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Unable to ping VirtualBox host only interface
On my macOS Monterrey machine I am running Ubuntu as guest on VirtualBox 6.1.30 r148432. In VirtualBox I've enabled the host-only adapter, and I see interface vboxnet0 on macOS:
ifconfig vboxnet0
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Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) Error after upgrading to Big Sur [VirtualBox]
I just upgraded my Mac to Big Sur and upon starting a VirtualBox session, I get the following:
Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908)
Make sure the kernel module has been loaded successfully.
where: ...
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Enable sharing of a folder and copy pasting between a Mac and a virtual machine
I want to enable sharing between my Mac and a virtual machine running Ubuntu image, and I see one way is to enable sharing of the folders but I keep seeing wrong fs type bad option bad superblock ...
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VirtualBox: MacOS host cannot connect to guest, but guest can connect to host
My setup:
MacOS host (High Sierra 10.13.3)
Linux guest (Ubuntu 16.04)
Virtual Box 5.2.12
NAT networking
I need to talk from host to guest and from guest to internet.
The guest gets an IP address of ...
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Create additional WiFi via dongle while remaining connected to the internet
I am currently doing a project where a mobile robot needs to be connected to a Linux machine via a local wireless network and the IP address of the computer must not change. I now want to port the ...
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VirtualBox: "USB Device Is Being In Use By Someone Else" error. How to let the guest OS grab it without crashing my Mac?
First of all, I want to make clear that I have read this question:
VirtualBox: "USB device in use by someone else" error, how to make (mac) host let go?
However, although I do everything that the ...
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Can I share a Linux VM between a Windows PC and a Mac?
I've been looking to use a Linux VM as my development environment as a way to start fresh and have a whole OS dedicated to dev. I use two computers mainly, my Windows desktop and a Macbook. What I'd ...
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VirtualBox - Long Path in Shared Folder with OSX Host and Linux Guest
I have created a Linux (Ubuntu) VM by VirtualBox under OSX. But I'm experiencing Protocol error while creating files with long paths in shared folders (existed files are accessible though).
Is there ...
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Why is name resolution slow on my Mac
I have a Linux web server running in VirtualBox and after upgrading to Sierra I found that my sites on the web server are extremely slow to load. It takes minutes. I thought it had to do with ...
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Any Way to Pass Media Keys Through VirtualBox
I have Linux inside a Virtual Box on a Mac. Whenever I press the "Play/Pause" media key, even if I'm inside the Linux VM, the Mac iTunes app opens. This makes it impossible to use media keys inside ...
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404 No input file specified. on VirtualBox, CentOS 6.5, Nginx
I have installed VirtualBox on my mac, and change the settings with VitualBox , Adapter 1 - Attached to: Host-only Adapter, Name: vboxnet0.
and install guest addistions
./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
‘...
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Getting UEFI shell when trying to boot OS X in Virtual Box
I am using the latest test build of Virtual Box (normal versions don't work on El Capitan).
When trying to boot a Virtual Machine with an El Capitan cdr file (created from the command line) I end up ...
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Retrieving files from VirtualBox on Mac (scp or...?)
I am able to get files from my local machine to my virtual machine by doing:
scp -P 2222 myfilepath/myfile.csv vmuser@vmhost:/vmfilepath/
I edited this file, and now I would like to do the reverse. ...
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Can’t ping between two virtual machines using VirtualBox host-only adapter in OS X
I am trying to run Kali Linux in one VirtualBox, and a De-ICE machine in another VirtualBox on a Mac (OS X 10, if it matters). I want to use the host-only adapter to connect the machines so the Kali ...
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