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4,619 questions with no upvoted or accepted answers
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How to set network location for VirtualBox Host-Only Network adapter on Windows 8 between private/public?
I have configured a Windows Server 2008 guest on VirtualBox v5.0.10 on a Windows 8 host laptop. They work fine and ping each other on bridged mode, IP address are served by a wireless router.
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Cannot delete VirtualBox snapshot due to "insufficient space"
My disk is full because my VirtualBox snapshots are consuming a large amount of space. But, I cannot delete the snapshots because there's insufficient space.
I would rather have my snapshots stored ...
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Override localhost IP Adress in Windows 8.1
I'm trying to set up Windows 8.1 virtual machine through VirtualBox for testing a server running on my Mac (running Yosemite 10.10.3). VirtualBox sets up a the IP 10.0.2.2 to point to the host machine'...
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Simplest way to setup my own remote private git server
First of all, I've read all the git-server-setup documents on the internet, but still, there is one thing missing -- I want to setup a simple GIT server in (Ubuntu) Virtual Machine for myself, not for ...
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Getting Mac Docker client to connect to virtualbox via vagrant
I am trying to expose dockers tcp ip to my host docker client. I have the following setup
Virtualbox 4.3.26 r98988
vagrant 1.7.2
Mac OSX Mavericks 10.9.5
Centos 6.6 vagrant box running (docker 1.5.0)
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How to connect my Hyper-V VM to a USB tablet (or device in general)?
This question might look like a duplicate but I checked and actually this should not be the case. Here I want to be able to connect a USB device (not a hard drive, but a tablet, a phone or an mp3 ...
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Over 100% disk capacity usage on Hyper-V
In many of my Hyper-V VMs the disk capacity usage is shown in Virtual Machine Manager to be above 100%:
but inside the VM itself, there is plenty of space left:
This is the properties page of the ...
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Vagrant windows 8.1 box timeouts - even though the machine boots correctly
I have a simple vagrant master box, that has Windows, drivers for it, and VB guest additions installed.
I've added that machine as a box, and tried creating a simple vagrant vm with only the basic ...
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Can't delete a read-only file on a VirtualBox (Vagrant) shared folder between Ubuntu (guest) and Win7 (host)
I have Vagrant running Ubuntu as a guest OS, on top of a Windows 7 host. When working on the shared folder between guest and host, if a file is read-only it can't be deleted. For example:
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VirtualBox Port Forward not working when Guest IP *IS* specified (while doc says opposite)
Trying to port forward from host (Mac OS X) 127.0.0.1:8282 -> guest (CentOS)'s 10.10.10.10:8080. Existing port forwards include 127.0.0.1:8181 and 9191 to guest without any IP specified (so whatever ...
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Virtualbox: How to use VBoxBalloonCtrl
I am running some virtual machines with Oracle Virtualbox 4.3.10, and they have guest additions installed. I know that you can manually balloon (take away unused memory from the guest) RAM with ...
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A fast modern network filesystem to replace VirtualBox's shared folder emulation
My work code repository is stored in host Linux system, and is accessed from Windows guest; currently, guest can access the repo via 'shared folder' which looks like a samba emulation.
But, it just ...
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Use Biztalk training kit on a Virtual machine
I have a Windows 7 Enterprise 64 bit laptop with 8 GB RAM. I am trying to get the Biztalk training kit() installed on a VM on this machine. I have used Oracle VirtualBox to create a windows 2008 64 ...
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Get Illegal Instruction error when booting Linux in VirtualBox, works fine when booted directly
I have a computer on which I am dual booting Windows 7 and Gentoo Linux (both 64-bit). I want to be able to load up my Linux installation in a VM while I am booted into Windows. I have installed ...
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Portable VirtualBox kernel driver error
I'm using PortableVirtualBox for about a year with no problems.
But from two weeks now -without upgrading or updating anything on Virtualbox or anything
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