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Guest additionals: Kernel headers not found for target kernel
I've been having a difficult time getting Guest Additions to install on my Oracle Linux 7. I have VirtualBox version 6.1.4.
I have guest additions version 6.0.4
The machine had 4.14.35-1902.7.3.1 ...
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VirtualBox "Auto resize guest display" greyed out
I have a virtual machine on VirtualBox (version 6.0.6), guest system CentOS 7, host system Windows 10. Extension pack is installed. Graphics controller is VBoxVGA.
I followed the steps here for ...
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With Centos 7 as a Virtualbox guest on a Mac Host, how can I change the screen resolution of the console / command line?
I am using the minimum install of CentOS 7 with command line access only (no graphic support installed).
After spending hours reading online about editing grub files, installing guest additions, and ...
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How to transfer files from Host OS to guest OS running on VirtualBox?
I am trying to transfer files from my Host OS (Windows 7) to Guest OS (CentOS) running on VirtualBox.
I tried using pscp but it gives the error: More than one remote source not supported
I tried ...
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VirtualBox with Centos 7 minimal install, cannot connect to network
I just installed Centos 7 on a VM I'm running from VirtualBox on a windows machine.
I installed the latest minimal release. I then went about setting up a static IP. When I try to access the machine ...
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eth0 not starting on boot after Virtualbox clone
After cloning my CentOS VM in Virtualbox (I used the Reinitialize the MAC address of all network cards option), the original and the clone VM both now has 127.0.0.1 as their IP.
Anyone knows how to ...
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Installing CentOS 6 - Device may need to be reinitialized
I'm trying to install linux centOS 6 on my pc (on sun virtual machine - virtualbox). I'm installing on a empty partition of my hard drive. and my primary OS is windows 7 ultimate 64bit.
What should I ...
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How to change resolution of CentOS 6.5 Resolution on virtualbox (Host: Win7)
So I'm trying to configure the resolution of my CentOS 6.5 virtualbox. Here are the steps I have taken:
Installed guest additions
Changed virtualbox preferences > Display > Maximum Guest Screen Size: ...
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Can't use VirtualBox shared folder as Apache document root
Having jumped through several hundred hoops I've finally managed to get Centos 5.8 to mount a VirtualBox shared folder (which is not read-only), which now appears at:
/media/sf_sites
This is a ...
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How do I switch to a higher resolution in Centos 6 installed on a virtual machine (VirtualBox)?
I have installed Centos 6 on a virtual machine (virtualbox). Maximum available screen resolution is 800x600. How do I get higher resolutions?
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Virtual Box 'VERR_SSM_LOAD_CONFIG_MISMATCH' error when restoring a snapshot
Since I had a hard time finding an answer online, I decided to make a question here, and answer it myself, so maybe it helps someone:
I have a VirtualBox 6.1 installed on Windows 10, trying to run ...
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How can I add a FQDN to a Centos VM running on VirtualBox?
I would like to add a fully qualified domain name to my Centos 6 VM that is running on virtualbox.
The virtualbox is set to be in bridged mode.
I'm a windows programmer, and I am as far as they get ...
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How point a directory in a Headless CentOS guest (on VirtualBox) to a directory on the host machine?
I have the following setup:
HOST MACHINE: openSUSE LEAP (KDE) Linux
GUEST MACHINE: CentOS 7 (no GUI, command line only)
VM: VirtualBox 5.1.4
I have a directory on my host machine called ~/...
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How do I copy large datasets between two VirtualBox virtual machines?
I have two separate CentOS 7 virtual machines running in VirtualBox that is installed in a Windows 8.1 host. How do I transfer large amounts of data from one of the CentOS 7 virtual machines to the ...
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Static Ip results in no internet connection in CentOS 6.5 (Basic Server)
I am unable to get an internet connection with my static IP setup.
Here's my relevant files:
/etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKING=yes
HOSTNAME=localhost.myserver
GATEWAY=192.168.1.1
/etc/sysconfig/...
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