Where is the configuration option for sharing clipboards (copy & paste) between the host OS and the guest OS? Answer With Guest Additions installed, the clipboard of your guest OS can be shared with your host OS. Highlight the Guest VBox in the VirtualBox console, open General -> Advanced. Here you can choose between various … Read more
VirtualBox 6.0 provides a new setting called Graphics Controller. There are four options to choose from: None VBoxVGA VMSVGA VBoxSVGA In the user manual I have found this information: Graphics Controller: Specifies the graphics adapter type used by the guest VM. Note that you must install the Guest Additions on the guest VM to specify … Read more
I’d essentially like to access my host computer from the guest in VirtualBox. Is there an IP address given for my host which I can use from the guest? Are there extra steps required to set this up? I’d like to access my host’s Apache, FTP, and SSH services. Answer This answer is about pretty … Read more
I’ve been using VirtualBox for many years to create a development environment. A lot of my colleagues are talking about Vagrant and many people seem very excited about it but I just can’t seem to grasp the benefits of it.. seems to me like it’s a series of new commands to learn in order to … Read more
I use VirtualBox 4.1.x on my Ubuntu machine and I’ve set up several virtual machines. Since there are several ways one can move a virtual machine in VirtualBox to another computer, I was wondering which one is the recommended way: Use the “Import/Export utility.” Copy the entire virtual machine folder, containing the .vdi and .vbox … Read more
I have downloaded and installed the newest virtualbox 4.3.20 for my Windows 7 (64-bit OS), but when I want to install 64-bit Linux, the New->Create Virtual Machine only displays 32-bit option, no 64-bit option. Could anyone give any clues about this issue? Thanks very much in advance! Answer Take a look: http://www.fixedbyvonnie.com/2014/11/virtualbox-showing-32-bit-guest-versions-64-bit-host-os/ If VirtualBox is … Read more
I’ve a VirtualBox VM which configured a very large hard disk size (bigger than host). By my mistake, a program on the VM generated lots of log files and the VDI file size keeps growing until there is no space on the host. Now I’ve deleted the log files but the VDI file size are … Read more
I’m connecting to a server via SSH to send a message to a socket server using a command like: ssh 181.169.1.2 -p 5566 After the connection is established and I write the message and send it I can’t exit the text mode. I’m only allowed to enter more text and that’s it. Is there a … Read more
Latest versions of VirtualBox supports several formats for virtual disks, but they forgot to provide a comparison between them. VDI VMDK VHD HDD Now, I am interested about a recommendation or comparison that considers the following: be able to use dynamic sizing be able to have snapshots be able to move my virtual machine to … Read more
