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Background Was working on compiling mysql server from source on a Oracle Linux 6 virtual machine and the root partition got full. Now what are my alternatives? Options Increase space by resizing the .vdi disk file Tried and failed.....
Windows sandbox is available in Windows 10 Pro or Enterprise. Does not feel good to be left out with Home edition.
Now easily enable sandbox on Home edition.
Increase size of VDI file (Windows) Go to Virtualbox folder > cd “C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox” Run resize command (unit size is MB) Below command will make the disk size grow up to 16GB > VBoxManage modifyhd “C:\Users\robin\C:\Users\v737050\VirtualBox VMs\Centos 6\Centos 6.vdi” –resize...
So you have setup Virtualbox guest additions on Linux (Mine was Linux mint 17.2) guest and the window size is not honored.. Did you change the display resolution manually? If so, you will now need to remove the monitor settings...
Problem due to no network driver for the Ethernet hardware. References https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=11&t=16616 https://www.google.com/search?q=PRO2KXP.exe&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 https://downloadcenter.intel.com/download/8659/LAN-Intel-PRO-Network-Connections-LAN-Driver https://downloadcenter.intel.com/downloads/eula/8659/LAN-Intel-PRO-Network-Connections-LAN-Driver?httpDown=https%3A%2F%2Fdownloadmirror.intel.com%2F8659%2Feng%2FPRO2KXP.exe Related posts: Virtualbox Linux Guest display auto size non functioning Host-Only Networking With VirtualBox Download m3u8 URL video to local Shrinking VirtualBox VDI...
References http://superuser.com/questions/620936/virtualbox-does-not-start-on-mac-os-x Only working solution on El Capitan after upgrading to VirtualBox v5, was $ for bin in VirtualBox VirtualBoxVM VBoxNetAdpCtl VBoxNetDHCP VBoxNetNAT VBoxHeadless; do sudo chmod u+s “/Applications/VirtualBox.app/Contents/MacOS/${bin}”; done No related posts.
Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/284551/performance-problems-with-13-04-and-virtualbox Graphic/performance fix for Ubuntu was tested with Ubuntu 13.04, 12.10, and 12.04. Part of this solution applies where aero / transperancy is used including d3d games. RAM requirements Recommended graphic memory or virtual ram for aero based operating...
Source: http://christophermaier.name/blog/2010/09/01/host-only-networking-with-virtualbox I’ve been playing around with VirtualBox lately, and it’s pretty nifty. Initially I just used it to set up an Ubuntu machine so I could easily run GnuCash on my MacBook, but lately I’ve decided to start using it at work, too. I’ve...
Query Hi I installed Apache on Ubuntu in a Virtualbox. When I go into the guest and load up Firefox I can see that Apache is working fine when I browse to https://www.robin.eu.org. I would like to access this same page...
Source: http://www.bobbychanblog.com/2011/07/faster-android-emulator-alternative-using-virtualbox/ The Android SDK Emulator can be quite slow on some systems, which makes Android app debugging especially painful for those who aren’t in possession of a physical device to test their Android apps on. Thankfully there is a...
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