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Commands tagged VBoxManage

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Terminal - Commands tagged VBoxManage - 8 results
VBoxBlockBoot() { sudo umount "$2"*; sudo chmod 777 "$2"; VBoxManage storageattach "$1" --medium ~/.rawHD4VB_`basename "$2"`.vmdk --type hdd --storagectl "IDE Controller" --device 0 --port 0 ; VBoxManage startvm "$1";}
2011-07-29 13:04:19
User: totti
Functions: chmod sudo umount
Tags: boot root virtualbox usb VBoxManage
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Boot from a block device without giving root privilege to Virtual Box

Usage: VBoxBlockBoot [Virtual_Machine] [Block_device]

Eg: VBoxBlockBoot WinXP /dev/sdc

In another words

vm=usb; usb=sdc;sudo umount /dev/$usb* ; sudo chmod 777 /dev/$usb ; VBoxManage storageattach $vm --medium ~/raw-HD-4-VB/$usb.vmdk --type hdd --storagectl "IDE Controller" --device 0 --port 0 ; VBoxManage startvm $vm

Where

vm --> Name of the virtual machine to start

usb --> Block device to use. (/dev/sdc)

This can used after setup up a boot loader on to my USB pen drive or HDD (After creating Live USB). Here root privilege is needed but not granted to Virtual Box. Thus we can access all our VM.( If we run VBox as root we can't access our VMs). Root privilege is used to

- Unmount the storage device

- Chmod to full access (777)

Requirements:-

1. Device information file (rawvmdk file) created by the following command. Need to run only once. Not bad to run many.

VBoxCreateRawDisk() { VBoxManage internalcommands createrawvmdk -filename ~/.rawHD4VB_`basename "$1"`.vmdk -rawdisk "$1"; }

2. Root privilege to umount & chmod

3. Real storage medium (ie /dev/*) (Non-virtual such as USB HD, pen drive, a partition)

4. A virtual m/c already available (here "usb")

vm=usb; usb=sdc;sudo umount /dev/$usb* ; sudo chmod 777 /dev/$usb ; VBoxManage storageattach $vm --medium ~/raw-HD-4-VB/$usb.vmdk --type hdd --storagectl "IDE Controller" --device 0 --port 0 ; VBoxManage startvm $vm

VBoxBlockBoot() { sudo umount "$2"*; sudo chmod 777 "$2"; VBoxManage storageattach "$1" --medium ~/.rawHD4VB_`basename "$2"`.vmdk --type hdd --storagectl "IDE Controller" --device 0 --port 0 ; VBoxManage startvm "$1"; }

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VBoxManage modifyvm "vm-name" --memory 256 --acpi on --ioapic off --pae on --hwvirtex on --nestedpaging on
2011-06-16 18:14:47
User: 0disse0
Tags: virtualbox VBoxManage
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Virtualbox: setup hardware

where

- memory 256 assign 256 Mb RAM

- acpi on enable ACPI (mandatory if you use Winfog 2000

- ioapic off disable the IO APIC. Not useful if you use one CPU (on virtual machine or a 32 bit operative system). As ACPI, this switch is mandatory for Winbug 2000

- pae on enable the Phisical Address Extension how to use more than 4Gb of RAM on x86 CPU

- hwvirtex on enables hardware virtualization extensions for microprocessors that have this feature (which should be also enabled in the BIOS of the motherboard)

- nestedpaging on allows part of the processes of memory management hardware are made directly

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vboxmanage startvm --type gui $(vboxmanage list vms | sed -e 's/"//g' | cut -f1 -d ' ' | dmenu -i -p "VMs")
2011-05-30 11:06:20
User: leenucks
Functions: sed
Tags: VBoxManage dmenu
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List the vms in Virtualbox and start them using dmenu
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ssh vm-user@`VBoxManage guestproperty get "vm-name" "/VirtualBox/GuestInfo/Net/0/V4/IP" | awk '{ print $2 }'`
2011-05-04 18:01:36
User: lucasrangit
Functions: awk get ssh
Tags: ssh VBoxHeadless VBoxManage
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Connect via SSH to VirtualBox guest VM without knowing IP address

Booting the VM headless via VBoxHeadless requires knowledge of the VM's network in order to connect. Using VBoxManage in this way and you can SSH to the VM without first looking up the current IP, which changes depending on how you have your VM configured.

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VBoxManage openmedium dvd "/path/name.iso"
2010-04-23 06:56:42
User: 0disse0
Tags: virtualbox VBoxManage
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Create a virtual disk (CD/DVD) in VirtualBox

No comment... it's easy! Using the VBoxManage list and the switch 'hdds' or 'dvds' you can show the list of hard disks and DVD registered on the system.

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VBoxManage createvm --name "vm-name" --ostype Ubuntu --register
2010-04-23 06:54:26
User: 0disse0
Tags: virtualbox VBoxHeadless VBoxManage
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How to create a vm in VirtualBox

No comment: it's easy!

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VBoxManage list ostypes
2010-04-23 06:50:42
User: 0disse0
Tags: virtualbox VBoxManage
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List the supported OS in VirtualBox

If you want to know what OS are supported on "guest" machines on the Sun VirtualBox server.

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VBoxManage list vms
2009-08-07 12:43:04
User: linuxrawkstar
Tags: virtualbox virtualization VBoxManage
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Get a list of all your VirtualBox virtual machines by name and UUID from the shell

A similar command that lists only the currently running VMs is thus:

VBoxManage list runningvms

...the above showing a list of VMs by name and UUID in the same format as the "$ VBoxManage list vms" command

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