Tag: virtualbox / Virtualization / xenserver

29.01.2015

to find out what version of the guest additions are installed on your linux guest, open up terminal type in: modinfo vboxguest filename: /lib/modules/3.2.0-4-amd64/updates/dkms/vboxguest.ko version: 4.1.18_Debian license: GPL description: Oracle VM VirtualBox Guest Additions for Linux Module author: Oracle Corporation srcversion: […]

01.12.2014

# delete old vitualbox install package apt-get purge virtualbox # install & download package wget –no-check-certificate https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc apt-key add oracle_vbox.asc echo “deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian wheezy contrib” >> /etc/apt/sources.list apt-get update apt-get install virtualbox-4.2 dkms # you might also want the guest […]

14.10.2014

  if your debian-lxde is stuck to a fixed resolution…   make shure that: LXDE auto resize screen VirtualBox Package Installation After setting up your new Lubuntu VM you’ll need to update the sources.list and install several components. Lubuntu doesn’t […]

22.09.2014

Houston… we have a problem… 1x cpu core are not enough… how do we poweroff the VM at midnight, increase the cpu cores 1->2, and power on that box, script-wise?

01.09.2014

Wussten Sie dass die innovative und kostenlose Virtualisierungs-Software VirtualBox ursprünglich aus Deutschland, Weinstadt stammt? … bevor Sie von Oracle 2002 aufgekauft wurde. Logo of VirtualBox OSE, 2007-2010 VirtualBox was initially offered by innotek GmbH under a proprietary software license, making one version […]

02.12.2013

VirtualBox Fenster – Scaling deaktivieren Wenn der Fensterinhalt einer Virtualbox Instanz plötzlich unscharf angezeigt wird, liegt dies an dem aktivierten Skalierungsmodus. Gar nicht so einfach zu finden, wenn man die Menüleiste innerhalb des Virtualbox Fensters deaktiviert hat. Problem: Darstellung des […]

17.01.2013

  my windows 7 VMs in virtualbox had TERRIBLE, TERRIBLE network performance… … the prolem seemed to be ip6 + virtio drivers. if you want to use virtio drivers… disbale ipv6 in windows 7. also try disable tcp auto tuning: netsh […]

11.11.2012

in short: the nice fact is that citrix xen and virtualbox can use the same/similar PIIX3 controler, which makes moving VMs between them a matter of “how to copy the harddisk sector wise”. (MAKE SHURE VIRTUALBOX IS USING THIS CONTROLER […]