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This post, which is a part of my VirtualBox series, shows how to install Ubuntu Server on VirtualBox. I have already shown you how to install Virtual Box on Ubuntu and Windows systems, and how to install Ubuntu Server as home server. This VirtualBox Ubuntu Server guide combines the two … read more
Some times, you may wish to access USB drive in VirtualBox guest OS. If so, you are in luck. VirtualBox shared USB devices are quite easy to setup. We are going assume that you have already setup VirtualBox on your Windows or Linux host OS and VirtualBox guest additions on … read more
If you want even more features on VirtualBox than what Guest Additions offers then you will have to install VirtualBox Extension Pack. We have already showed you how to install VirtualBox on Ubuntu and Windows, install Guest Additions on Windows and Ubuntu, Setup Shared Folder, and Mount Shared folder on … read more
Having shown how to setup VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows, it is now time to see how to update VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows guests. One of the minor annoyances of VirtualBox when compared to VMware is that update method for Guest Additions (known as VMware tools). VirtualBox requires a … read more
Having shown how to setup VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu / Linux, it is now time to see how to update VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu / Linux guests. One of the minor annoyances of VirtualBox when compared to VMware is that update method for Guest Additions (known as VMware … read more
You may have setup VirtualBox shared folder as we had previous described but you cannot use it or copy files to it until you mount VirtualBox shared folder on Windows guest OS. Setting up a shared VBox folder allows you to easily share files between host OS and guest OS. … read more
You may have setup VirtualBox shared folder as we had previous described but you cannot use it or copy files to it until you mount VirtualBox shared folder on Ubuntu or Linux guest OS. Setting up a shared VBox folder allows you to easily share files between host OS and … read more
VirtualBox shared folders allow you to share files between the guest and the host OSes on VirtualBox virtualization software. We have already showed you how to install VirtualBox on Windows and Ubuntu/Debian, and guest additions on Ubuntu/Debian and Windows. While VirtualBox Guest Additions increase the compatibility between guest and host … read more
If you want performance and convenience out of your virtual machine (VM) you must install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Windows. We have shown you how to install Virtual Box on Ubuntu / Debian and Windows 7, 8, and 10. But the vanilla VirtualBox has quite a few annoyances like inability … read more