I found a solution File -> Virtual Media Manager -> Removed existing images (note, I removed them only from the registry). I followed these steps. VirtualBox – moving a VDI file and re-linking it to the Guest After that I could update the path in the VM settings.
I found a solution Open Windows Network Connections Right click on VirtualBox Host only adapter that created Choose properties Check “VirtualBox NDIS6 Bridged Networking driver” disable and Enable the adapter
I found the multiple options confusing, so I decided to test all of them to see exactly what they do. I’m using VirtualBox 4.2.16-r86992 and Vagrant 1.3.3. I created a directory called nametest and ran vagrant init precise64 http://files.vagrantup.com/precise64.box to generate a default Vagrantfile. Then I opened the VirtualBox GUI so I could see what … Read more
It is a RAM related issue. The documentation is self explanatory: You are trying to allocate >3GB of RAM to the VM. This requires: (a) a 64 bit host system; and (b) true hardware pass-through ie VT-x. Fast solution Allocate less than 3GB for the virtual machine. Complete solution Make sure your system is 64 … Read more
The plugin vagrant-vbguest solved my problem: $ vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest Output: $ vagrant reload ==> default: Attempting graceful shutdown of VM… … ==> default: Machine booted and ready! GuestAdditions 4.3.12 running — OK. ==> default: Checking for guest additions in VM… ==> default: Configuring and enabling network interfaces… ==> default: Exporting NFS shared folders… … Read more
As mentioned in the docs, boxes are stored at: Mac OS X and Linux: ~/.vagrant.d/boxes Windows: C:/Users/USERNAME/.vagrant.d/boxes
I solved this problem, and will answer in case anyone else has a similar issue. What I did was: I enabled the GUI of Virtual box to see that it was waiting for input on startup to select whether I wanted to boot directly to ubuntu or safemode etc. To turn on the GUI you … Read more
If you want to end having back a vmdk hard disk (maybe you are interested in using the disk in vwmare too), the complete steps are: VBoxManage clonemedium “source.vmdk” “cloned.vdi” –format vdi VBoxManage modifymedium “cloned.vdi” –resize 51200 VBoxManage clonemedium “cloned.vdi” “resized.vmdk” –format vmdk The above will resize the hard disk up to 50GB (50 * … Read more
Add yourself to the vboxsf group within the guest VM. Solution 1 Run sudo adduser $USER vboxsf from terminal. (On Suse it’s sudo usermod –append –groups vboxsf $USER) To take effect you should log out and then log in, or you may need to reboot. Solution 2 Edit the file /etc/group (you will need root … Read more
The best way to login to a guest Linux VirtualBox VM is port forwarding. By default, you should have one interface already which is using NAT. Then go to the Network settings and click the Port Forwarding button. Add a new Rule. As the rule name, insert “ssh”. As “Host port”, insert 3022. As “Guest … Read more