[ubuntu] virtual machines - store in / or /home?
About to do a fresh install of ubuntu and planning on running a VirtualBox vm running Windows 7. Should the virtual machine file be stored in root or home? That will determine how large I should make...
View Article[ubuntu] [GUIDE] GFX passthru club - Auto switch monitor input on guest...
Read someone's post a year or so back about using DDC/CI to control the monitor settings from the command line, I've faffed on and off but struggled finding a ddc tool that worked until recently. So...
View Articlemouse click position is different than pointer position in VmWare
I am running Ubuntu 16.04. Intalled VmWare 12.1.1 build-3770994. Installed widows 7 64 bit. everything seems to be running OK but..... Let VmWare come up and let windows come up. Use windows, things...
View Article[server] "ALERT! /dev/disk/by-uuid/X-X-X-X does not exist." when booting...
Well, I decided to go ahead and try Ubuntu server with Xen to virtualize stuff. This is mostly because my server is a bit older Opteron machine, which doesn't support full hardware virtualization, so...
View Article[server] What VM should I use
Hi there. My name is Alvin and this is my first post:). I recently acquired a IBM system: x3250 M2, and am looking at running a few things on it. ClearOSTeamspeak ServerPossibly more depending on...
View ArticleVirtualbox OSX
Hi all, Been using Linux since around 2000, Been using Ubuntu for about 3 years, I have a Virtualbox install set up with Windows XP and Windows 10 running on it for some car software I have, I have an...
View ArticleVirtualbox setup for host/guest networking, dhcp, dns, and webserver
Hello all, I am working on a project for someone else that includes some method of virtualization. The preference was linux so since I have some experience with linux and ubuntu such as running muck...
View ArticleKVM Workstation
Hi I am planning on building a new workstation this summer and would like some guidance on my choice of hardware. I primarily use Autodesk Inventor and 3Ds Solidworks at work (windows softare) and have...
View ArticleDealing with storage on KVM
I have created a logical drive to hold all of my images (which I created a brtfs filesystem), I also created a logical drive for data. I thought that I could create that drive as a block device, but I...
View Article[ubuntu] Linux swap partition not on VDI image.
I converted my Linux OS (Ubuntu 15.10) on SSD to a virtualbox vdi. Only when I started to boot from it (and it seemed to boot just fine) did I remember that the swap partition for my OS was on a...
View ArticleVirtualbox 5.0.18 systemd startup
Hi, I have setup a headless virtualbox on ubuntu server 16.04 and everything is working fine except I am unable to get it to automatically start on boot using systemd. The service file looks like this...
View Article[ubuntu] Connect VM to internet only via VPN
Hey you guys. I work at a company where we use windows all the time. At home, however i use only Ubuntu, yet sometimes i do need Visual Studio, or some other proprietary windows-only software from...
View Article[ubuntu] How install virtualbox on ubuntu server 16.04 and using it as...
hello everyone, I need the article or mentoring about how should I install and set the Ubuntu server to receive the virtual box and phpVirtualBox to management virtual machines. What should I know...
View Article[ubuntu] Use an existing Ubuntu installation in a Hyper-V instance?
I'm dual-booting Win10 Pro and Ubuntu 16.04 on a quad-core Xeon box with 8GB RAM. Win10 and Ubuntu are installed on and boot from and SSD. Data is mostly kept on a SATA HD. Since Hyper-V is an option,...
View ArticleThe basics
So, I listen to a podcast called Linux action show. A few episodes ago there was a huge section about virtualisation. They mentioned something called proxmox which I think is something to manage your...
View Articlevirt-manager dependency on libgl1-mesa-glx
I have been running KVM on Ubuntu 14.04 successfully for some time. Stuffed up my server this week so decided to start from scratch and use Ubuntu 16.04. I found that I couldn't get virt-manager to run...
View Article"Proxify" Virtual Machine
Hello I have a proxy software with socks already set and want that my VM "see" this socks. How do I do? Regards
View Article[ubuntu] None of my Ubuntu servers will shutdown
I have about 10 Ubuntu servers, 14.04.4 LTS. They are running under VMware Esxi 5.5. Years ago, I could gracefully shutdown the servers. Then, after an unknown upgrade, they won't shutdown any longer....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Ubuntu Error Message
Hello, I am trying to use Ubunto 14.04.4 on my Windows 10 computer via Virtual Box. However, I get this message upon loading it up. I am still able to eventually get to the screen where I input my...
View ArticleSetting up Wifi
Hello folks, I have recetly got VirtualBox for the purpose of trying out Ubuntu Linux. My computer is an HP, with Windows10 OS. My virtual box is set up, and I have a "cable connection" although my...
View Article