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+---
+title: "virtualbox"
+tags: [ "Documentation", "System" ]
+---
+# Setup
+
+## Arch Linux
+
+> sudo pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules-arch virtualbox-guest-iso
+
+> sudo modprobe vboxdrv
+
+> # vboxreload
+
+Make dd image into vdi
+
+> VBoxManage convertdd base.dd output.vdi --format VDI
+
+If this doesn't work, try to make a new bite size with just
+
+> sudo dd if=image.dd of=image2.dd bs=512 conv=sync
+
+## CLI Management
+
+List boxes:
+
+> VBoxManage list vms
+
+Start a headless instance
+
+> VBoxManage startvm "rata" --type headless
+
+To pause the machine:
+
+> VBoxManage controlvm "rata" pause --type headless
+
+You can do a number of things to virtualboxes this way:
+
+- startvm
+
+- pause
+
+- resume
+
+- poweroff
+
+## Creating Disks
+
+Creating a VM requires registering it:
+
+> VBoxManage createvm --name Ubuntu19.04 --register  --ostype Ubuntu
+
+> VBoxManage modifyvm Ubuntu19.04 --memory 1042
+
+> VBoxManage storagectl Ubuntu19.04 -name IDE --add ide --controller PIIX4  --bootable on
+
+Create just a disk with:
+
+VBoxManageg createhd --filename Ubuntu16.04 --size 5120
+
+