lk/system/virtualbox.md
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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