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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:
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startvm
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pause
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resume
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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