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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