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====== VirtualBox ====== | ====== VirtualBox ====== | ||
- | VirtualBox is a free/opensource Hypervisor | + | VirtualBox is a free, open-source hypervisor |
* [[http:// | * [[http:// | ||
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====== Create a VM ====== | ====== Create a VM ====== | ||
Copy an ISO to your home directory: | Copy an ISO to your home directory: | ||
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* SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.200 | * SSH to VM server: 172.26.0.200 | ||
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# su - aorth | # su - aorth | ||
$ VBoxHeadless -s b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f -v off &</ | $ VBoxHeadless -s b0237553-9653-4461-bd0e-d4d316c16d4f -v off &</ | ||
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+ | ===== Mount a CD to a running VM ===== | ||
+ | Attach an ISO to a running VM. The CD/DVD device is on the Secondary IDE controller (--port 1), and it is the slave device (--device 1). | ||
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+ | ====== Optimal settings for a guest ====== | ||
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+ | * Notes about '' | ||
+ | * Set the IO scheduler to '' | ||
+ | * Edit the grub command line to set the default IO scheduler, usually in /// | ||
+ | * Install guest additions (VirtualBox or VMware) | ||
+ | * Run a virtual machine-specific kernel: | ||
+ | * Ubuntu: linux-image-virtual | ||
+ | * Mount filesystems with '' |