Questions about Virtualizing Ubuntu or virtualizing other operating systems within Ubuntu.
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Will `sudo reboot` on KVM host gracefully poweroff guest VMs?
Currently I manually poweroff each KVM guest before rebooting the host. However, this is getting old and now I am up to about 20 guest machines.
Can I trust Ubuntu Server 12.04 to do the Right Thing ...
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Improving virtual Ubuntu hdd performance running on Windows host
I have a Windows 2008 R2 server with:
1 x 80GB SCSI, partitioned:
100MB reserved
79GB NTFS windows
2 x 1TB SCSI HDD running in a hardware RAID 0 striped configuration, partitioned:
7GB RAW (left ...
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How to load an existing windows installation as a virtual Guest inside Ubuntu
I dual-boot Windows 7 and Ubuntu 12.04.
I want to be able to virtually boot this windows installation inside Ubuntu.
While trying to do this using qemu
qemu -hda /dev/sda -m 2048
I am able to see ...
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Problems runnung VirtualBox in Ubuntu 12.10
I am trying to start a VM using VirtualBox, however I get the following errors.
I have read many pages on this error (some on this forum) but none of the suggested fixes I have found seem to ...
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Unable to Mount location, Ubuntu on Windows 7 virtual machine
I have installed Ubuntu on windows 7 VM. On installation I have assigned space from my drive to Ubuntu. Now I can see icon in ubuntu 161GB Hard Disk but when I click on it it shows message 'Unable to ...
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Timeframe on push to autodeploy.zip?
Given the answer to this question (Stuck Pushing to /sdcard/autodeploy.zip) how long should one expect the push to take given standard USB?
I'm attempting the flash via a pretty hefty Ubuntu virtual ...
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How to install Parallels Workstation in Ubuntu 12.10?
Is there a way to install parallels workstation on lastest ubuntu 12.10?
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Lubuntu on Virtual Machine: (minimum) disk space requirements?
Minimum system
requirements
for Xubuntu (...)
5 GB of disk space
With Lubuntu, you can use computers with even less memory.
I read the above as Xubuntu and Lubuntu both requiring ...
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Is running ubuntu with a Virtual machine, like VMware, Virtualbox, same as just running normally without? (functionality and experience wise)
I mean not performance wise, or hardware wise. Any good config PC will run them on VMs.
I mean functionality wise n experience wise.
Is one able to install and run Ubuntu linux applications just ...
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What's the difference (advantages/drawbacks) between installing Ubuntu physically on a hard drive and virtually by Vmware?
I've installed a Ubuntu 12.10 virtually with Vmware 9.0 and it works fine with me.
My question: what's the difference (advantages/drawbacks) between installing Ubuntu physically on a hard drive and ...
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Guest VM can only be accessed from Host, not over network
I have an Ubuntu Server machine which is acting as a VM host for KVM guests made with vmbuilder. I want to expose the VM's to the network. Currently, the VM guest can get out to the network, and I ...
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How to fix blurry font in Gnome Boxes Windows 7 virtual machine?
So I am currently installing Windows 7 inside gnome-boxes from an iso file.
This seems to be running fine, but the refresh rate seems to lack a bit, and also the font's are blurry, how can I fix ...
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Logitech G700 not scrolling
I have just installed Ubuntu 12.04 in a virtual machine (Virtual Box running on Windows 7). But I have a problem using my Logitech G700 mouse. If I use the scroll-wheel nothing happens, but I can ...
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1answer
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64bit chroot on 64bit host
The host is a Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit installation.
I'm using schroot to run chroots for several different Linux systems, such as Ubuntu 10.04 i386. The files for the chroots stem from working ...
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Is there an Ubuntu Touch emulator or a way to install it in a VM?
Is there any way to install Ubuntu Touch inside a virtual machine on a regular Ubuntu computer instead of on a phone or tablet? Or is there an emulator, like the one the Android SDK comes with?
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What are practical advantages of using linux-image-virtual kernel?
Ubuntu provides an alternative kernel package - linux-image-virtual, that is supposed to be optimized for use in virtual machines. What are actual optimizations and how much faster/smaller/better is ...
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How do I enable hardware virtualization technology (VT-x) for use in Virtualbox?
So I am trying to run Ubuntu in a virtualbox but on installing 12.10 from the .iso I was greeted by a warning telling me that audio wouldn't work then I pressed next and this popped up:
Failed to ...
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Virtual machine: Ubuntu as host and Windows 98 as guest does not work
I am trying to setup a virtual machine in ubuntu 12.10 my host system ( I dualboot on win7...).
After many efforts I succeeded to setup WM PLAYER 5 and even VM Worstation
...
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virtualization, guest Network settings error
I have the following situation, I have a virtualization environment, the host is Ubuntu
Host information:
uname -a
Linux asic 2.6.32-38-generic #83-Ubuntu SMP Wed Jan 4 11:12:07 UTC 2012 x86_64 ...
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1answer
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How to setup IPv6 on ubuntu host with two VMs
I want to setup IPv6 network with two VMs(virtual box) on a ubuntu 12.04 host. One VM is backtrack and second is window XP. I want to know that how can i setup a fully IPv6 network so that i can ...
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How to create xen pv iso of ubuntu 12.04
Currently i am running xen pv ubuntu 12.04 instance which i installed after downloading
kernel (vmlinuz) and ram disk (initrd.gz)
and then specified this in a file and Complete os got installed ...
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How to verify installed os type as minimal virtual machine
Trying to install Ubuntu 10.04 as guest.
Press F4 and choose Minimal Virtual Machine and then > selected Install Ubuntu Server
Now is there a way to confirm that installed Machine is Minimal VM ...
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Is there any virtualization software which can run x64 bit guest os without vt-x support Hardware?
I have Gateway NE56R laptop with Intel B960 processor, which do not support virtualization. But I want to install x64 bit guest OS on VirtualBox, it gives me error.
I have also used VMware ...
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How do I run multiple virtual desktops as one?
If I open 10 vbox windows at once, could I mirror the one task over all the virtual desktops?
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12.10 server install through virt-install is not seeing virtio network
export NAME=myhostname sudo virt-install --name $NAME --ram 4096
--disk $NAME.qcow2,size=9,bus=virtio,cache=none --network bridge=br0,model=virtio --autostart --serial pty --console pty
...
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QEMU hardware error 0x80000021
I'm trying to run Hiren's BootCD on QEMU but it throws a hardware error 0x80000021 on a Core 2 Duo, maybe there is some parameter missing to fix that.
$ kvm --version
QEMU emulator version 1.0 ...
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Cloud vs Virtualization vs SaaS - Preparing My 1st Install
I'm thinking about taking a stab at Ubuntu-One for cloud and/or virtualization purposes and for my first time although I have distro-hopped Linux desktop for a few years and worked somewhat with Red ...
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How Can I add two Bridged Interfaces on seperate LANS into KVM?
I Currently Have a Running server with multiple KVMs running different Servers within each, now I would like to add another separate interface to serve another group of KVMs on the same server.
There ...
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How to Create Virtual USBs on Ubuntu host connected to machines in virtualbox
I have to perform backup operations between servers .
my servers are virtual machines in Virtual Box .
What I want to do is to plug a usb in each server .
servers are virtual machines so usb drivers ...
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LXC: 10.04 guest can access VT's but 12.04 guest cannot?
I'm running a couple of LXC guest on an Ubuntu 12.04.2 host.
The 10.04 guests can access the VT's(text) just fine.
However, the 12.04 guest cannot.
The only thing I can find in syslog which looks ...
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VirtualBox kernel modules do not match the version of VirtualBox
The VirtualBox 4.2.12 on Ubuntu 12.04 was running fine till I needed to install guest additon. After its installation:
Failed to open a session for the VM Win 7 exit code 1;
RTR3Init failed with ...
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Dual-use guest for LXC and KVM?
Would it be possible to install (and maintain by simple means, such as apt-get dist-upgrade) a "dual-use" setup? I.e. install an guest instance in a way which allows me to run it either as LXC or as ...
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What facets should I consider when deciding which guest to jail in (“full”) KVM and which in LXC?
Currently I am migrating to a new server. The old one ran 10.04 as host system and a few more 10.04 and Debian 6 as KVM guests. This was alright, because the processor had support for virtualization. ...
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How do I get the VT running X in my LXC container to my host?
I'm trying to run Lubuntu within an LXC container on my host already using a GUI.
Is it possible to redirect the X output from the container to say; VT9 rather than VT7? If so where is the VT7 ...
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Set up Ubuntu on VirtualBox
I downloaded the VirtualBox and added the saasbook-vm-0.9.1.vdi.
When I start the virtual machine I'm getting a prompt:
Press ESC in 0 seconds to skip startup.nsh or any key to continue
Shell>
...
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Setting up Xen VGA Passthrough With Two Different Video Card
While I have learned that you must use two different video cards to utilize Xen's VGA Passthrough, I am curious if you can do this with different video cards from the same manufacturer. Specifically, ...
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File sharing between Ubuntu VM and Windows 7
I've got Ubuntu 12.04 running as Guest in a virtualized VMware Workstation 9 session on a Windows 7 host. The Windows machine shares a folder with the Ubuntu machine via CIFS and the Ubuntu machine ...
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How do I migrate a Virtualbox image to an LXC container?
Is there a way to migrate a Virtualbox image to a LXC containter environment?
I can easly extract a tar of the Virtualbox VM's file system. I'm kind of hoping there's a way to create an 'empty' ...
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How to create an image of an entire remote system for using on other (virtual) remote machines?
I have ordered several virtual machines from a hosting provider, which all need exactly the same setup:
same users
same programs installed
same config (except for hostname) including cron-jobs
Is ...
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Trouble connecting to wifi in Windows 7 VM
I run Ubuntu 12.10 as host and I am trying to use VirtualBox for gaming with a Windows 7 guest. I cannot, however, connect to my wireless internet in the guest. Any suggestions?
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Black screen after restoring Ubuntu 12.04 on VMware (Win8) [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
My computer boots to a black screen, what options do I have to fix it?
My VMware Ubuntu 12.04 64bit (Win8) worked properly, but after improper logout (of my)
I get a ...
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Dual-booting my system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu and booting the same Windows OS into a VM while running Ubuntu?
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So essentially I would like to be able to physically boot from either W7 or Linux on start-up, but I would rather remove the hassle of having to shut down everything I'm doing ...
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Why do I need to re-load kernel modules for virtualbox after a kernel update?
After the last kernel upgrade in Ubuntu 12.10 I had to manually re-load two kernel modules for Virtualbox.
modprobe vboxdrv and modprobe vboxnetflt
I don't know enough about the system to say if ...
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xen daemon: Error creating domain: Boot loader didn't return any data!
I am trying to create a VM with the following command
virsh -c 'xen+unix:///' create /tmp/z2c.xml
but I get the following error:
error: Failed to create domain from /tmp/z2c.xml
error: POST ...
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How can I install Ubuntu on my virtual harddisk (one of the feature of Windows 7)
I would like to know how to install Ubuntu on my virtual hard drive which I created on Windows 7. The problem lies in making my virtual drive an active one.
How can I make my virtual drive active ...
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What is the best hypervisor in/for Ubuntu to run a mix of Windows and Linux machines?
I am using Ubuntu 12.10 since last one month. I am new at Ubuntu. I need to create lab contains Windows 2008R2 domain controller with Linux servers and workstations with different roles installed. ...
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How do I TRY Ubuntu on my Macbook Pro?
Well, I've heard that Ubuntu is a Great Operating System, and I'd LOVE to try it. I have a MacBook, and don't want to replace OS X Mountain Lion. How do try Ubuntu without uninstalling OS X?
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Ubuntu 11.10 Black Screen during xen vm cloning
I am using Ubuntu server 11.10,with xen hypervisor 4.1. Beside this I have installed Libvirt-0.9.2. All things working perfectly. But some time while using virt-install or virt-clone during the ...
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ubuntu 12.04LTS libvirt no conenction driver available
I am trying to setup a vm using xen under ubuntu 12.04LTS. I have installed the default libvirt version but I have some errors when trying to run:
$ virsh -c <uri> list
the errors are:
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Xen - install fully paravirtualized Ubuntu - no virtual kernel in bootloader
I followed this guide:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Xen
I managed to get 99% the way through it, but it appears the xen-netboot image doesnt install a virtual kernel (it says 'generic' at the end ...
