Tag: virtualbox
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[Fixed] Tiny screen in VirtualBox Guest
I have a Microsoft Surface Pro 4 laptop and although it is a very high resolution screen it is only 12″ big so I do most of my development on a second 24″ monitor. I want to my Windows 10 virtual machine to run full screen on the 24″ monitor which is 1900 x 1200…
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How to enable ACPI Shutdown in VirtualBox
A VirtualBox guest computer runs in a window. When you click [X] or click the Machine menu there is the option “ACPI Shutdown”. Ubuntu Guests To enable this on Ubuntu guests from https://community.bitnami.com/t/mac-host-controlled-shutdown-of-vbox-rubystack-3-2-1/2904 Windows Guests To enable this on Windows 10 guests Control Panel > Power Options > Choose what the power buttons do> When…
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How to add a static IP to a Virtualbox on your laptop
I believe that all development should be done on virtual machines because of the ability to backup and restore them as simple files. I use my Microsoft Surface Pro 4 as the host and and have two guests; a Windows 10 development box with IntelliJ and PuTTY on it and a Bitnami WordPress appliance that…
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VirtualBox on Microsoft Surface 3 (not pro)
I am testing a Microsoft Surface 3 (not Pro) this is obviously too underpowered for heavy VM use (i5, 8GB RAM is preferred) but it is worth trying out. My new Surface 3 now uses the Atom x7 processor but the Internet is unclear whether this device supports virtualisation because the processor specifications have changed over time. I…
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Backing up a virtual machine to the cloud
Any virtual machine will be large, probably >10 GB and it changes regularly. To back it up to the cloud I would ideally use a block level back-up solution. That way only the changes get synced up. The catch is that a block level back-up solution needs an agent at both ends and as far…
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Vagrant and Chocolatey can script setting up Windows environments
In an earlier post I suggested that development environments should be virtual machines and I will probably run mine in Virtualbox 5.0 because this now supports all hypervisors including Hyper-V on appropriate Windows platforms (Pro or Enterprise). Virtualbox is also the preferred target of Vagrant which we will discuss below. Virtual machines can be copied…
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Development environments should be virtual machines
It is a fact of life that laptops fail. Last year the hard drive failed and I had to reinstall. Now my Dell Studio 1558 got a blocked fan and my repair was unsuccessful. My data is intact on the hard drive but the I am going to have to restore to a new device. It…
Dr James Bayley 