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by herakles
8. Feb 2015, 17:40
Forum: VirtualBox on Windows Hosts
Topic: how to convert VDI to ISO ? (target usb)
Replies: 17
Views: 125133

How to export a .vdi to a real external hdd

Hello everybody from Mauritius ~! :D I am Caron from Mauritius. I run Mint 17 Quiana 64 bit and an Archlinux Vm. My aim is to convert my archlinux vdi into a bootable external hdd ( I use a laptop so I'll be using a laptop external hdd in a usb casing.) I read that I had first to convert the .vdi in...
by herakles
8. Feb 2015, 10:39
Forum: VirtualBox on Windows Hosts
Topic: CloneVDI tool - Discussion & Support
Replies: 1343
Views: 2274715

Make a bootable external hdd from an archlinux.vdi

Hello everybody from Mauritius ~! :D I am Caron from Mauritius. I run Mint 17 Quiana 64 bit and an Archlinux Vm. My aim is to convert my archlinux vdi into a bootable external hdd ( I use a laptop so I'll be using a laptop external hdd in a usb casing.) I read that I had first to convert the .vdi in...
by herakles
11. Sep 2014, 18:05
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: Installing Guest Additions on Xubuntu 14.04 fails
Replies: 4
Views: 67917

Re: Installing Guest Additions on Dragora 2.2

Hi everybody ! I am meeting same problems in installing Vbox Guest Additions in a Dragora 2.2 Vm running on a Mint 17 -64 bit Quiana :( So I posted the following thread on Dragora Forum and I got an answer . But I am a Linux Dummy and I don't know how to compile Vbox Guest Add according to the Kerne...
by herakles
4. Sep 2014, 20:46
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: How to get Archlinux working with a shared NTFS folder?
Replies: 9
Views: 4512

MINT 17 HOST AND ARCHLINUX GUEST

HI and thanks again for the excellent job you do !!! l I am running An archlinux 64 on a mint 17 64 bit and i do not know how to enable the seeing of my files on my " /home/caron/VirtualBox VMs/SHARED ! " (MINT 17) and /media/sf_SHARED_! folder in Archlinux Vm ? Thank you in advance ! :D C...
by herakles
19. Aug 2014, 19:37
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: DRAGORA GUEST on MINT 17 QUIANA HOST
Replies: 1
Views: 713

DRAGORA GUEST on MINT 17 QUIANA HOST

[Thank you so much for your help : I felt as if a new baby was born on my laptop...sigh :cry: Now we must take care and upgrade it ! :P I am trying to add Vbox guest add but I do not know how to mount the iso ( that is seen on the Oracle Virtualbox interface ) in order to connect to internet through...
by herakles
9. Aug 2014, 14:25
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: openSUSE host, windows guest: can't connect USB hard drives
Replies: 9
Views: 3884

MINT 17 QUIANA HOST and WIN7 GUEST : USB CONNEC PROBLEMS

Hi again from Rodrigues Island , Republic of Mauritius Indian Ocean I've got a interesting puzzle for you : :wink: I'm running a Win7 32 bit guest on a Linux Mint 17 Quiana 64 bits. :D My aim is to setup an BOOTABLE WIN 7 external usb 640 gb laptop hdd . :roll: By using Windows Automatic Installatio...
by herakles
3. Aug 2014, 15:09
Forum: Linux Guests
Topic: Guest Additions
Replies: 12
Views: 34410

Guest Additions on PORTEUS VM !

HI everybody ! :D I am having the same issue with a mont 17 host and a Porteus Rc 3.0 guest ! The point is that neither yum nor apt not $(uname) works on this "new slackware " form ! So how do I update my kernel headers please ? Though the modules installation isn;t that complicated or the...
by herakles
29. Jul 2014, 21:32
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: Guest additions - modprobe vboxguest failed
Replies: 6
Views: 36379

ON PORTEUS 3.0 Guest additions - modprobe vboxguest failed

Hi ...after a looooong time ! Made up Porteus 3.0 Vm and getting the same problem " modprobe " but " apt-get install " doesn't work there,,,lol :o ! Any ideas please ? Caron :mrgreen: P.S : lost wireless connecton-"eth0" when installing additional xzm modules.But before...
by herakles
17. May 2014, 18:59
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: Enable 3D acceleration
Replies: 4
Views: 1768

Enable 3D acceleration to PLAY OMERTA PC GAME

HI everyone ! It's the idiot from Mauritius hooray againnn...lol! I'm living happinly running multiple Windows Vm's on my Dell Vostro 1015 :) .I want to enable 3d graphics acceleration ( Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X4500MHD on my laptop!) :shock: but when I run DXDIAG in my windows 7 32...
by herakles
27. Apr 2014, 10:37
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: Windows 95 / 98 Runnig extremely slow
Replies: 22
Views: 12630

WIN 95 issue....

Hi everybody ! I have created, deleted, copied .vdi files between computers but still my Win 98 virtual runs smoothly ! The secret : upgraded 2 to 4 gb ram on an old dell laptop vostro 1015 ! I noticed that running VM's on mint 16 64 bit host , either windows or linux vm ( often at the same time !) ...
by herakles
17. Nov 2013, 01:25
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: MINT 16 PETRA 64 BITS as guest on MINT 15 HOST
Replies: 0
Views: 941

MINT 16 PETRA 64 BITS as guest on MINT 15 HOST

Hi everyone ! :) It's been a laong tine since I was playing with Win98 SE Vmas guest on linux hosts ! :wink: Now it's the turn of MINT 16 PETRA 64 bits : I can't connect to the net in the VM - which is not the case when I tried to upgrade to mint 16 via the net on a MInt 15 guest .... running on a M...
by herakles
11. Jun 2013, 04:29
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: USB in VISTA BASIC 32 BIT guest
Replies: 25
Views: 4684

USB DEVICES NOW VISIBLE

Hi ! This is what I get but apart in my Vista VM where I an use my usb connec dongle, I see the connected devices but unable to use them and that's what I get : uid=1000(caron) gid=1000(caron) groups=1000(caron),4(adm),24(cdrom),27(sudo),30(dip),46(plugdev),107(lpadmin),125(sambashare),1001(vboxuser...
by herakles
10. Jun 2013, 06:05
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: USB in VISTA BASIC 32 BIT guest
Replies: 25
Views: 4684

NICE MONDAY

Hi ! typed the command and will relogin . Where do I and what are the permissions I have to change please :oops: ?

Caron

P.S : got a bad flu and didn;t go to work 2day :|
by herakles
9. Jun 2013, 21:41
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: USB in VISTA BASIC 32 BIT guest
Replies: 25
Views: 4684

BACK TO NORMAL

Hi !

As linux 14 recognizes my physical hdd partitions, I just copied the .vdi of my 3 Vm and reinstall them in my new virtualbBox 4.2.12 ald asll's running fine now at last !!!! :D
But for usb , still not possible to edit etc/fstab.....

Thanks for all again

Caron :wink:
by herakles
8. Jun 2013, 16:38
Forum: VirtualBox on Linux Hosts
Topic: USB in VISTA BASIC 32 BIT guest
Replies: 25
Views: 4684

host physical partition not appearing in Virtualbox

Hi ! Thank you as usual for your time and patience especially with a dumb like me !lol! :o I don't know how but I succeeded in wiping out the version 4.1.18 ans replacing it by the 4.2.12 r84980 version. :D All seems to be working fine unless a small but interesting detail : :shock: My physical 320 ...