What I want to do is change the default settings for VM's - I would like to be able to change the settings for virtual graphic memory and 3d acceleration and have those settings applied to every new VM I create afterwards.
At the moment I have a workaround where I have a VM with all the settings but without a hard disc that I clone then add a HDD and install...
Is there a way to create the new default settings?
Changing default settings for VM's
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Re: Changing default settings for VM's
I believe that your workaround of cloning an existing VM is all you'd be able to do. The settings chosen by the New Machine wizard are hard-wired into Virtualbox. You'd have to edit the source code and rebuild to change them.
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Re: Changing default settings for VM's
Thanks Thought that might be the case from asking the same question on Reddit - Thought I'd ask here as there are probably more experts here...
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Re: Changing default settings for VM's
Alternatively, you could write a script to create the VMs using VBoxManage commands. For an example, see 7.1.3. Step by Step: Creating a Virtual Machine on a Headless Server.
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Re: Changing default settings for VM's
Probably easiest and less version dependant to just clone a template VM. That way you get the guest OS setup how you like it too.