I'm using Oracle linux 8 on VirtualBox 6.1 on Windows 10
I'm using git as source control backup and for CI/CD purpouses.
However very often happens, that git repository get after some operation corrupted.
I found that on this behaviour were many people complaining at least year ago.
How the hell is please possible that such a critical application is failing on VirtualBox?
git running on Linux VirtualBox gets very often corrupted
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Re: git running on Linux VirtualBox gets very often corrupted
I read every message posted on here, and I don't recall any other posts about github being corrupted: please provide some references for your "many people" claim?
p.s. If you need github support then I assume there are better forums to choose than this one.
p.s. If you need github support then I assume there are better forums to choose than this one.
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Re: git running on Linux VirtualBox gets very often corrupted
We did have a discussion on GitHub corruptions in Virtualbox VMs here: viewtopic.php?f=6&t=97434 Unfortunately we did not pin down what was causing it.
Theoretically, a VM is simply another PC, so it should not matter if the 'hardware' the PC uses is physical or virtual. However, the way one uses a PC can have effect on the data stored on it. The users in the above link were apparently just powering-off their virtual 'PC', not shutting it down properly, or they were distributing copies of the same VM to multiple users, which could appear to a web service as if the same PC were connecting from several different locations. Whether either of these caused problems we were unable to figure out. But these usages are not ideal, so there is that factor to consider: the corruptions may yet be being caused by pebcak errors, not Virtualbox.
Theoretically, a VM is simply another PC, so it should not matter if the 'hardware' the PC uses is physical or virtual. However, the way one uses a PC can have effect on the data stored on it. The users in the above link were apparently just powering-off their virtual 'PC', not shutting it down properly, or they were distributing copies of the same VM to multiple users, which could appear to a web service as if the same PC were connecting from several different locations. Whether either of these caused problems we were unable to figure out. But these usages are not ideal, so there is that factor to consider: the corruptions may yet be being caused by pebcak errors, not Virtualbox.
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Re: git running on Linux VirtualBox gets very often corrupted
I think there is a fix in Linux 5.14.
see https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page= ... .14-VBOXSF
John
see https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page= ... .14-VBOXSF
John