virtualbox peppermint vm installs require you to run ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run twice

virtualbox peppermint vm installs require you to run ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run twice

 

run VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
it fails with the error “modprobe vboxsf failed”
reboot

run VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
it fails
it works

Code:

# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run 
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 5.2.6 Guest Additions for Linux........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules.
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced until the system is restarted
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting.
VirtualBox Guest Additions: modprobe vboxsf failed

Code: 
# ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
Verifying archive integrity... All good.
Uncompressing VirtualBox 5.2.6 Guest Additions for Linux........
VirtualBox Guest Additions installer
Removing installed version 5.2.6 of VirtualBox Guest Additions...
Copying additional installer modules ...
Installing additional modules ...
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Building the VirtualBox Guest Additions kernel modules.
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced until the system is restarted
VirtualBox Guest Additions: Starting.


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vmware workstation player is now 40x cheaper than oracle virtualbox

vmware workstation player is now 40x cheaper than oracle virtualbox if you need USB 2 and/or USB 3 support

due to a quirk on the oracle store the minimum order quantity of virtualbox is 40 giving a minimum cost of £4000

• https://store.vmware.com/store?Action=DisplayProductDetailsPage&Locale=en_GB&SiteID=vmwde&ThemeID=29219600&productID=5128768400&src=WWW_eBIZ_StoreHome_Featured_WorkstationPlayer_UK
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/overview/index.html
• https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Licensing_FAQ
• https://shop.oracle.com/apex/f?p=DSTORE:PRODUCT:17287438502092

try and edit your cart you will get

1 error has occurred.

• The minimum required order quantity for Oracle VM VirtualBox Enterprise is 100.

1 error has occurred.

• The minimum required order quantity for Oracle VM VirtualBox Enterprise is 100.

 

the oracle site even has some broken links

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/overview/ssLINK/061976
• http://www.oracle.com/us/technologies/virtualization/061976.html

virtualbox minishift openshift origin dev env

if you have virtualbox (or hyper-v) you can download minishift and create a local openshift origin demo or dev environment

• https://www.openshift.org/minishift/
• https://docs.openshift.org/latest/minishift/index.html
• https://docs.openshift.org/latest/minishift/getting-started/index.html
• https://github.com/minishift/minishift/releases

to avoid the Hyper-V error you will need to run minishift with the –vm-driver switch
BAD WAY

C:\Progs\minishift-1.5.0-windows-amd64>minishift start
-- Installing default add-ons ... OK
-- Checking if Hyper-V driver is configured ... FAIL
 Hyper-V virtual switch is not set

GOOD WAY

C:\Progs\minishift-1.5.0-windows-amd64>minishift start --vm-driver virtualbox
-- Starting local OpenShift cluster using 'virtualbox' hypervisor ...
-- Minishift VM will be configured with ...
 Memory: 2 GB
 vCPUs : 2
 Disk size: 20 GB

once you have minishift openshift running locally you should be able to access its  webconsole at

• https://your-local-minishift-openshift-ip:8443

and you may want to download the openshift command line tools so you can use those locally too

• https://github.com/openshift/origin/releases

once you are happy minishift openshift is running locally you may like to create a project using the demo national parks container

• openshiftroadshow/parksmap-katacoda:1.0.0

and the demo national parks python app

• https://github.com/openshift-roadshow/nationalparks-katacoda

you should then see something like this

windows network almost complete thanks to xubuntu and virtualbox

windows network almost complete thanks to xubuntu and virtualbox

• 1 hp windows 7 elitebook
• 2 dell windows 7 notebooks
• 2 dell windows 7 desktops
• 1 dell xps server with (20G ram) running xubuntu 16 and virtualbox
  • 2 windows 2012 r2 eval server
  • 2 windows 2016 eval server

now just have 180 days left to renew mcse certification

oracle @virtualbox 5.0.20 now available for lin/mac/sol/win hosts

oracle @virtualbox 5.0.20 now available for download

• https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads

but no mention that it fixes mac osx i5 crashing when > 3 vms use > 90% each

• https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Changelog

more oracle virtual box bugs here

• https://www.virtualbox.org/query?reporter=fsse8info

the ultimate desktop #gnu/#linux, #osx and #windows10

the ultimate desktop gnu/linux, apple osx and ms windows 10 all running at once thanks to the power of oracle virtualbox

virtualbox tips of the week check bios vt and dont overcommit ram

virtualbox tips of the week check bios vt and dont overcommit ram

1. Check your BIOS and confirm VT and VT-x are enabled and then you will be able to build and run 64bit vms in your 64bit os
2. Dont try and run 2 x 1.5G vms if you only have 4G of RAM unless you want to spend 4 hours shutting down – reduce vms to to 1G and restart them

do this

not this