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You should configure your network settings as bridged (not NAT). According to your comments, this seems to work properly.

You can check what is your local IP address with this command:


Use...

I like vlc.

http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html

The end of life date for Ubuntu 11.10 will be very soon: May 9, 2013. Consider to upgrade to a newer release. Ubuntu 12.04 is long...

Check in VirtualBox Network menu of your VM if you have selected the bridged adapter mode. Do not use NAT.

I recommend to switch network settings to Bridged Adapter.

Are you using VirtualBox?. Open storage menu and check if virtual disk is shown there.

No problem here with VirtualBox and Linux Lint. It runs great.

Best regards,

Luis

Not sure if I understand your question.

A virtual machine is just like a physical computer. Therefore you can add to that VM several virtual disks containing several operating systems. No problem....

Do not buy a new hard drive if yours is healthy. The problem could be due to other elements.

You detected a possible CD problem. Try to run the option Check disc for defects. I attach a captute of...

Xubuntu 11.10 will expire in April 2013. I recommend to install a long term support distribution:

1) Xubuntu 12.04 LTS with 3 years support until April 2015.
...

Your problem is easy to solve. You have to reinstall GRUB 2.

I recommend to follow this procedure:

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Grub2/Installing#via_ChRoot

Maybe you have to select the Host key (normally the control key of the right side) in order to attach the keyboard to the window where Ubuntu is being installed.

I recommend to use a language like python for your script. bash is quite good script language but python could be more advisable for non-trivial programs.

I think that ImageMagick is a good...

If your Ubuntu is desktop edition, try to install GuestAdditions:

http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch04.html#idp11154112

I do not install the additions in VMs running Ubuntu server.

BTW. I...

For a full backup of the system I recommend Clonezilla. BTW, Clonezilla has a friendly menu. So command line is only an option.

If you wish to backup the files of your account, you could use the...

I recommend this procedure:

1) Be sure that GuestAdditions are installed in VM.

2) Define a shared folder on the VB menu. For example, I have defined the folder "d:\share" with the name...

The procedure you are proposing is very difficult and perhaps not reliable.

I recommend a very simple backup procedure for any Ubuntu virtual machine.

Backup the entire folder of you virtual...

Do you get the same problem if you define virtual disks dynamically allocated?.

I recommend ImageMagick:

http://www.imagemagick.org/script/index.php

This is an example:



convert image.tif image.jpg

The virtual disk file (vdi, vmdk) is stored by default in the folder of the VM. Have you checked if the file is there?.

Are you sure that you have 25 GB available in your disk for the virtual disk...

I think that you should use the option -mbr in the command createrawvmdk (http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch09.html#rawdisk).

You can create a file named zero.mbr typing this command:



dd...

An additional comment.

I have doubts about the reliability of your backup. Your system should be stopped if you wish a reliable full backup.

So, if you need to restore data from your backup,...

Type this command if you want to list the files stored in backup:



tar tvjf backup-2013-02-15.tar.bz

Use this command if you wish to list the drives detected by the system:



sudo fdisk -l

Hi Peter,

You are trying to create an image of a CF and then convert it to vdi format.

First step will be the copy. You do not need any virtual machine for this step. I suppose you have a...

I have found the folders where the interface stats are stored.

Take a look to the folder /sys/class/net/eth0/statistics.



-r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Feb 14 04:29 collisions
-r--r--r-- 1...

You could call a command similar to this from your application (this is an example):



ifconfig eth0 | grep 'RX bytes'
The output will be something like this:



RX bytes:162481...