Re: Just some questions about virtual machines
Re: Just some questions about virtual machines
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Originally Posted by
cwblanch
I'm installing another Ubuntu in the virtual machine and I'm noticing my computer going a bit slower with some pauses.
Installation is a pretty disk-intensive process so it will tend to slow everything down. In general, the more VMs you have running the slower they will be unless you have lots of memory and a reasonably fast processor. I rarely run any modern OS with a graphical interface in less than 1 GB; text-mode only systems like Ubuntu server usually run fine in 512 MB. But disk-intensive activities are especially likely to slow things down since they make it more difficult for the other running VMs to access the drive.
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Is it possible to transfer files between the virtual machine and your...main pc...?
If you are using VirtualBox then, yes, you can create something called a shared folder that both the host and guest can access. I believe you need the extensions pack installed to activate shared folders. I often simply write to a network share on my server that I can mount from both the host and guest.
Re: Just some questions about virtual machines
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Originally Posted by
SeijiSensei
Installation is a pretty disk-intensive process so it will tend to slow everything down. In general, the more VMs you have running the slower they will be unless you have lots of memory and a reasonably fast processor. I rarely run any modern OS with a graphical interface in less than 1 GB; text-mode only systems like Ubuntu server usually run fine in 512 MB. But disk-intensive activities are especially likely to slow things down since they make it more difficult for the other running VMs to access the drive.
If you are using VirtualBox then, yes, you can create something called a shared folder that both the host and guest can access. I believe you need the extensions pack installed to activate shared folders. I often simply write to a network share on my server that I can mount from both the host and guest.
The extensions pack worked perfectly, thank you.
But I'm having a problem with it recognizing when a usb device is plugged in, it just doesn't see anything at all.
I've already tried looking it up to see if I could find a fix. But I haven't been able to find anything. It seems no matter what I try it doesn't want to see that there are even any usb devices there.
Re: Just some questions about virtual machines
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Originally Posted by
cwblanch
But I'm having a problem with it recognizing when a usb device is plugged in, it just doesn't see anything at all.
I've already tried looking it up to see if I could find a fix. But I haven't been able to find anything. It seems no matter what I try it doesn't want to see that there are even any usb devices there.
It's been a while since I've used Ubuntu but I don't think this has changed... The open source Virtualbox version in the Ubuntu repos (virtualbox-ose) does not support USB connections. You need to install the PUEL (Personal Use and Evaluation License) version from the Virtualbox website (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads).
Also, be sure your user is a member of the vboxusers group or USB support will not work.