Category: Virtual Machines
25/12/09
06:25:44 pm, by richard 
, 252 words 
Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Network and Connectivity, Virtual Machines
HOWTO: Startup and Connect to a Remote VirtualBox Machine
Ok, so you have a working VBox machine and you want to run it on a host server, This allows you to connect to it remotely.To make the remote connect a little more secure you can stop any old person connecting in with out authentication by configuring… more »
27/11/09
06:58:32 pm, by richard , 327 words
Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Network and Connectivity, Filing Systems, Installation and Configuration, Virtual Machines
HOWTO: Create a New VM with VirtualBox
This is how to create a VirtualBox machine when you what tot use the command line or you cannot access the GUI. We will create a machine that will have the following setup vbTest Ubuntu Linux 64bit 1Gb RAM 8Gb Hard drive 1 Netw… more »
04:10:39 pm, by richard , 234 words
Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Installation and Configuration, Virtual Machines
Installing VirtualBox
To install VirtualBox you can either download the deb file or add the repository to the list held locally. [khakisample pre="1"]sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list[/khakisample][blacksample pre="1"]deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian… more »
28/12/08
09:15:06 am, by richard , 477 words
Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Backing up AND Restoring, Virtual Machines
Hints and Tips for testing and trying things out.
These are a bunch of things I have picked up over the years and now do routinely. they have each saved me from losing real data or stopped me trashing my system and making it non functional.
1. Take regular backups and better still automate it so you… more »
29/09/08
06:56:25 pm, by richard , 208 words
Categories: Ubuntu Linux, OS and Systems Administration, Virtual Machines
HOWTO: Install VMware tools without a GUI or X
I am assuming you already have an install of Ubuntu Server. I would make a copy of the whole VMware machine and play around with that, just in case :)Update your server with the latest patches (optional)[khakisample]sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-… more »
