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--- virtualization:virtualbox [2012/10/15 13:33]
gcooper
+++ virtualization:virtualbox [2014/04/23 15:04] (current)
gcooper
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 :!: If you need server virtualization, see:
-**[[virtualization:citrix:xenserver|XenServer]]**
+**[[virtualization:xenserver:xenserver|XenServer]]**
 **[[virtualization:proxmox|Proxmox Virtualization Environment]]**
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 Download and install the VirtualBox Extension Pack.  You can just double-click the file after VirtualBox is installed.
-http://download.virtualbox.org
+https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
 === Fedora ===
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 ==== Ubuntu Guest ====
 === Guest Additions ===
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 <file>
 sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`
+</file>
+==== Debian Guest ====
+=== Guest Additions ===
+http://virtualboxes.org/doc/installing-guest-additions-on-debian/
+As ''root'':
+<file>
+apt-get install build-essential module-assistant
+m-a prepare
+mount /media/cdrom
+sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
 </file>
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 ==== Compact a VM Disk ====
-http://novemberechoromeodelta.com/20081220-shrinking-virtualbox-vdi-files
+http://www.maketecheasier.com/shrink-your-virtualbox-vm/
 http://download.sysinternals.com/Files/SDelete.zip
-Defrag the disk within the VM.
+  - Defrag the disk within the VM
+    * maybe more than once
+  - Zero out the empty space within the VM
+    * Windows: ''sdelete -z c:''
+    * Linux: ''zerofree /dev/sda1''
+  - Shut down the VM cleanly
+  - ''VboxManage modifyvdi /path/to/your/VM.vdi compact''
 ==== VMware VM ====

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