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--- virtualization:virtualbox [2013/02/10 10:43]
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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 http://virtualboxes.org/doc/installing-guest-additions-on-debian/
+As ''root'':
 <file>
-sudo apt-get install build-essential module-assistant
+apt-get install build-essential module-assistant
 m-a prepare
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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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