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I recently decided to play a bit with VirtualBox on Mac OSX 10.6.8 (Snow Leopard).
But from time-to-time I just want to quickly compile some (open) source code which is easily/readily available on Linux before trying it on OSX.
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- This is probably a good idea. I will say now, that the performance of OS X Yosemite in VirtualBox is poor. Additionally, VirtualBox’s Guest Additions, which provide some integration between the VM and its host, are not available for OS X, so features such as resizing the resolution of the VM are not available.
- This short video shows you how to add VirtualBox Guest Additions to your virtual machines to add.
First I got VirtualBox for OSX and installed the .dmg package without problems.
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Then I decided to have a look into Debian 6.0 (
squeeze). I just took the “Small CDs” for amd64 with its 180MB.
I created a standard new Linux Debian 64 VirtualBox machine with standard configurations. Then I loaded the Debian .iso image into the virtual drive (click on the CD/DVD icon under Storage > IDE controller) and started the machine. Once again I followed the standard installation. The machine was connected to the internet and it actually downloaded some 1062 packages… Took some 40min to pull them down. At the end it asked to reboot and Debian was finally running.
The final touch is to install/setup the Guest Additions so that the Debian guest can reach the Mac OSX host directories. For that I went on the VirtualBox menu: Devices > Install Guest Additions. It mounts for you a virtual CD/DVD on Debian /media/cdrom.
Next I opened on Debian: Accessories > Root Terminal (You will need the root password).
Then I simply issued: # sh /media/cdrom/VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
The installation script removed the existing and added another kernel module into the Debian guest.
Youtube converter download for mac. Next I just had to add a shared folder into the virtual machine (Devices > Shared folders…), pointing to a directory on the Mac OSX host. I also marked it as “Auto-mount” and “Make Permanent“. Then I rebooted the Debian virtual machine.
By then I could see a directory mounted in /media/sf_[name_of_shared] but I had no access to it. The final step is to add your [your_user_name] into the vboxsf group.
The fix is to launch again the Root Terminal (root again) and issue: # adduser [your_user_name] vboxsf
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A final reboot on the guest and now you should be able to reach your shared folder….
PS.: Don’t type “#”, it means the command prompt or shell on the terminal….
Enjoy ?
Mac OS X is not meant to be run inside a VM. In fact, it even violates the EULA which you have definitely read. Anyway, if you were to follow a guide for running Mac inside VirtualBox (like this) you would end up with a perfectly fine VM. However, there are some caveats. First you would notice that the resolution is stuck at 1024x768. You could fix that by changing some internal settings of VirtualBox. Next, you wouldn't be able to connect USB devices to the virtual machine because you have to install the proprietary Extension Pack first, maybe like this.Almost there, theoretically.. Since VirtualBox doesn't provide Guest Additions for Mac, you won't be able to use things like Clipboard Sync and Shared Folders. That's a huge bummer, because it's a crucial feature if you plan to use Mac and your host system side-by-side (e.g. for development). To workaround this, you can take use of Mac's built-in Screen Sharing (VNC) and File Sharing (SMB) features. But first you have to create a second network adapter in your virtual machine which acts as a host-only adapter (don't forget to create the host-only network first). This way the guest machine (Mac OS X) has access to the internet via the NAT adapter, but the host machine is still able to easily access services running on the guest via the host-only adapter. Nice!
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Now on to configuring VNC and SMB. Open System Preferences in Mac OS X and go to 'Sharing'. Enable both 'File Sharing' and 'Screen Sharing'. For the former you'll have to enable user authentication by clicking 'Options' and check your username under 'Windows File Sharing'. Nothing else to do for 'Screen Sharing'.You should be able to connect to the VM using your favorite VNC client now. The IP address of the Mac machine is 192.168.56.101. The same goes for SMB.
If you intend to use this setup on a daily basis, I'd recommend to start the virtual machine in headless mode, either via GUI (right-click the machine, 'Start', 'Headless') or via command line (