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VirtualBox Guest OS

846231Sep 24 2011 — edited Sep 27 2011
Hi all,


I have a laptop with host OS installed WIN7 64bit and I installed Virtual Box on it, then installed Guest OS OEL 64 bit.

The mininum memory I allocated for my guest linux OS is 512Mb and the disk space 100G.

My question how can I increase my allocated memory and diskspace? without re installing?


Thanks a lot.

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2726024
Hi,

The memory can be easily increased on the guest settings window, system tab.

With regards to HDD space, one way could be to add a new hard disk and properly configure the guest.

regards, michael
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846231
Thanks mike,


I still have free 300Gb on my physical D:\ drive on my Host Win7 OS. I do not know how to add more space on my Guest Linux OS. or the WinXP :( Is it possible?


Thanks.
2726024
Yes.
Shut down the guest, on the settings -> Storage tab add a new Hard Disk with creating a new one, after that boot up guest and use Disk Management in XP or fstab/mount etc in Linux.

regards, michael
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846231
Thanks Mike, you are a genius :)



I got another major problem, with the IP addresses both the Host OS (Win7) and Gues OS(WinXP). They are not seeing each other :(
How can I resolve it? I try to ping each other but to no avail. Is there a way to re configure the IP of both OS?
2726024
Well, as far as I know, there is only NAT adapter enabled by default.
You can add one more adapter and set it to Host Only mode, so you can both the machines
Check the manual http://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch06.html

regards, michael
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