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 ==== VirtualBox General Notes ====
-[[https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=50661|How to resize a Virtual Drive]]
+Running VirtualBox as a service on Windows:  [[http://techgenix.com/start-virtualbox-service/]]
+__How to convert VMDK to VDI__\\
+See notes at https://www.bonusbits.com/wiki/HowTo:Convert_VMDK_to_VDI
+__How to resize a Virtual Drive__\\
+  * The following was tested with VBox 5.1.26
+  * Shutdown the VM you want to resize
+  * Navigate to the .vdi file you want to resize
+  * Make a backup copy of the .vdi file
+  * Run a command like this (example for 30GB drive)
+  # VBoxManage modifyhd /path/to/file.vdi --resize 30000
+Note, if you have a vmdk file you need to follow this [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11659005/how-to-resize-a-virtualbox-vmdk-file|(see this link)]] and then update the UUID following [[https://stackoverflow.com/questions/17803331/how-to-change-uuid-in-virtual-box|this link]] or navigating to $HOME/.VirtualBox/VirtualBox.xml and updating the information there (make a backup first):
+  # VBoxManage clonehd "source.vmdk" "cloned.vdi" --format vdi
+  # VBoxManage modifyhd "cloned.vdi" --resize 51200
+  # mv source.vmdksource.vmdk.BAK
+  # VBoxManage clonehd "cloned.vdi" "source.vmdk" --format vmdk
+  * Start VirtualBox manager
+  * Highlight the VM whose disk you are resizing
+  * Click Settings and then click storage
+  * Mount a virtual CDROM (gparted-live ISO that you downloaded to the host machine)
+  * Start the VM
+  * Start Gparted LIVE
+  * Follow the menus to resize the partition that you need to make larger
+  * When done, exit Gparted and unmount the CDROM
+  * Boot the VM and verify your changes were implemented
+  * Ref 1: https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=50661\\
+  * Ref 2: http://derekmolloy.ie/resize-a-virtualbox-disk/\\
+__Possible mouse unresponsiveness issue in 5.1.18__
+https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=79034
+__Running in Headless Mode__\\
+# List virtual machines\\
+VBoxManage list vms\\
+"MyVM" {e4b0c92c-4301-4a7d-8af8-fe02fed00451}
+# Start VM in headless mode\\
+VBoxManage startvm MyVM --type headless
+# Power off VM\\
+VBoxManage controlvm MyVM poweroff
+[[http://jez.me/article/how-start-virtualbox-vm-headless-windows-10|Run VirtualBox Headless at Startup in Windows 10]]
+**February 2015**
+//Updated October 2016 for wodim issues//
+Installing Guest Additions in run-level 3 on CENTOS6 and CENTOS7:
+  * https://linuxconfig.org/how-to-mount-cdrom-in-linux
+  * First, go to the VirtualBox window that is running the guest machine and choose Devices > Insert Guest Additions CD Image
+  * From a separate terminal window (via ssh) or in the VM window itself, su - root
+  * yum install cdrecord
+  * wodim --devices
+    * (note the drive designation)
+      * If that command fails on a CENTOS7 v7.2.1511 VirtualBox instance, try: wodim dev=/dev/sr0 --devices
+      * If that succeeds, it should say something like 'VBOX'  'CD-ROM'
+      * Or: wodim -prcap (although that doesn't seem to give you the info needed)
+      * See [[https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/cdrkit/+bug/1203559]]
+  * mkdir /media/cdrom
+  * mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /media/cdrom
+    * if you used "sr0" above, substitute sr0 for scd0 in the line above
+  * cd /media/cdrom
+  * Then run Linux version of script
+    * Ex: sh VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
+  * When done, cd / and eject and reboot
+__
+Updated 18 March 2019__\\
+  * https://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/