Category: Windows
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Converting VirtualBox .vdi to Proxmox VM using VBoxManage
Moving a virtual machine from VirtualBox to Proxmox comes down to converting the VirtualBox .vdi disk into a raw image with VBoxManage, copying it across to your Proxmox server, and attaching it to a new VM. This guide walks through the whole process, using the command line on the Proxmox side since that’s the reliable…
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Automate Virtual Machine Startup in Windows
If you run a VirtualBox VM that you want up and running all the time, it’s handy to have it start automatically when you log in, rather than launching it by hand each time. This guide covers doing exactly that on Windows, using a small batch file in the Startup folder to boot the VM…
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Creating Large VirtualBox Disks on Windows
The VirtualBox GUI caps a new .vdi disk at 2TB, but that’s a limit of the interface, not the disk format itself. Using the command line you can create much larger disks, and in this guide we’ll make an 18TB dynamic .vdi on a Windows host to show how it’s done. Step 1: Open Command…