Usar una partición real en VirtualBox
VirtualBox nos permite trabajar con discos duros virtuales, que no son más que ficheros donde se guarda toda la información que albergaría un disco real. Pero también nos permite trabajar con discos y particiones reales. De esta manera, desde nuestro Debian, podemos estar trabajando con otro sistema que esté realmente instalado en nuestra máquina, sin necesidad de reiniciar el pc y abandonar nuestro sistema operativo favorito. Para ello, solo hay que seguir tres sencillos pasos, que empiezan por crear el fichero .vmdk que le servirá a VirtualBox como referencia de los datos.
VirtualBox
Oracle VM VirtualBox (formerly Sun VirtualBox, Sun xVM VirtualBox and Innotek VirtualBox) is a free and open-source hosted hypervisor for x86 computers currently being developed by Oracle Corporation. Developed initially by Innotek GmbH, it was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008 which was in turn acquired by Oracle in 2010. For some guest operating systems, a "Guest Additions" package of device drivers and system applications is available[9][10] which typically improves performance, especially of graphics.[11] History[edit]
Growing your VirtualBox Virtual Disk (The Fat Bloke Sings)
Don't you just hate it when this happens: Fortunately, if you're running inside VirtualBox, you can resize your virtual disk and magically make your guest have a bigger disk very easily. There are 2 steps to doing this... 1.
Walkthrough: Deploy a Virtual Hard Disk for Native Boot
Published: October 22, 2009 Updated: July 8, 2010 Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2
Comprehensive Xen Debian Wheezy PCI Passthrough Tutorial - Xen
From Xen Introduction The following guide is comprised of my personal documentation and excessive filtering for human consumption. It details the series of steps I took to successfully install and compile a custom Linux Kernel, Xen 4.2 unstable, and run three virtual machines to perform unique tasks all on a single physical computer.
Getting started with Xen virtualization
Updated: July 15, 2011 Zen, spelled with Z, is the quintessential feeling at the crown of your head while peeing in snow after holding for eight hours. Xen, spelled with X, is an open-source virtualization technology that you may consider for your setup, whether at home or business, although, like KVM, it is more oriented at the corporate market. We've had several tutorials on KVM, covering the introduction article, how to setup and configure your storage and network, including bridged networking, and how to resolve conflicts with VirtualBox. Now, it's time to learn a little more about Xen.
HOW-TO make dual-boot obsolete using XEN VGA passthrough
Part 3 Now that you booted into the Xen hypervisor / dom0, it's time for some configurations. 6. Adjust the network settings to use a bridge
Xen VGA passthrough compatible graphics adapters
This thread is a work in progress. It's aim is to list graphics adapters that have been successfully passed through to Xen domU guests (virtual machines in Xen talk) to provide native graphics acceleration within a guest system on a Xen hypervisor / Linux based system. Xen VGA passthrough can be used - for example - to run a Windows virtual machine on Linux / Xen hypervisor with native graphics acceleration. This is good news for people who want to use Linux, but at the same time would like to be able to run Windows, for example for gaming or other graphics intensive work.
VGA Passthrough - Xen
From Xen Xen 4.0.0 is the first version to support VGA graphics adapter passthrough to Xen HVM (fully virtualized) guests. This means you can give HVM guest full and direct control of the graphics adapter, making it possible to have high performance full 3D and video acceleration in a virtual machine. Xen VGA passthrough requires IOMMU (Intel VT-d) support from the motherboard chipset, from the motherboard BIOS and from Xen. Please see the VTdHowTo wiki page for more information about Xen VT-d support and supported chipsets with IOMMU. Xen 4.0.0 supports VGA passthrough of the primary graphics adapter (the one that gets initialized and is used when you power-on the computer) only.
