[plug] VBox guest additions

[Onno Benschop]

I have had instances where the install did not complete because I forgot to
turn on "Pass power status to VM". Some weirdness on my particular hardware
- a Macbook Pro.


On 4 July 2014 11:04, Kevin Shackleton <krshackleton at gmail.com> wrote:

> Thanks Onno,
>
> I set up another VM in VBox 4.3.12 and that too has problems, won't
> finalise the install (Ubuntu 14.04).  So there is obviously a problem with
> the environment.  Perhaps VBox manager settings.  Unfortunately in Windows
> 8.1 but I more suspect the settings than the OS.  Will persevere . .
>
> Cheers,
>
> Kevin
>
>
> On 2 July 2014 10:16, Onno Benschop <onno at itmaze.com.au> wrote:
>
>> I don't know if this helps, but I've been using open-vm-toolbox - for
>> VMware under a VMware guest. I'm guessing that there is an equivalent for
>> VBox.
>>
>>
>> On 2 July 2014 08:06, Kevin Shackleton <krshackleton at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>  I'm having a problem installing Guest Additions in a Debian 7 VM.
>>>
>>> The Guest Additions virtual disc is visible in Debian but I get IO
>>> failures trying to read it.
>>>
>>> I'm sure this is a combination of settings in the VM - the chipset
>>> (currently PIIX3) or some other things but I can't get the right mix or
>>> pick up a clue on the 'net.
>>>
>>> Any ideas?
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Kevin.
>>>
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>>
>>
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