Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 5.2.40 c⃝ 2004-2020 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 12 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . your virtual machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 1.9.1 Starting a new VM for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 1.9.2 Capturing and releasing keyboard 25 1.9.6 Saving the state of the machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1.10 Using VM groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 1.11 Snapshots . .

Oracle R ⃝ VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 7.0.0 Copyright c⃝ 2004-2022 Oracle and/or its affiliates http://www.virtualbox.org Contents Preface xiv 1 First Steps 1 1.1 Why is Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.5 Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox and Extension Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.6 Starting Oracle VM VirtualBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1.9.1 Starting a New VM for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 1.9.2 Capturing and Releasing Keyboard

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 4.2.26 c⃝ 2004-2014 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 11 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . your virtual machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.8.1 Starting a new VM for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.8.2 Capturing and releasing keyboard 24 1.8.6 Saving the state of the machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1.9 Using VM groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1.10 Snapshots .

Oracle R ⃝ VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 7.0.8 Copyright c⃝ 2004-2023 Oracle and/or its affiliates http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 Preface 1 2 First Steps 1 2.1 Why is Virtualization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.5 Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox and Extension Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 2.6 Starting Oracle VM VirtualBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.9.1 Starting a New VM for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 2.9.2 Capturing and Releasing Keyboard

Oracle R ⃝ VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 6.1.32 c⃝ 2004-2022 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents Preface i 1 First Steps 1 1.1 Why is Virtualization Useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.5 Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox and Extension Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.6 Starting Oracle VM VirtualBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.8.1 Starting a New VM for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.8.2 Capturing and Releasing Keyboard

Guest OS Install..................................................................... 33 1.9.3 Set Up VM Hardware.......................................................................................... ..........................................................................35 1.10.1 Starting a New VM for the First Time....................................................................... 35 1.10.2 .......... 43 1.11.1 Configure the Settings for a VM................................................................................43 1.11.2 Using VM Groups...........................................

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 5.1.4 c⃝ 2004-2016 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 11 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . your virtual machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.8.1 Starting a new VM for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.8.2 Capturing and releasing keyboard 24 1.8.6 Saving the state of the machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1.9 Using VM groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 1.10 Snapshots .

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 3.2.4 c⃝ 2004-2010 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 9 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . configuration data . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 157 9.2 VBoxSDL, the simplified VM displayer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 159 9.2.1 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 191 12.1.2 Collecting debugging information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192 12.1.3 The built-in VM debugger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 193 12.2 General . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Oracle VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 4.2.36 c⃝ 2004-2015 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents 1 First steps 11 1.1 Why is virtualization useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . your virtual machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.8.1 Starting a new VM for the first time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 1.8.2 Capturing and releasing keyboard 24 1.8.6 Saving the state of the machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 1.9 Using VM groups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 1.10 Snapshots .

Oracle R ⃝ VM VirtualBox R ⃝ User Manual Version 6.1.12 c⃝ 2004-2020 Oracle Corporation http://www.virtualbox.org Contents Preface i 1 First Steps 1 1.1 Why is Virtualization Useful? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.5 Installing Oracle VM VirtualBox and Extension Packs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 1.6 Starting Oracle VM VirtualBox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Your Virtual Machine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.8.1 Starting a New VM for the First Time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 1.8.2 Capturing and Releasing Keyboard