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 VirtualBox.

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Supported guests.

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* https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Guest_OSes

TODO: which guests have Additions

TODO: which guests allow window resizing

Managing VirtualBox guests from command line

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List of known guests::

  $ VBoxManage list vms

Start guest by name::

  $ VBoxManage startvm $NAME

Resize box

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::

   $ vboxmanage list -l hdds

   $ vboxmanage modifyhd $UUID --resize $SIZE

Resizing of VMDK image isn't supported, convert to VDI first::

  $ vboxmanage clonehd $MY.vmdk $MY.vdi --format vdi

  $ vboxmanage modifyhd $MY.vdi --resize $SIZE

  $ vboxmanage clonehd $MY.vdi $MY.new.vmdk --format vmdk