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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