Date: Sun, 18 Nov 2012 17:46:07 +0000 From: Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: virtualbox with FreeBSD as host Message-ID: <20121118174607.dbf7312a9da1595845592f8b@sohara.org> In-Reply-To: <20121118140801.GA51290@ozzmosis.com> References: <50A65471.7050706@a1poweruser.com> <20121116121408.71d86341@papi> <50A65F76.2060009@a1poweruser.com> <20121116130302.37a87580@papi> <50A6AD92.2000904@a1poweruser.com> <CA%2BtpaK1Nsg-s_aYaOMRjWSRfZJwGiXdS3dQxLywqXsJ0SaNm0g@mail.gmail.com> <50a7547f.pE0dkKlRM7DyQvw3%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <20121117103708.1cb34db4@papi> <50A8E7AA.6090906@a1poweruser.com> <20121118140801.GA51290@ozzmosis.com>
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On Mon, 19 Nov 2012 01:08:01 +1100 andrew clarke <mail@ozzmosis.com> wrote: > On Sun 2012-11-18 08:50:34 UTC-0500, Fbsd8 (fbsd8@a1poweruser.com) wrote: > > > By design virtualbox requires a desktop on the host to use the > > virtualbox built in config screens and the only way to access a > > configured and installed guest VM is from a remote PC with a desktop. > > No, you can create and configure VirtualBox VMs using the command-line > VBoxManage. I do this over SSH. See the VirtualBox manual (PDF). There are even command line tools such as Vagrant for managing virtual box VMs using baseline images and definition files to create VMs on the fly in response to a simple command. -- Steve O'Hara-Smith <ateve@sohara.org>
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