Conquering VirtualBox: Taming the Beast for Seamless Virtualization

My Setup:

• Rig: HP Omen (i7, 40GB RAM, 1TB SSD, Nvidia 3070)
• OS: Dual-boot Windows 11 & Ubuntu 24.04
• Software: VirtualBox (on both OSes)
• Goal: Headless Ubuntu 22.04 server, accessible from either OS

The Challenge:

• Copy-pasting commands into the server? Nope.
• “Guest Additions” install? Epic fail.

My Triumph (Sort Of):

• Plan A (Failed):
  • lsblk (found CDROM at /dev/sr0)
  • sudo mkdir /media/cdrom
  • sudo mount /dev/sr0 /media/cdrom
  • cd /media/cdrom
  • sudo ./vboxlinuxadditions.run
  • Rebooted… still no copy-paste 😫

• Plan B (Success!):
  • Ditched copy-pasting entirely.
  • Switched VirtualBox network to “Bridged”.
  • SSH’ed into the server like a boss 😎

Moral of the Story:

• Sometimes, you gotta outsmart the beast, not wrestle it.
• SSH is my new best friend. 🤝
• Server setup continues… uninterrupted! 💪