VirtualBox Guest Additions: Running kernel modules will not be replaced until the system is restarted Reboot the VM machine to make the changes to be effective. Once you press “ Insert Guest Additions CD image” automatically Installer will start running.

In case if we run any Linux OS with a Desktop version the installation will be automatically taken care of. Type the following command to mount the Guest addition and run the installer. Go to “ Devices ⇒ Insert Guest Additions CD Image ⇒ Run”. To install guest additions you need a guest OS machine running. Guest additions come with the VirtualBox package so you don’t need to download it separately.

Better time synchronization between Host and Guest Operating systems.

Shared Clipboard between Host and Guest Operating system.

Shared folder support between Host and Guest operating system.

Guest additions are drivers and software applications that enable some of the features in VirtualBox which is not enabled by default. In this article, you will learn how to install guest additions in VirtualBox. You can follow our blog for new images we release for VirtualBox.In the previous article, we have seen how to install Centos 7 Minimal on VirtualBox. It is a free and powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product available for most of the operating systems such as Linux, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Solaris and ported version for FreeBSD. VirtualBox is the most easiest way to run secondary OS on your primary operating system, If your hardware doesn’t allow you to install any other operating system then VirtualBox comes in hand.

We do not install ‘Guest Additions’ in the OS or add any kind of stuff, read our privacy policy. Here you can follow the guide how to attach/configure VDI image with VirtualBox. You can check FAQs for Credentials( Username & Password) for VDI images. At the moment we have plans to offer you 30+ Linux/Unix distributions, we may add more to our list in near future, you can also send us suggestions if we are missing any popular distribution from our list.

We offer images for both architectures 32bit and 64bit, you can download for free for both architectures.

From here you can download and attach the VDI image to your VirtualBox and use it. We offer open-source (Linux/Unix) virtual machines (VDIs) for VirtualBox, we install and make them ready-to-use VirtualBox images for you.

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