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Access SD Card on Linux from Windows using VirtualBox

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In order to use SD Card from Host OS (Windows) on Guest OS (Linux) through Oracle VirtualBox, follow below steps. Step 1 – Get the Device ID of your SD card reader. On Command Line enter below command wmic diskdrive list brief It will show something like this C:\Users\rizwan>wmic diskdrive list brief Caption DeviceID Model […]

Run Hyper-V and VirtualBox on the same machine

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On 64 bit Windows, if Hyper-V is enabled, VirtualBox cannot create virtual machines of 64 bit architecture. So in order to install 64 bit OS on VirtualBox, Hyper-V has to be disabled. Below are ways to enable/disable Hyper-V in Windows to install and run 64 bit virtual machines. Method 1 1. Open Windows Features. 2. […]

Hyper-V vs VirtualBox

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Hyper-V and Virtualbox are not in the same category. Below is a comparison chart between two. Hyper V Virtual Box Server virtualization Desktop virtualization Type 1 hypervisor. It’s headless virtualization that runs directly on the hardware Type 2 hyperviosr. Virtualbox requires an OS and is a virtualization application that runs on your desktop Hyper-V is […]