Monday, January 23, 2012

Update VirtualBox to 4.1.8

  • Download VirtualBox-4.1.8-75467-Win.exe
  • Download VBoxGuestAdditions_4.1.8.iso
  • Unmount the VBoxGuestAdditions.iso under "Parameters | Storage | IDE Controller"
  • Do the update of VirtualBox
  • Restart VirtualBox
  • Copy the new VBoxGuestAdditions ISO into c:\program files\oracle\virtualbox
  • Mount the new VBoxGuestAdditions ISO under "IDE Controller"
  • Start the new VM
  • Re-install VBoxLinuxAdditions like previously done:
  • sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
    cd /media/cdrom
    sudo ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run
    sudo reboot
  • Unmount the VBoxGuestAdditions ISO
In case of problems with VirtualBox Guest Additions:
http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-virtualbox-guest-additions-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/