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estorgio / Mounting VirtualBox shared folders on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS.md
Last active September 27, 2025 02:50
Mounting VirtualBox shared folders on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS

Update 28 July 2019: An updated version of this guide for Ubuntu Server 18.04 LTS is now available. Feel free to check it out.

Update 23 May 2020: This guide is ALREADY OUTDATED and might no longer work with new versions of Ubuntu and VirtualBox. Please consider switching to the updated guide instead. I will no longer respond to the replies to this gist. Thank you.

Mounting VirtualBox shared folders on Ubuntu Server 16.04 LTS

This guide will walk you through steps on how to setup a VirtualBox shared folder inside your Ubuntu Server guest. Tested on Ubuntu Server 16.04.3 LTS (Xenial Xerus)

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domnikl / LICENSE
Last active August 19, 2025 20:15
C function to dump memory
Copyright 2018 Dominik Liebler
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hsiboy / VBOX_E_INVALID_VM_STATE.md
Last active September 29, 2024 21:39
rescue a VM from VBOX_E_INVALID_OBJECT_STATE

Issue

$ vagrant up
Bringing machine 'default' up with 'virtualbox' provider...
==> default: Checking if box 'ubuntu/trusty64' is up to date...
==> default: Clearing any previously set forwarded ports...
There was an error while executing `VBoxManage`, a CLI used by Vagrant
for controlling VirtualBox. The command and stderr is shown below.
@sunaku
sunaku / set-option
Created October 31, 2013 04:19
Listing of all tmux 1.8 options vs. window options.
set-option [-agoqsuw] [-t target-session | target-window] option value
buffer-limit number
escape-time time
exit-unattached [on | off]
quiet [on | off]
set-clipboard [on | off]
Available session options are:
assume-paste-time milliseconds
base-index index
bell-action [any | none | current]
@tregoning
tregoning / facebookExpand.js
Created October 15, 2012 22:03
Expand all comments on a Facebook page
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'use strict';
var digCounter = 0,
numberOfDigTries = 3,
bodyHeight = window.getComputedStyle(document.body).height;
var scroll = function(){
window.scrollBy(0, 10000);