Saturday 28 March 2009

Backup of all MySQL databases

To backup all MySQL databases on a machine, use the following command: -

Wednesday 25 March 2009

Starting a VM from the Command Line

Starting a VM from the Command Line (or via a shortcut on the desktop) is easy - just use the command: -

VBoxManage startvm name_of_virtual_machine

for example : -

VBoxManage startvm "Windows XP"

Sunday 22 March 2009

USB in VirtualBox

Here are the steps required to get USB working on a Linux host (tested with VirtualBox 2.1.4)