$ VBoxManage modifyvm " Virtual machine name" -firmware efiĮfi will set the firmware for the virtual machine to EFI with the bitness matching the virtual machine's CPU. To enable EFI for a virtual machine using the graphical interface, open the settings of the virtual machine, choose System item from the panel on the left and Motherboard tab from the right panel, and check the checkbox Enable EFI (special OSes only).Īlternatively the same can be accomplished from the command line using VBoxManage: This must be done before installing Arch as guest, changing the option afterwards will result in unbootable machine unless the setting is reverted. If you want to install Arch Linux in EFI mode inside VirtualBox, you must change the firmware mode for the virtual machine. Installation Installation in EFI mode (optional)Įnabling EFI for Arch as guest is optional.
1-1 and virtualbox-guest-modules, guest machine cannot properly mount shared file system. An entry in /etc/fstab can make this mount permanent. Find the display adapter with the triangle and exclamation point and right click on it. The standard GA install is currently tested again some 40 odd OS / version alternatives. For how little I'm using this VM, and for future reference, are there any lighter weight Linux distributions preloaded with VirtualBox GUEST drivers or set up to very easily install them at setup time? Host is Win10. It is intended for new installations only an existing Arch Linux system can always be updated with pacman -Syu. 3 the use of shared folders in a Linux Guest VM is broken. Not everybody has a high-end computer but 2 CPU Cores with 2-4 GB of RAM and a 20 GB HDD is enough. Pacman, a package manager for Arch Linux, is available in Artix as well.
xinitrc has: sudo VBoxClient-all & sudo systemctl start vboxservice. Note: Xorg can be very slow with 3D Acceleration enabled. The dialog box indicates "full" access and "auto-mount".