VirtualBox boot problem

jpaulb at eastlink.ca jpaulb at eastlink.ca
Thu Mar 23 01:15:25 UTC 2023


There is a free version of VMWare. I installed the free version Windoze 11 from a USD drive without any issues. Check YouTube on the subject.

On March 22, 2023 9:46:40 p.m. ADT, Bill <bstanle at wowway.com> wrote:
>Hi,
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>I have a Windows 10 boot (install) on a USB flash drive which I want to put on a VM.  My system is Mint 20.3.  I download VirtualBox from the Mint repository but it doesn't support boot (install) from a flash drive.  I suspect that the VirtualBox in the Mint repository is very old.  I tried looking at the posts in the official VirtualBox forums but found nothing there about what to do.  In desperation, I am posting here because I can usually get good advice on this site.
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>I downloaded from the official VirtualBox site two versions for the software.   I am unsure which one I should use the files are named...
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>virtualbox-7.0_7.0.6-155176~Debian~bullseye_amd64.deb
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>         and
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>virtualbox-7.0_7.0.6-155176~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb
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>There is not a version specific to Mint Linux.  I heard that Mint Linux is derived from Ubuntu Linux which in turn is derived from Debian Linux. I remover the Mint version since I suspect that it is faulty.  Which version should I use?
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