VirtualBox boot problem

[Robert Heller]

You *might* be better off using QEMU/KVM for virtualization.

apt install libvirt virt-manager virt-viewer virtinst qemu-kvm qemu-system-x86 ipxe-qemu

I am pretty sure it will support boot/install from a flash drive.

At Wed, 22 Mar 2023 20:46:40 -0400 bstanle at wowway.com, "Ubuntu user technical support,? not for general discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:

> 
> Hi,
> 
> 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.
> 
> I downloaded from the official VirtualBox site two versions for the 
> software. Â  I am unsure which one I should use the files are named...
> 
> 
> virtualbox-7.0_7.0.6-155176~Debian~bullseye_amd64.deb
> 
>  Â  Â  Â  Â Â  and
> 
> virtualbox-7.0_7.0.6-155176~Ubuntu~jammy_amd64.deb
> 
> 
> 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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