VirtualBox

VirtualBox
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VirtualBox running Windows Longhorn (Milestone 5/6)
Typehypervisor
Developer(s)Oracle
Host platform
Guest platform
Initial release version
Initial release date
Latest release version7.0.14
6.1.50
Latest preview version
Latest release date2024-01-16
License
Websitehttps://virtualbox.org/

VirtualBox is an open-source personal computer hypervisor originally created by Innotek GmbH from Germany. Sun Microsystems acquired Innotek in 2008 and was itself acquired by Oracle Corporation in 2010.

Originally, it was an x86 computer hypervisor, but with version 6.0, VirtualBox transitioned to an x64 application. The x86 version was supported until July 2020.

Supported guest operating systems[edit | edit source]

A list of officially supported OSes that can run on VirtualBox.

Emulated hardware[edit | edit source]

Chipsets[edit | edit source]

PIIX3 and ICH9 are supported.[b]

Input devices[edit | edit source]

  • PS/2 mouse
  • USB tablet
  • USB Multitouch tablet
  • USB MT TouchScreen and TouchPad

Graphics controllers[edit | edit source]

  • VirtualBox VGA Graphics Adapter
  • VirtualBox SVGA Graphics Adapter
  • VMware SVGA Adapter

Disk controllers[edit | edit source]

  • IDE/ATAPI: PIIX3 and 4, ICH6
  • SCSI: BusLogic, LsiLogic, LsiLogic SAS and virtio-scsi
  • Floppy (I82078)
  • SATA: AHCI and NVMe
  • USB

Sound cards[edit | edit source]

  • Sound Blaster 16[c]
  • ICH AC97
  • Intel HD Audio

Network adapters[edit | edit source]

  • AMD PCnet-PCI II (Am79C970A)
  • AMD PCnet-FAST III (Am79C973)
  • Intel PRO/1000 MT Desktop (82540EM)
  • Intel PRO/1000 T Server (82543GC)
  • Intel PRO/1000 MT Server (82545EM)
  • Paravirtualized network (virtio-net)

USB controllers[edit | edit source]

USB 1.1 (OHCI), 2.0 (OHCI + EHCI) and 3.0 (xHCI) are supported.[d]

Trusted Platform Modules[edit | edit source]

Starting with version 7.0.0_BETA3, VirtualBox supports TPM in its versions 1.2 and 2.0. To use this feature, TPM must be present and enabled on the host.

Trivia[edit | edit source]

On a guest running Windows, the System Information tool (MSINFO32.EXE) still reports "innotek GmbH" as "System Manufacturer", even on the latest versions of VirtualBox.

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. Drivers that work on Windows NT 3.x are provided on the Guest Additions media in the "nt3x" folder.
  2. ICH9 support is experimental.
  3. This audio device is set to use 0x220 as base address, 5 as IRQ and 1 and 5 as 8- and 16-bit DMA channels. It does not support MPU-401 emulation.
  4. USB 2.0 and 3.0 require the VirtualBox Extension Pack to be installed.

Gallery[edit | edit source]

Manager[edit | edit source]