Frequently Asked Questions
Here are some common questions with answers an average user can ask from us. If you get some problem with downloads or any other stuff then contact us.
Where do I download VirtualBox and VMware Player?
You can download VirtualBox from its official website, it is freely available even for enterprise level. VMware player also can be downloaded from its official site, it is free for personal (non-commercial) use and if you want to use it for commercial purposes then you have to upgrade to plus bundle.Which tool should I use to decompress image downloaded from this site?
Well, there are plenty of compression/decompression tools available out there but we recommend you to use 7-zip because it is free and available for almost every Operating system.How to attach/configure VM image to VirtualBox/Vmware?
You can checkout this guide page.What are the credentials for virtual-machine image?
All images for VirtualBox and VMware have the same username and password. After logging into virtual machine that you've downloaded from here you can change 'username' & 'password' or create you new user. Username - osboxes Password - osboxes.orgFor Root user account Password - osboxes.org
The password for the user account is wrong or not working! What to do now?
Well, usually that do not happen because we are behind this scenario and handle all images by our-self. If you have spent quite time to download the image because of your bandwidth and then you encounter that you can't login, so here is guide for you. The solution is same for all Linux distributions 1. Start virtual machine and suddenly you will see the GRUB (Tip: if you don't see GRUB then pressSHIFT
key when virtual machine starts, if you miss then you need to try again). 2. Select recovery entry from GRUB. 3. Now you will see recovery menu, select
root (Drop to root shell prompt)
option. 4. Type this command
mount -rw -o remount /
and press enter. 5. Now type
passwd osboxes
and press enter. 6. Enter new password twice and enter
exit
to reboot.