Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on Ubuntu 12.04 with headless mode

We had installed a win2003 virtual machine which is convert from Vmware Server, as mentioned in this post. Now we want to install the guest additions for this virtual machine to avoid the two cursors problem.

1. Stop the VM

VBoxManage controlvm win2003 poweroff

2. Attach Guest Additions ISO

cp /usr/share/virtualbox/VBoxGuestAdditions.iso .
VBoxManage storageattach win2003 –storagectl “IDE Controller” –port 1 –device 0 –type dvddrive –medium VBoxGuestAdditions.iso

3. Start the VM and remote login

VBoxHeadless –startvm win2003 &

then remote login the vm via remote desktop(rdesktop) and install the guest additions by the new cd.