VirtualBox ostype List
When you’re creating a VirtualBox VM, you need to specify an –ostype when using ‘VBoxManage createvm’. A list of these options is, bizarrely, not in the VBox documentation. You can get this list by typing ‘VBoxManage list ostypes’ at the command line, but here it is reproduced for reference.
ID: Other
Description: Other/Unknown
ID: Windows31
Description: Windows 3.1
ID: Windows95
Description: Windows 95
ID: Windows98
Description: Windows 98
ID: WindowsMe
Description: Windows Me
ID: WindowsNT4
Description: Windows NT 4
ID: Windows2000
Description: Windows 2000


