How do I install an Nvidia driver in VirtualBox?

Question

I am trying to install the NVIDIA driver on in an Ubuntu guest running on a Windows host (to install the GPU-supported tensorflow). Is it possible to do this?

I am using NVIDIA GeForce 849M.

I downloaded the driver from NVIDIA and installed it with:

sudo service lightdm stop
sudo init 3
sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-364.69.run

Then I get and warning like the following:

WARNING: You do not appear to have an NVIDIA GPU supported by the 384.69 NVIDIA Linux graphics driver installed in this system. For further details, please see the appendix SUPPORTED NVIDIA GRAPHICS CHIPS in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

-> License accepted.

-> Installing NVIDIA driver version 384.69.

-> Running distribution scripts executing: '/usr/lib/nvidia/pre-install'...

-> done.

-> The distribution-provided pre-install script failed! Are you sure you want to continue? (Answer: Abort installation)

ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

Do not install Nvidia drivers in a VM unless when having two cards and using KVM. The default and typical Virtualbox VM uses virtualized hardware and not the Nvidia directly. — , Sep 17 '17 at 03:52
your host-OS & will see any 'guest' OS trying to access hardware directly as malware/illegal/naughty.... it'll only work if the host-OS (windows in your case) which means its insecure or security is turned off; and its a warning that your host-OS needs securing! — guiverc, Sep 17 '17 at 04:29
Why was this down voted? IMO this is an important issues that many should be aware of. — George Udosen, Sep 17 '17 at 05:41
@MichaelBay and guiverc please post those as answers to the question. — George Udosen, Sep 17 '17 at 05:44

How do I install an Nvidia driver in VirtualBox?

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