How to Install Ubundu in a Virtual Box – Installation of Uabantu Linux under Oracle VM VirtualBox
Installation of Uabantu Linux guest operating system under Oracle VM
VirtualBox on a Windows 7 Machine
Resources required:
- Oracle VM Virtual Box for windows, and
- Ubantu .iso Operating system file
(Note: you may use latest version of the VirtualBox and/or ubantu media if available from respective websites https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads and http://www.ubuntu.com/download . Note that after installation your computer may prompt you to update these to the latest version as well)
Install the VirtualBox on a windows 7 machine by double clicking on the executable file. This is a straight forward process as you install other applications in a windows machine. Choose to display the shortcut of the application on desktop at the time of installation. If the VirtualBox is already installed on your computer then follow the below mentioned steps to install Ubantu VM. You may install multiple guest virtual OSs of same or different types in an Oracle VM Virtual Box Manager. You may also remove installed OS (right click>remove) whenever you wish to do so.
Important:
If you get an error message of:
You will need to restart your PC, go to BIOS settings, and then go to CPU, –> ENABLE Visualization Technology (normally by default it’s disabled).
Then you will be able to select Other, unknown (64 bit) as 64 bit won’t be available before enabling CPU Visualization technology.
- After having https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads virtual box installed, you will need to create a new machine.
- Click on” New”
- Type the name of the guest operating system as Ubantu(follow this naming structure so that the owner of the VM can be easily identified in the lab) and click on Next
- Change the Memory size to 1024MB from 512MB and click on Next
- Keep the default setup for Virtual Hard Drive and click on Create
- Keep default value selected for hard drive file type and click on Next
- Keep default setup (Dynamically allocated) and click on Next
- Keep default setup (in file location and size screen) and click on Next
- It will create the virtual machine without the operating system with the specified name. To install the OS select the VM and click on Start button or double click the VM icon (Ubantu).
Click on OK. (note the Host key is Right Ctrl button)
- If the media is not automatically selected click on the Browse button just above the Cancel button and select the ubantu-14.04.1-desktop.i386 iso file from the location you have downloaded in your laptop.ab computer D:\Resources\Linux\ Programmes (or corresponding location in our home computer or laptop) :
- Click on Start
- Click on OK
- If you come across any dialog boxes just click on OK until you see the following screen. Then clink on the “Install Ubantu” (You may try Ubantu by clicking “Try Ubantu” without installing it.).
- Click on “Continue” in the next screen
- Click on “Continue” again
- In “Where are you?” screen, choose Auckland and click on “Continue”
- Click on Continue in the Keyboard layout screen.
- Enter your username and password and “Continue“
- Ubantu OS installation will start (it may take around 10-20 minutes depending on the machine)
- Before you click “Restart now” make sure Ubantu-14.04.1-desktop is deselected under Devices>CD/DVD Devices (When you want to deselect it may seek you permission to unmount it forcefully – just accept it).
- After restart Ubantu OS will display the following log on screen. Enter your password and press Enter on keyboard.
- Click on -the first icon on the left side panel and Type ‘Terminal‘ as shown below to find the terminal and click on any one of the three to open a terminal window. Alternatively you may also use CTRL+ALT+T to get the Terminal window.
- Type commands at the command prompt and press enter to run it.
Note: The screen dumps are taken from a laptop while installing Ubuntu 13.10. Therefore some of the screens may appear differently during your installation.
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