When you reboot, you should now be running the installed version of Ubuntu and not just the live CD image in the VM. Somehow I think she may not have seen Tron.Īnyway, the easiest way to do this is to go to the VirtualBox Devices Menu, select CD/DVD Devices / Remove Disk From Virtual Drive Once you’ve done this, you need to make sure that the virtual cd/dvd is removed from the virtual cd/dvd drive before you virtually re-start the virtual machine. We’ll fix this a bit later, but for now, you need to use the number keys above the letters on your keyboard. Note – at this point, you’re Numeric Keypad will not be working. Once you get Ubuntu desktop up, then click the install icon on the desktop. Just select the Ubuntu iso you downloaded earlier.Ī Wizard's Staff has a knob on the end. Moving swiftly on ( before Deb gets in with any Harry Potter references), you’ll get a screen asking you to Select Installation Media.

When you actually start the new VM for the first time, you’ll be presented with the First Run Wizard. When you configure the new VM through the wizard, select the appropriate Operating System ( in this case, Linux) and Version (Ubuntu) then accept all of the other defaults for now. Just follow the wizard steps to install VirtualBox. Best bet is to use the latest Long-Term Support version ( currently Ubuntu 10.04.2) from here. The first steps in our brave new (virtual) world ( don’t worry, she’s got to go to the loo sometime), is to install the Oracle VirtualBox VM. Guest – is the Ubuntu machine that we’re going to be running in the Virtual Machine To boldly go…

Host – is the Windows 7 OS that we’re going to install all this stuff on setting up a directory so that files can be shared between guest and host.getting the Number Keypad to work in the VM.getting the Guest desktop to display in a full screen.

setting up VirtualBox and running Ubuntu as a guest os.

What I want to do in this post is to go through : I will attempt to minimize the in-jokes and references but I thought I’d better go on record and report the fact that I am under some duress here. To be fair, I have borrowed her laptop as it’s the only one in the house running Windows 7. In between the sniffles and requests for lemsip etc…she’s throwing in various comments relating to various icons from the sci-fi genre. It’s Sunday afternoon and Deb is feeling poorly…but not so poorly that she’s not offering considerable editorial input into this post.

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