Difference between revisions of "EBC Exercise 06 Notes on VirtualBox"
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* Click '''Select''', '''Next''', '''Finish'''. | * Click '''Select''', '''Next''', '''Finish'''. | ||
* Click [[File:VBox_-_Start.png]] | * Click [[File:VBox_-_Start.png]] | ||
| + | * Got to the '''Devices''' menu and select '''Install Guest Additions...'''. | ||
| + | [[File:VBox_-_Additions.png|300px]] | ||
| + | * Select '''Applications:Accessoris:Terminal''' from the menu. | ||
| + | [[File:VBox_-_Terminal.png|300px]] | ||
| + | * Double click on the file for your machine and click '''Run in Terminal'''. | ||
| + | [[File:Vbox_-_LinuxAdditions.png|300px]] | ||
* Install DKMS via <code>sudo apt-get install dkms</code> | * Install DKMS via <code>sudo apt-get install dkms</code> | ||
* Install the '''Guest Additions''' from [http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/13/installing-guest-additions-for-ubuntu-guests-in-virtualbox/ here]. This will let you use use larger screen resolutions and handles the mouse better. | * Install the '''Guest Additions''' from [http://ubuntu-tutorials.com/2007/10/13/installing-guest-additions-for-ubuntu-guests-in-virtualbox/ here]. This will let you use use larger screen resolutions and handles the mouse better. | ||
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Revision as of 17:12, 30 April 2010
Here's some things I learned installing VirtualBox.
- Download from here.
- Install as usual. I made no changes on the Custom Setup page. I got the following message some 9 times. I clicked continue.
- Start VirtualBox. Click New.
- Run the wizard and give your machine a name.
- I used 1024M for the memory size. Make sure your host computer has at least 2 times the real RAM as the virtual machine.
- Select Use existing hard disk and click
- Click
and select your virtual drive.
- Click Select, Next, Finish.
- Click
- Got to the Devices menu and select Install Guest Additions....
- Select Applications:Accessoris:Terminal from the menu.
- Double click on the file for your machine and click Run in Terminal.
- Install DKMS via
sudo apt-get install dkms - Install the Guest Additions from here. This will let you use use larger screen resolutions and handles the mouse better.
