Within the "New Disk Wizard" I chose "dynamically expanding storage" for the "Hard Disk Storage Type".On the "Memory" page I chose the default option, same for the "Virtual Hard Disk" setup. On the "VM Name and OS Type" page I entered "Ubuntu9" as the name, and for the operating System I chose "Linux" and "Ubuntu" as the version.Once it's all installed run VirtualBox and click "New" to create a new virtual machine.When the "not passed Windows Logo testing" alerts pop-up choose to "Continue anyway" then register if you wish. Then I downloaded the latest version of the Ubuntu Desktop edition.Īfter both of these were fully downloaded I double-clicked the VirtualBox installer and choose to install everything. This blog post contains my installation notes from installing VirtualBox and then creating an Ubuntu9 virtual machine.įirst I downloaded the latest version of VirtualBox (version 3.0.0) and selected the "VirtualBox 3.0.0 for Windows hosts". I've had a few comments that some of my old Ubuntu blog posts are now out of date and I've wanted a way to ensure that they remain 'correct'.Īfter discussing virtualisation with a friend I opted to install VirtualBox - an open source virtualization tool which is free and easy to get going. Since moving companies over a year ago I've missed my Ubuntu desktop having moved back to development on Windows.
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