Installing ubuntu inside virtualbox in fedora 14.

hi,

Today i installed virtualbox in my system, in gui mode its very simple and easy.

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

get virtualbox software in the above mentioned link.

if your system is 32 bit then click on i386.

if 64bit then click AMD64.

on clicking you will be prompted to open or save the file. just save the file.

then after downloading, goto where it is downloaded there will be an rpm file.

just right click on it click on 'open with package installer' .

you will see a screen like this.



then you will be prompted with some dependencies and authentication popups just continue.




after installation has finished.

goto "Applications>>System Tools>>Oracle VM VirtualBox"

the installed virtual box will be started now, so you will see a screen like this...



now we have to create a vitual machine. so click on 'New' icon.

you will see a popup window like this,



click on next

you will see a popup which asks for name and os and its version.

just add the specification of what you going to install in your VM(Virtual Machine).

I installed ubuntu 10.10. So i gave name as ubuntu 10, OS as Linux then version as ubuntu.



then click next.

In this popup you have to allocate a specific RAM for your VM. since i have a 2GB RAM, i gave 512 MB for VM.



them click next.

Now you have to allocate a space in your system which will act as a hard disk for your VM. so i gave 'create new hard disk'



then click next.

In the next window you have to select either dynamic or fixed type of storage for your hard disk(or file whatever...).

i suggest dynamic.



after selecting the choice click next.

give the location and size for the virtual hard disk that is to be created.



then click next.

the window will ask for the confirmation.



click next.

then you will be asked for another confirmation for creating the virtual machine.

click next.

thats it you created a virtul machine, well done.



then we have to install ubuntu 10 in vitual machine.

todo that we have tell it to boot from cdrom.

just click on 'settings'  ,you will see a popup box like this,



in it see the left menu.

click on 'storage' you will see this.....



sorry i took a screen shot of my slax os. but the steps are the same.

click on  'filename.iso'. here 'slax-6.1.0.iso'.

you will see like this.



click on the icon which my mouse cursor is pointing to and then give the path of the ubuntu.iso file to it(make sure that iso file is bootable.).

then click ok.

thats it well done... now start the system by clicking green 'start' button.

you will see a screen with ubuntu booting in it. congrats :)

have fun :)