Installing Ubuntu with VirtualBox
Before getting started with VirtualBox, you are going to have to grab a fresh copy of Ubuntu from their main site. Get a version that has LTS(Long term support). After the download is complete, you should have a file named ubuntu-14.04.2-server-amd64.iso.
Open VirtualBox and select the New option from the top navigation. Give the machine a name such as UbuntuMachine.
Click on Continue, Memory size I tend to use 1024MB
Click on Continue, Select Create a virtual hard drive now
Click on Create, Select VDI(Virtual Disk Image)
Click on Continue, Select Dynamically Allocated
Click on Continue, Hard drive size I tend to use 32GB
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div style=”padding-top:10%;”>When creating a new virtual machine, think about the resource allocation that the virtual machine will need. Is 8gb enough? what about 32gb?.
Select Create
Now set up the .iso image so that the VM can see it. Select the machine and click on settings. Select Storage from the top navigation. Select the empty Controller IDE and choose Virtual CD/DVD disk file, then click on Ok.
Before moving on to the next step, make sure that you enable the Host-Only File.
Let’s start up the machine by clicking on Start. This will start the virtual machine. Now follow the instructions to set up Ubuntu.
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