Virtualbox 4.1.22 for Windows Hosts & Ubuntu 12.04 LTS
Requirements
- Download Virtualbox 4.1.22 for Windows Hosts
- Download Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (I recommend 32 bit)
Installing Virtual Box
- After downloading the latest VirtualBox (VirtualBox-4.1.22-80657-Win.exe) installer run it
- Press next
- Press next
- Choose which options you would like and press next
- Your network connection will temporarily go down, press yes
- Press install
- You now installed Oracle VM VirtualBox, press finish
Creating New Virtual Machine
- Start Vrtual Box
- Press new
- Fill in a name, select Linux as operating system and Ubuntu as version. Press next
- Select the amount of RAM you'd like to use, press next
- Press next
- Select VDI and press next
- If you are lazy choose dynamically allocated. If you want speed choose fixed size. The second option takes more time to complete.
- Give al least 20GB
- Press Construct
Install Ubuntu on your Virtual Machine
- Start your previously created VM by selecting it in the lsit and then press the Start button.
- Press next
- Select the Ubuntu ISO you downloaded(vb. ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso) and press next
- Press Start
- Select your language and press Install Ubuntu
- Select Download updates while installing and Install third-party software. Press continue
- Select Erase Disk and install Ubuntu and press continue
- Press Install now
- Tell ubuntu where you live, press continue
- Select your keyboard and press continue
- Fill in your credentials and press continue
- Press restart now