_ Install&Setup
_ Install VirtualBox
- Step.1
- Download the installer(virtualization platform package) from here
- Step.2
- Run installer|
- Step.3
- Setup install folder|
- Step.4
- Confirm shortcut option|
- Step.5
- Execute install|
_ HowToUse
_ Create New Virtual Machine
- Step.1
- Click "New" button and define guest OS
Item | Description | Example |
Name | Name of guest OS | "CentOS6.5(64bit)" |
Type | Type of guest OS | "Linux" |
Version | Version of guest OS | "Red Hat(64bit)" |
- Step.2
- Specify the memory size for guest OS
Item | Description | Example |
Memory Size | Memory allocation size for guest OS | "2048MB" |
- Step.3
- Choose default option and click "next" button
Item | Description | Example |
Hard drive | Check if you want to create virtual hard drive | "Create a virtual hard drive now"(default) |
- Step.4
- Choose default option(VDI) for hard drive file type and click "next" button
Item | Description | Example |
Hard drive file type | Choose Hard drive file type (VDI, VMDK, VHD, HDD, QED, QCOW) | "VDI"(default) |
- Step.5
- Choose default option(Dynamically allocated) and click "next" button
Item | Description | Example |
Storage on Physical hard drive | Choose from "Dynamically allocated" or "Fixed size" | "Dynamically allocated"(default) |
- Step.6
- Choose file size and click "create" button. Now you will see new icon for guest OS.
Item | Description | Example |
File location and size | Choose "file location" and its "size" | "CentOS-6.5-x86_64-bin-DVD1", "32GB" |
- Step.7
- Confirm the newly created guest OS icon is selected, click "start" button.
- Step.8
- Select ISO file and click "start" button.
- Step.9
- Run guest OS. And follow the operation for each OS.
_ Setup Network
- Step.1
- Power-off the Guest OS.
- Step.2
- Select "Network" menu, "Adapter2" tab and set the parameter as below and Click "OK" button.
Remember MAC Address which is necessary for setup network adapter in guest OS.
Item | Description | Example |
Enable Network Adapter | | TRUE |
Attached To | | Host Only Adapter |
Name | | VirtualBox Host-Only Eathernet Adapter |
- Step.3
- Run Guest OS.
- Step.4
- Setup Network adapter in Guest OS.
_ Setup Guest Additions
- Step.1
- Create snapshot.
- Step.1
- Login with root.
- Step.2
- Execute the following command.
# yum install gcc kenel-devel kernel-headers dkms make bzips2
# reboot
- Step.3
- Login with root and execute the following command.
#export KERN_DIR=/usr/src/kernels/`uname -r`
- Step.4
- Mount Guest Additions CD Image from "Device"->"Insert Guest Additions CD-Image".
- Step.5
- If the auto-run didn't run, right click the CD driver icon and select "Open with Auto-run prompt". After the installation is finished, you can access mouth pointer seamlessly between guest OS and host OS.
- Step.6
- Eject the "Guest Additions CD-Image" drive.
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