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Booting Other Operating Systems inside Ubuntu using Virtual Box

August 28th, 2008
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Here is my encounter with Virtual Box. You may download the iso file the operating system from internet, if you wish to boot them with out burning them to a cd or if you have your iso file in pendrive or external harddrive, and if you want to boot them from the drive directly, the answer is here.

Virtual box is a project developed by SUN. Download VirtualBox software from the link below, for your favourite operating system you are using and boot any operating system from any.

Here in my encounter, i have booted Ubuntu Ultimate Edition, that is as an downloaded ISO file in my home directory. Download the Virtual Box deb package from,

And then install it just by double clicking the deb file. You can start the Virtual Box software from the menu Applications->System Tools->Sun xVM Virtual Box. As Virtual Box requires some write permissions, its better to start in the command using su. So, move to the terminal and give the command

rosarioarun@ros-lap:~$ sudo VirtualBox

In the Virtual Box Window,

  1. Click New Buttom, a Wizard appears
  2. Click Next,
  3. Type a Name you wish to give and select the OS u wish to boot (In my case name is Ultimate and type is Ubuntu) and click Next
  4. Select the Base memory size, based on you the RAM u have, if you select more the Virtual box will boot the OS soon.(My case 900 MB) Click Next
  5. Then click Next and in the confirmation Window Click Continue
  6. Now Click Finish

Now the Virtual Box Main Window will appear back.

The ISO that i wish to boot is in the location

/home/rosarioarun/Desktop/ultimate-edition-1.8-x86/ultimate-edition-1.8-x86.iso

Click on the Name you just created (Ultimate) and click Start. Read the Capture info and click ok.A wizard will appear.

bootlist

Virtual Box Software with Inserted Bootlist

  1. Click Next
  2. In the Media Source below, Select the path of the Image File  (In my case /home/rosarioarun/Desktop/ultimate-edition-1.8-x86/ultimate-edition-1.8-x86.iso)
  3. Click Next and then Finish

The OS will be booted as a separate window, you can capture and uncapture to go inside and come out the new OS booted.

OR, Select the Name and click Settings,->CD/DVD-ROM-> ImageFile and select the Image file u wish to boot. And click Ok.

Now click Start to boot the new OS.

afterboot1

After Booting Ubuntu Ultimate

afterboot2

Inside Ultimate with VirtualBox

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  1. dinehsbabu
    dinehsbabu
    September 7th, 2008 at 22:44 | #1
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    hai sir,

    i need to boot my windows(already installed) inside debain.how can i do that using virtual box? further how to boot debain(which i already installed) inside windows using VMware(or any other software)

  2. Rosario
    Rosario
    September 8th, 2008 at 20:31 | #2
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    My next post will be about it.. Will clear you like how to boot XP as guest inside any linux distro, both installed in same hard disk.

  3. dineshbabu
    dineshbabu
    September 16th, 2008 at 06:25 | #3
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    i have downlaoaded virtual box virtualbox-2.0_2.0.2-36488_Debian_etch_i386.deb

    how can i install?

    there is no configure files etc

  4. Rosario
    Rosario
    September 16th, 2008 at 15:58 | #4
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    Update ur synaptic in ur Debian, and open the virtual box deb package with debi installer, it will mark the required dependencies and install them from net.

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