Install Oracle Linux 6.3 under Virtual box

Oracle Linux 6.3 has been announced for nearly 2 years, its features have been greatly improved, enhanced KVM, file volume online RESIZING,LVM support RAID4, 5, 6. Supports many other virtual CPUs as well as larger memory, which can be detailed in Oracle's official documentation.

This article describes the description of Oracle Linux 6.3 installation based on virtual Box (4.3.6).

1. Create a new virtual machine

1) Click New, create a new virtual machine, enter the name of the virtual machine and the appropriate OS type and version

(Note: The following descriptive narrative information is not specified, referring to the operating instructions after the run click Next or Forward)

2) Determine the size of the virtual machine memory, according to the need to set

3) Join the disk drive

Select VDI disk type and use dynamic assignment

Enter the size of the disk, which we set here to 60GB.

4) settings after the virtual machine is created

Select the virtual machine you just created, click Settings, and make any other related settings you want.

Setup is started by the optical drive ISO file. For example, the following:

Sets the network interface parameters, set here to use the bridged mode

Other settings: Depending on the need to set whether to share the Clipboard, drag (recommended), etc., remove floppy, depending on the need to set the number of CPU cores, whether to enable serial Ports. Audio,usb and so on.

2. Install Oracle Linux 6.3

1) Click the virtual machine you just created, and click on the toolbar start. To start a virtual machine for installation

Skip media detection by selecting skip

The rest of the steps are based on clicking Next. Choose the language you want, the keyboard layout, and so on. Entries

2) storage type. Select Basic Storage

Initializing the drive

3) configuration hostname

Enter hostname, you can configure the network at this time, can also be installed and then configured.

4) Configure the network (in the Configure hostname form, click Configure Network)

Then click Apply, and then click Close. Close the Network Configuration dialog box. Under Click Next.

4) Configure time zone (slightly), select Asia/shanghai

5) Configure the root account password

6) Configure the partition type, where all space is chosen, before assuming that the data on the disk will be lost.

tick the reviewand modify partitioning layer, as needed to be able to adjust in the next form, using the default values here.

The following is a simple introduction to a formatted partition table. Click Format

The following prompt changes the previous partition to confirm and create the partition

7) Configuring the Boot system

8) installation package type selection

Here we select Basic server/oracle Linux Server and select Customize now.

Tick the following desktop items to install the desktop-related installation package

9) Start copying the installation package

10) Restart the server

3, after the installation of the configuration

1) License Information

2) configuration update (can be ignored, may be configured again)

3) Create user, Skip here

4) Configure the date and time, assuming you have the ability to use local time server

5) Whether to enable kernel dump

6) Login to the system

Because of the use of root login, so there is a hint

Congratulations on getting to the desktop

7) Other Settings

You need to use ROOT to shut down the firewall

# Service Iptables Stop

# chkconfig Iptables off

Depending on the need to close SELinux

# Vi/etc/selinux/config

SELINUX =disable

Install Oracle Linux 6.3 under Virtual box