Install Ubuntu with VirtualBox on XP

 

Operating Environment: VirtualBox-4.1.4-74291-Win on WinXP + Ubuntu10.04 LTS Desktop CD i386.iso

 

 

After VirtualBox is installed, open and create a host, select "Operating System" and "version", and configure the hardware as prompted.

Click "start". In the first run wizard, select the installation media as the system's ISO image and start the installation. The installation process of the system is not detailed. You can select automatic partitioning.

Next we need data space to share the data in the disk with the ms OS. Install GuestAdditions. Follow the help manual to be honest and step by step:

1. Switch to the root account to log on, and add sudo to every input command in the province.

2. You must install dkms first! Therefore, input apt-get update

3. apt-get upgrade

4. apt-get install dkms

5. Restart. Reboot

6. the system automatically maps VBoxGuestAdditions. iso into a disk and runs "sh./VBoxLinuxAdditions. run"

7. software installation is complete.

8. Open virtualBox, select our virtual computer-> Settings-> data space-> fixed allocation

9. Select the disk or directory to be shared as the data space location

10. Enter the data space name.

11. Check AutoMount. Read-Only assignments can be skipped. OK.

12. Restart the VM. At startup, the system automatically mounts the data space to the media directory.

Complete.

This article is from the "Little pang DE blog" blog