Installing the CentOS operating system
Before an operating system can be installed, an ISO image must be downloaded from the Internet and attached to the virtual machine as a CD. The CentOS Server operating system can be downloaded from the following location:
https://www.centos.org/download/.
The minimal ISO is all that is required for a successful installation.
Attaching the ISO to the virtual machine
To attach ISO file to the virtual machine, follow these steps:
- Once the ISO has been downloaded, choose the virtual machine in the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager and click the Settings icon. Click on the Storage icon to manage storage options:
- Click the first CD icon labeled Empty to modify the optical drive. Click the CD icon attach the downloaded ISO to the virtual machine. When prompted, click Choose Virtual Optical Disk File to find the ISO on the local machine:
- Select the ISO and click Open to attach the image. Once attached, the image will be listed under the IDE controller:
- Click OK to close...
