Time for action – using a PuppyLinux VM in VirtualBox

In this exercise, you'll download the PuppyLinux virtual image, and then create a virtual machine in VirtualBox to use the PuppyLinux operating system.

1. Open a web browser window in your host PC, go to http://virtualbox.wordpress.com/images/puppy-linux, and click on the Puppy Linux 4.0 download link:

   

2. You'll be taken to the Sourceforge.net website. Wait for the open/download dialog box to appear, and save the PuppyLinux4.7z file to your hard drive.

3. Once the file finishes downloading, go to the directory where you saved it, and extract its contents. You can use the 7-Zip free application to uncompress the zipped file (http://www.7-zip.org). The PuppyLinux4.7z contains an image file named PuppyLinux4.vdi. You'll find this file inside the VDI directory.

4. Open VirtualBox, and create a new virtual machine named PuppyLinuxVB. When the VM Name and OS Type screen shows up, select Linux and Linux 2.6 in the Version and Operating System fields, respectively...