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VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide

You're reading from   VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide Deploy and manage a cost-effective virtual environment using VirtualBox

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Product type Paperback
Published in Apr 2010
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781847199140
Length 348 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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VirtualBox 3.1: Beginner's Guide
Credits
About the Author
About the Reviewer
Preface
1. Getting to Work with VirtualBox FREE CHAPTER 2. Creating Your First Virtual Machine: Ubuntu Linux 3. Creating Your Second Virtual Machine: Windows 7 4. Installing Guest Additions and Advanced Settings 5. Storing Data in VirtualBox 6. Networking with Virtual Machines 7. Using Virtual Appliances 8. Managing your Virtual Machines from a Remote Computer Using Snapshots Pop Quiz Answers Index

Time for action – running Ubuntu Linux


The best way to test your new virtual machine is experimenting, so let's get on with it!

  1. Open VirtualBox (in case you closed it after the last section's exercise), select your UbuntuVB virtual machine, and click on Start to turn it on:

  2. Ubuntu will start to boot in your virtual machine. Eventually, the Ubuntu logo will show up along with the progress bar and, after a few seconds (or minutes, depending on your hardware), the Ubuntu login screen will show up. Click inside the virtual machine screen to capture the mouse and keyboard, type the username you assigned in the installation process, and hit Enter to continue.

  3. Now type the password for your username, and hit Enter again. Ubuntu will start to load. When finished, you'll see the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop screen:

  4. One of the first things you'll notice is the Update Manager dialog. This dialog shows up when your Ubuntu system needs software updates. Click on Install Updates to start the updating process. Normally...

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