Select Start-Up Disk Select start-up disk.

You can now close the settings window and start your VM by double-clicking on it. In addition, if you would like to have your VM on more than just one monitor you can enable that by changing the ‘Monitor Count’ to 2.

This will help it render stuff faster and move smoother as well. Try to give it the full 128 MB of video memory. Settings -> Display -> Screen Video Memory.

It will help the VM to process things faster and not be too slow. It’s good practice to usually give 50% of your CPU, in my case I have 8 CPUs, therefore I’m giving 4 CPUs to the VM. Settings -> System -> Processor Give as many processors as you can.This will allow you to Copy and Paste from your computer into the VM. Settings -> General -> Advanced Choose Bidirectional.Select the VM and click the yellow Settings button. You should now have a virtual machine created. By default is saving the disk image in your C:/ partition, if you would like to change the location where the file is saved just press the folder icon next to the name. When you click ‘Create’ it will start creating the Virtual Hard Disk. It recommends 10GB by default, but I usually give it around 40GB. Depending on your needs you might want to give more or less space. This is the actual storage of your VM, where all of your data, including files, will be stored. Add a Virtual Hard Disk Create a virtual hard disk Select hard disk file type – VDI Storage on physical hard disk – Fixed Size.The more RAM memory you have the faster will perform. Add as much Memory Size as possible Add RAM memory.For example: if the name of the ubuntu installer is “ubuntu-16.04.3-desktop-amd 64.iso” that means that the version of the VM needs to be 64-bit. Make sure the version is the same as the one of the Ubuntu file that you have just downloaded. If you put the name as “Ubuntu” the type and version will be autoselected. A window will pop up asking you for a Name, Type, and Version. Click ‘New’ and add a Name, Type, and Version Click New buttonĬlick the button at the top left that says “New”.Download the version of Ubuntu you want to install.You will have to specify things like: how much RAM memory, how much storage space and how many cores will have the CPU, in addition to what OS (operating system) you want to install. Just to clarify, a VM (virtual machine) is basically a computer inside your machine. In this post, I will show you how to step by step install Ubuntu into a VM (virtual machine) using VirtualBox. If you are trying to install Ubuntu on a VirtualBox you came to the right place.

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