On my macOS laptop, the process was this (it will differ on Windows, but can't be that much different):
- download & install Virtualbox on host OS - download latest ISO for Ubuntu server (or Dekstop) - Click 'new' in Virtualbox and configure my VM's hardware (for me it was just 1CPU & 512MB RAM for Ubuntu server, plus a 20GB fixed sized disc image stored locally on my internal SSD) - Click 'start' on the new VM. I'm prompted to select an ISO image to boot from - I the ISO I downloaded - Ubuntu's installer starts up, detects my virtual hard disc and start offering me installation options - Follow through the Ubuntu installer, and upon reboot at the end, the installed linux OS boots up for the first time > On 3/11/2019, at 6:50 PM, Davin Pearson <[email protected]> wrote: > > I tried to install Oracle VM VirtualBox but there appears to be no shell > prompt so I > am stuck with nothing to do but to try and installing from an ISO image of > Ubuntu > burnt to a USB stick. When I googled for burning an iso image it came up with > a list of proprietary software that I could use to do this, but there must be > a better > way that this! > > This week I will visit Global P.C's for some help with burning an ISO image > onto a T-Stick. Hopefully they will charge me zero dollars or a nominal fee > for the service. > > On Wed, 30 Oct 2019 at 20:49, Helmut Walle <[email protected]> wrote: > Have you considered just leaving the Windows system and partitioning as is, > and setting up a > Linux VM running on VirtualBox, for example? Depending on the kind of > diagnostics that you need > to run, that could possibly do the job, too, but would have the advantage of > being able to run > both OSs at the same time, rather than having to select at boot time. > > That approach, however, may have some limitations when connecting to external > hardware. That > being said, USB support for VirtualBox is pretty good these days. > > The effort to set it up is not significantly different from changing > partitioning, installing a > second OS, and keeping the boot loader intact. It's a really low-risk way of > spinning up another > OS quickly. > > Kind regards, > > Helmut. > > On 31/10/2019 03:15, Davin Pearson wrote: > > I need to resize the primary partition on my new laptop computer's Windows > > 512 GB solid-state > > hard drive but I forget how to do it. > > > > Any helpful advice would be gratefully appreciated > > > > I intend to install a dual boot system on my laptop computer. > > That way I can run diagnostic programs on both GNU/Linux > > and M.S. Windows. > -- > Sincerely and kindest regards, Davin. > Davin Pearson http://davin.50webs.com > _______________________________________________ > Linux-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list [email protected] http://lists.canterbury.ac.nz/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
