I've recently moved from ******* to Ubuntu 8.10 and ain't going back, except for the need to play the odd game which I figured would be cooool inside a VM. Then restart your system and when you log in you should have a full resolution. A virtual CD is mounted on your system with the files needed. Install some special drivers to get smoother screen, keyboard and mouse performance: When the guest OS is running, select "Install guest additions" from the Devices menu of VirtualBox. Install all updates from the repositories, including kernel updates.ĥ. The solution that worked for me was to enable ACPI, IO APIC, VT-x/AMD-V and PAE/NX in settings - general - advanced in VirtualBox, but I am not sure what actually made the magic.ģ. I got a kernel panic when trying to install the guest system. Start VirtualBox on the host and install the guest OS from an ISO-file og CD.Ģ. What you have to do is edit the script `/etc/init.d/mountdevsubfs.sh and uncomment the four lines around line 40 (Magic to make /proc/bus/usb work). Do a small fix a needed in Ubuntu to make USB work properly and to prevent an error message from appearing when entering settings for USB in VirtualBox. ![]() Add users that will be using VirtualBox to the group vboxusers.ħ. Install VirtualBox by double-clicking on the icon of the downloaded file.Ħ. I selected the Ubuntu 8.04 AMD 64 version.ĥ. Download VirtualBox 1.6.2 binary version (not open source edition) from. Sudo apt-get -s install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`Ĥ. ![]() ![]() This is needed because VirtualBox will be compiling kernel modules: Install the kernel source and some other tools. After updating, restart your computer to load the new kernel, if any.ģ. Especially so in this case since we will be compiling kernel modules and this can save you the the work of recompiling again when Ubuntu releases a new kernel version.Ģ. Before starting, it is always a good idea to download and install all updates from the repositories, including kernel updates. Guest: Ubuntu 8.04 x86 (Hardy) - I was not able to run AMD64 versions of Ubuntu as the guest system.ġ.
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