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Installation
- Install VirtualBox on your Host;
- Run VirtualBox;
- Inside VirtualBox pick the New button to create a new virtual machine (this will be your Guest) and follow the setup wizard, at some point it will ask you for the OS installation cd (.iso);
- Install VirtualBox Guest Additions on your Guests Operating System (see tutorial for this below);
Install VirtualBox Guest Additions to improve the virtual machine experience
What is "VirtualBox Guest Additions"?Its a official patch that once installed on your Guest OS improves, between other, screen rendering (without this you may experience problems like the Guest screen not fitting your Host screen), lets you take advantage of your graphics 3D acceleration board on the Guest (Note: at the actual release 4.0.8, for this to be true on windows Guests, you must install the Guest Additions running your Windows Guest OS on safe mode: use F8 when booting your Guest to access the safe mode), and share folders between the Host and Guest.
Installing the Guest Additions
reference: "Installing and Maintaining Guest Additions" section on Chapter 4. Guest Additions
The Guest Additions are distributed with VirtualBox installation binaries: if you have VirtualBox installed on your system then the Guest Additions installation file (and .iso) is located on your Hosts VirtualBox directory:
ex. on windows Hosts the installation .iso is typically on the folder
- C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox\VBoxGuestAdditions.iso
Load this .iso into your Guests cd virtual drive. Once loaded open the virtual cd drive and execute installation file:
ex. on Windows Guest the file is VBoxWindowsAdditions.exe
Move the mini toolbar location to the TOP of the screen when the guest is in full screen mode:
When in full screen the VBox mini tool bar is, by default, displayed on the bottom of the screen and this becomes problematic has it gets over the operating systems toolbar. To move it to the upper side of the screen:
Move the mini toolbar location to the TOP of the screen when the guest is in full screen mode:
When in full screen the VBox mini tool bar is, by default, displayed on the bottom of the screen and this becomes problematic has it gets over the operating systems toolbar. To move it to the upper side of the screen:
- Before booting the virtual box machine, go to Display --> General --> Advanced Tab --> CHECK the "Show at Top of Screen" checkbox.
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