Installing Linux on VirtualBox - Part 2

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Hi Friends,

Continuing from Part 1, We shall now dive into the details of installing Ubuntu JeOS.

Choose the Install JeOS On your System option as shown below




Next wait until you the screen as shown below

Choose English as the language






Next choose India as the Country as shown below





Next Choose the Keyboard Layout, Choose No as shown below




Next Choose USA as the default keyboard Layout and hit enter twice as shown below




Next it will begin the Hardware detection as shown below





Please remain patient.

Next enter a hostname: I am entering ITK as shown below



Choose Continue.

You will now be presented with the Hard disk partitioning.

As newbies to Linux, I would sincerely recommend choosing  Guided Partitioning as shown below





Next choose the default and click continue




Hit Enter to continue

Now Choose Yes to write changes to disk as shown below.




It will create and format the partitions as needed. This will assign the "/" -> root filesystem and the swap area.

The install will now begin


Finally after



Next after the install completes, enter a Full Name , I gave ITK.



Choose Continue

You will next get a username, itk will be the default.

Next enter a password for your system.

You will now be prompted to enter your Password twice.


Once you have completed this step, the next step is to setup the Ubuntu APT download URL method.

By default, choose Continue and hit enter.

It will now say, scanning Mirror, if your internet is on, it will download from the Ubuntu Repositories updates as shown below.





Next it will install the GRUB Boot Loader for your Linux system to boot as shown below.



and finally you will get a screen that informs you whether you wish to set the TimeZone to UTC.

By Default, better to choose YES


Finally you will get the installation completion screen as shown below




Congratulations!

You have now installed Linux in a Virtualized Environment.

Upon a reboot you should see a screen as shown below




I hope you all will try this and send me feedback via the comments section.

Kind Regards

Anil Mahadev
ITK Proud Member
http://db2hitman.wordpress.com