Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox
On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote:
> Hi Members,
>
> I would like to run Debian and test new software packages utilizing
> Debian as a virtual environment. inside my Windows 7 OS. I would like to
> be able to install Debian in this fashion and have the ability to
> utilize a Debian GUI desktop as well.
>
> Question #1 please:
> Would kindly like to know if Oracle's VM VirtualBox is the recommended
> "virtualization software package" to install to accomplish this procedure.
There is no officially "recommended" virtualization solution for running
Debian on a Windoof host.
My preference is to use VirtualBox, but there is at least one other
application that will do the job.
>
> Question #2 please:
> Which "Stable" version of Debian ("Squeeze" or "Wheezy") is recommended
> that would best serve this purpose?
Squeeze is no longer "stable", though it's a stable release.
Wheezy is the current "stable".
You can install the Debian release of your choice, be it Etch, Squeeze,
Sid, etc, or mixed.
I'd recommend Wheezy, but the "recommended" release would be determined
by what you want Debian to do. i.e. is it to run "production" purposes?
if so choose the current stable (Wheezy), does it need to support very
recent hardware? - if so you'd probably find testing or unstable a
better choice. Do you require specific versions of software? Then you
may have to pick the release that supports those versions.
>
> I have been reading about VirtualBox and studying the steps involved to
> install Debian in this manner. I'm sure I will have additional questions
> but would simply like to start with my initial questions above.
>
> A couple of how-to links I've discovered:
>
> Installing with a GUI desktop:
> https://jtreminio.com/2012/07/setting-up-a-debian-vm-step-by-step/
>
> Installing without a GUI desktop
> http://williamjturkel.net/2013/05/31/installing-debian-linux-in-a-vm/
>
> Thank you
>
>
Installing Debian into VirtualBox is simple, except for a couple of
quick, simple, choose and click options to create the VirtualBox machine
that you'll install Debian into the process is identical to installing
onto bare metal.
Create a new machine, choose Linux as the OS, select Debian as the Linux
type, agree to the default hard drive size or change it to suit your
needs, choose dynamic or fixed for drive size and pick a suitable name
for the machine.
Once the machine is created you can adjust RAM size and various other
machine parameters - similar to how you would select components to make
a new computer. All that is achieved from the Settings option for the
machine.
Change or add storage devices and types (hard drives, floppy, cd/dvd
drives). Use either the host CD/DVD or a virtual CD (uses iso images
instead of physical CDs). Choose boot order and start the machine.
Install Debian.
Done.
Kind regards.
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