Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox
Hi Members,
I appreciate all the installation steps, help and advice. Just
downloaded VirtualBox for windows and finished installing the program.
Currently in the process of creating a "new machine" (in VirtualBox).
My laptop is a 32-bit OS running windows 7. I downloaded the file
called Debian-7.2.0-i386-netinst. It is a disc Image file (.iso) and I
would like to mount this directly into virtual box without burning the
file to a CD or USB stick.
I have experience with a product called Virtual CloneDrive as I
mounted an iso file with this program in the past (however it was on a
different OS and not win7).
Has anyone successfully mounted a Debian .iso file directly to VirtualBox?
Thank you
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Scott Ferguson
<scott.ferguson.debian.user@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 not "Debian recommended" virtualization solution for a Windoof
> host.
>
> I recommend VirtualBox, but there are other working applications.
>
>>
>> Question #2 please:
>> Which "Stable" version of Debian ("Squeeze" or "Wheezy") is recommended
>> that would best serve this purpose?
>
> Wheezy is stable, Squeeze is old stable.
> Wheezy would, conditionally, be your best choice.
>
> Conditions would be what do you want to do (is the versions of software
> important) - you may find you need to run a specific release of mixture
> of releases.
>
>>
>> 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.
>
> Install VirtualBox
> Create new machine (Linux, Debian) - follow the prompts changing to suit
> you needs (virtual hard drive size, dynamic or fixed size, name of
> machine, amount of RAM). Takes two minutes.
> Edit the Settings on the new machine to change defaults as required. Add
> additional hard/optical drives, change the type of drive, add floppy,
> choose sound and network card types, select phsyical or virtual optical
> drive (virtual uses ISO images), set network protocols.
> Takes 5 minutes to look at all the options.
> Choose the boot order and start the VM.
> Install Debian as if it was a bare metal install - the documentation on
> the *VirtualBox* site is good, but it's unlikely you'll require it as
> the process is suitable for chickens if you put a bit of bread on the
> Enter key.
>
>
>>
>> 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/
>
> I look to Debian for documentation first e.g.:-
> https://wiki.debian.org/VirtualBox
>
> Then the application developer/s e.g.:-
> https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch02.html#installation_windows
>
>
> After that I'll consult third-party guides
>
>>
>> Thank you
>>
>>
>
>
> As for installing Debian into Windoof's VM.... best ask Mr Jerry Stuckle
> about the joys and triumphs of that.
>
> But if you're still keen:-
> https://wiki.debian.org/InstallingDebianOn/VMs/MicrosoftVirtualPc2007/etch
>
>
> Kind regards
>
>
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