Installing Linux Ubuntu on Mac OS X via VirtualBox

[elegantintegral]

I try to follow the same steps from the video and I receive a message that says: Could not insert the VirtualBox Guess Additions installer CD image Into the virtial machine Ubuntu Name_name, as the machine has no CD/DVD-ROM drives. Please add a drive using the storage page of the virtual machine setting diolog. When I click on the install guess addition window (video 9:22). Help please!

[elegantintegral]

Hello,

I would like to know if you could please teach me on how to create the switch from Ubuntu to Mac. Also am having difficulties making the full scream when I have Ubuntu. I would appreciate it

[migue897]

i have a recent version of ubuntu and i installed but every time i turn on the installation windows appears and i close the installation window and the computer reboot and turn on normally, how i can fix that? i have ubuntu 11.10 and i cant delete the file because delete my ubuntu too. if you dont understand tell me i dont speak english very well

[Fleigo]

I have now done what you said (btw, very nice toturial), but my mac shows ubuntu like very small, even if i choose fullscreen. Do you know how to make it bigger?

[Paolo80z]

Great! Done it! Thax man ;-)

[Ograws]

You're from Germany?!

[4235aaron]

oh god i think im gonna die lol

[tallycraigslisting]

you are my hero. Thank you

[SuryaBakshi]

well doing it now ... it has like SATA controllers and whatnot... and the Ubunut2.vdi is in the SATA and the iso is under the IDE... idk wat to do to stop it from saying invalid configuration... help

[SuryaBakshi]

any reason u modified ur voice?.... nothing bad can happen with ur real voice...

[Cuziik]

thanks :D really helpful

[muziclover11111]

To all the ppl having the problem of not seeing the guest additions on their ubuntu screen ^^

1.Click Places on the menu screen in ubuntu

2.A window will appear, close it.

3.Now the installation disc picture will appear on ur ubuntu desktop

4.Now Fllw McNtoshX's steps ^^

*REMEMBER, ALL THIS IS DONE UNDER THE UBUNTU SCREEN. ONLY THE DEVICES->INSTALL GUEST ADDITIONS IS DONE ON UR MAC OS ^^

ENJOY UR NEW UBUNTU

thnx again McNtosh for this great tutorial

[muziclover11111]

I made a new account, just to say, Thank you =)

=D ^^

but i have only one problem, i cant get the guest addition instal to work = /

i ve mac snow leopard os running =D and ubuntu 10.10 =D ^^

[TheSarcasticShow]

At 7:08, you type "dir" right after "cd cdrom". When I do it just gives me "cdrom$"

>user@computer:/$ cd cdrom

>user@computer:/cdrom$ dir

>user@computer:/cdrom$

Whats happening?

[RaymondCorrigan]

Thanks a lot, really helped me with my first macbook.

I look forward to your reviews.

[Qazmonk1]

i did install guest additions but no CD icon thing poped up, and when i did the terminal thing, nothic came up after typing dir in the cdrom

[bizzar25]

you had a great tutorial but i just couldnt get that last part on the terminal every time i got to the dir part it wouldnt show me anything do you know what i need to do? or what i did wrong?

[tennisfan0526]

thanks! amazing tutorial

[josy4heaven]

Ive got everything right, and it perfectly works, but my guest display auto resize is disabled, so im confused, i dont know what to do... :( :( :S

[josy4heaven]

Ive got everything right, and it perfectly works, but my guest display auto resize is disabled, so im confused, i dont know what to do... :( :( :S

[InfuserGod]

I got everything to work, until I actually booted the OS. It says: "VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unkown-block (8.1)...... Any tips? i connected the ISO file to it like you said. O_o

[brietzmann]

"close your internet" NOOO!

[TwoMunchuTwo]

Thanks McNTosh! Found your staccato rapidfire style amusing. I set up Ubuntu using your video, including the smooth desktop transition. Brilliant, your stuff made it easy, thank you a bundle!

[lolzplus3]

oh my gosh i absulutly love you. you won me 50 bucks

[xxguantesxx]

thanks awesome tutorial

[akuleta]

hi everybody,

i am doing the same but it does not work. excatly the same ut it just starts and than does not go on. After a press to install it just stays loding and does not go on..

any idea

[maw88ify]

You can also install compiz fusion in VirtualBox ...

Plus you can add shared folders with your main OS...

Apple made a Linux distribution years ago call MKLinux...

[nrsmac]

THANK U SO MUCH!

[SkullTutorials]

Ubuntu and Mac both use Unix and are about the same thing so who rly cares why do people think mac is better then Ubuntu and Ubuntu is better then mac there the same thing expect different colours WOW! except Ubuntu is free

[GRNoam]

thanks. awesome. best tutorial I found.

[McNToshX]

@GRNoam Im glad i could help

thanks fur subscribing...

please tell your friends about it =P

[alaliii]

nice

think you

[McNToshX]

@alaliii No problem

I'm glad it helped you =)

[eddysvideos33]

My question is why anyone would ever want to run linux or windows on their mac?

[McNToshX]

@eddysvideos33 There are quite a few programs that only run on windows, which is why you would install windows on your mac. Don't ask me why Linux, i personally don't use it at all, I just show everyone how its done.

A lot of gamers play windows on their mac (but via BootCamp not via Virtual Machine), to play their windows games on their mac, so that they don't have to have another computer for only that reason.

[maw88ify]

@McNToshX

Apple made a Linux distribution years ago call MKLinux...

Linux is use by most Movie companies for 3D Rendering...

Pixar and Dreamwork both use Linux renderfarms, and clusters.

Pixar's RenderMan is made for Linux, and so is Maya 3D that cost 5,000 dollars...

Google uses Linux, the Android Phone, and ELSE smartphone use Linux... Most web Servers are Linux... The web is powered by Linux... Linux is used every were...

[maw88ify]

@eddysvideos33 Better software is made for Windows than Mac 90% of all high-end 3D Software is made for Windows only for example 3DS Max that is Windows only...

Pixar and Dreamwork both use Linux renderfarms, and clusters.

Pixar's RenderMan, and Maya 3D is made for Linux

Google uses Linux, the Android Phone, and ELSE smartphone use Linux... Most web Servers are Linux

[nortexoid]

@eddysvideos33 Ohhhh, my friend! There's so much that does linux does better. E.g. nothing beats Okular + Kile for LaTeXing (TeXShop + its built in viewer are at best, OK).

[jojodi]

@eddysvideos33 For developers, mac has a terrible lack of pre-built binaries or many many development libraries. Ubuntu can be much more convenient for developing.

[john5743]

@eddysvideos33 Linux FTW. The real question is why would anyone spend twice as much money on a mac just for a shitty limited OS and a queer apple logo?

[eddysvideos33]

@john5743 People who talk crap about Apple usually have never owned one. The OS is superior to all other OS's I have ever used. It's worth the money, you just have to have it to spend it.