Install Ubuntu using Virtualbox: Part 1 of 2

[junior098123]

midfingr is equal to middle finger 6:13

[asotarminvan]

fuck you

[butthenIdied]

Ubuntu runs slower than XP. But it is disined better.

[TheDRLAPTOP]

hi how to install ubuntu using USB to virtual box i have ubuntu but it in my USB

[LSkywalker1997]

Can you use a DVD rom or cd only?

[midfingr]

@LSkywalker1997 Hi. Thank you for commenting

Sure, you can use a DVD no problem.

[snarkbaited]

CAN SOMEONE HELP ME!?!?! I ALLWAYS GET A "FATAL: COULD NOW READ FROM THE BOOT MEDIUM! SYSTEM HALTED." OMGWTF WHAT SHOULD I DO???????

[sodaimkira]

@snarkbaited that means that it can't open the disk image, you probably didn't set it up correctly.

[Purkk1ruokaerkki]

Nice work man! Helped a lot with me cuz i just wanted to test Ubuntu before installing it to my new PC. You got one more subber, liker, and favoriter.

[itank28]

Hey guys i really need help. I have a dual boot with windows and ubuntu(Ubuntu is the .iso and Windows was my stable OS.) Ok, I want to use Virtualbox to open windows from ubuntu (I would like to open my MAIN Windows OS, with all my programmes which i have already installed.) I hope that this is possible. If it is PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE HELP!

[gureifox]

oh man thank you so much!! Took me a 2 whole days to figure it out myself, ran into some problems and then I try to follow your video step by step. Great Video!

:D

[theif519]

What happens if I try to Install it? It won't make any changes to my computer since I'm using Virtual Box, right?

[bastida90]

Thank you very much! Your video really helps me :)

I've been trying for one hour or so, without your help I would never be able to install it

[jacobk243]

I can get mine to install and it will work for a while but after a few boots it takes me back to the install page. PLZZZ HELP!!!

[Pokemart900]

@jacobk243 you need to unmount the iso after you install it or it will continue to run ubuntu from the iso which is the install file

[AWilson013]

Great video man.  Helped me with a few questions I had installing 10.10 on WIndows 7.

[midfingr]

@AWilson013 Thank you very much for the kind comment.

[LucasJayLikesgaming]

It says "Cannot access the kernel driver!" Help please. This is pissing me off. But great tutorial~

[midfingr]

@LucasJayLikesgaming Sorry to hear that. Maybe uninstall Virtualbox, reboot, reinstall VBox, do another reboot.

What OS are you running as host?

[LucasJayLikesgaming]

@midfingr I have windows 7. Nevermind though, It's just virtual box. I'm using Ubuntu on VMWare player right now and LOVING ubuntu! Thanks though~ :)

[Pokemart900]

@LucasJayLikesgaming i wished ubuntu was faster on my laptop im running vista and so far vista is way faster

[Pokemart900]

@LucasJayLikesgaming it is saying that because virtualbox is running ubuntu and ubuntu cannot find the iso file so in virtual box go to devices and cd/dvd and where it says find/locate file click it and then go to your iso file. restart the virtual machine and it should work i had the same problem

[fuzpuss]

when it was installing the keyboard didnt work

[dkiu100]

takes forever to download

[midfingr]

@dkiu100 do you mean the video, Ubuntu, or Virtual Box? I know there's been some problems with the video, sorry. I may have to make a new one.

[dkiu100]

@midfingr no it is nothing wrong witth your vid ubuntu takes a long time to download but it is an operating system i am not surprised your vid is great

[Anisas]

Hey!

I'm stuck at the screen in 3:26 and its not loading :(

Do you know what I can do to make that thing continue working?

[nclark557]

i don't have the cd/dvd thing......

[Shmuley828]

So I realize that I am using different versions of both virtual box and Ubuntu at this point but I thought maybe you could still help me. Everything goes fine until the 3:05 mark. CD\DVD-ROM is not showing up. How do I mount Ubuntu?

[midfingr]

@Shmuley828 Hello.

Yes, it's a little strange. When you start the machine, after filling in the disk space, memory, it will ask you where the disc or image is located. So basically, start the VM to get access to the CD\DVD-ROM -- I hope this helps.

[MrPhineas96]

Thank you so much for showing me to do this! I love Ubuntu and I don't want to get rid of Windows or do partitions on my Windows system. Thank so much again! :)

[midfingr]

@MrPhineas96 You are very welcome and I'm glad to be of some help to you! :)

[Maximusfool]

LOL I watch so many of these sort of vids, and its so bloody good to hear somebody pronounce Ubuntu properly...WoooHooo

[midfingr]

@Maximusfool LOL!! I never thought of that :D

[SniperRifIe]

Thanks =) Is there a chance this could mess up my windows 7 bit though? i dont acutally have a backup of it..i have nothing to back up on but will get a hard drive soon

[SimplyUnkown]

Whats with the two mice?

[raghavchaudhary99]

Thanks soo much :D

[midfingr]

@raghavchaudhary99 You are very welcome. Thank you for the kind comment.

[v1Broadcaster]

I cant get it to work with 10.04(Latest)

it has a purple screen with a guy with a circle around him and a batery

it looks kind of like it would be a start up screen but it stays.

Please help.

[ivanjakovl]

hello !

this is the first time i use linux os and

i've tried to install latest ubuntu 10.04 from windows enviroment, and it all goes well untill it restarts and after finishing ubuntu install it says : ALERT dev/sda5 does not exist. i go into ubuntu desktop and it just turn off my computer after a while.

i have also tried to install 9.10 version and 8.10 version and i just can't get it to work.

what do you think it is ?

thank you.

[MiStASniPeR]

THANK YOU SO MUCH WORKS ON MY MAC

[MiStASniPeR]

thanks does this work on mac

[paulspydar]

do I have to use virtual box? or can I use the xp mode virtual machine that is included in win 7 ultimate 64bit?

[SpartansSavvy]

Thats weird I don;t have the CD/DVD-ROM option. Help?

[LanceMetal]

@SpartansSavvy neither do i

[Tekkenfreek234]

Using Ubuntu on VirtualBox now! Good tutorial, dude!

[bbfan123456789]

Worked perfectly thanks soo much :)

[midfingr]

@bbfan123456789 Thank you. That's good to hear. :)

[midfingr]

@me44888 I'm glad to hear that. It's working for me as well. Thank you for commenting. :)

[superman980980]

thanks dude

nice vid

[midfingr]

@superman980980 You're very welcome :) Thank you for the kind comments.

[midfingr]

@me44888 I find that giving the guest (Ubuntu) a lower memory allocation, the host system seems fine; say around 512 MB, maybe less, depending on your system's memory. I also give it one core to work with.

[midfingr]

@me44888 That's great to hear! Thank you for the kind comments. :)

[cshin9]

Virtualbox causes a high CPU usage when I'm running Ubuntu on Windows. Is there any remedy for that?

[squillysk8]

End any other processes that you are not using via ctrl+alt+dlt

[GentleBoy17]

hey does 3d effect work on virtualbox?? i mean compiz and so on?

[midfingr]

@GentleBoy17 Yes. Just enable 3D Acceleration in Virtualbox and bump up the video memory; I set mine to 128MB.

[GentleBoy17]

@midfingr oh thanks :) now it is all in past. I boot Ubuntu from usb now. Thanks anyways

[Kevinsilhouette]

@GentleBoy17 im new to this what if you want to unistall it do you just remove virtual box and windows it back the way it was or do you have to unistall ubuntu first

[GentleBoy17]

no need to remove virtual box. Open virtual box and delete ubuntu or whatever u named it. Then press FIle -> Virtual Media Manager and delete the Virtual Media u made for ubuntu.

[Kevinsilhouette]

@GentleBoy17 Thanks alot and i have 3 gigs on AMD Athlon Duel Core 2.7 GHZ processor is that enough to not get lag

[GentleBoy17]

@Kevinsilhouette Of course it is. Linux doesn't require a really great processor. I would recommend installing Ubuntu on your pc or somewhere else and boot it that way rather than using virtual box. That way it will work faster. But if you need bot Win and Ubuntu then use Virtual Box :))

[A135S4656]

About how much space will VirtualBox take up on an Ubuntu computer?... Ubuntu is my physical OS right now...

[midfingr]

Hi, thanks for commenting.

To be honest, I can't remember how much space it uses in Ubuntu. If you can, maybe look into VMware Player (?). Virtualbox for Linux is a little dated.

[YomorokaXD]

windows 64 bit sucks...

[samobst]

at 02:50 i don't have cd/dvd room show up so i can't select where i want it to be sourced from help please

[midfingr]

Yes, sorry about that. The newer versions of Virtualbox are different from the one I used. From what I remember, you choose the CD/DVD option when you first power on the virtual machine; I guess to make it easier.

I hope this helps and please feel free to ask any questions.

Thanks,

Mid :)

[samobst]

@midfingr thats fine i got everthing working i have ubuntu runnning now thanks very much!

[Typhoon07]

I have Windows 7 Pro x64 so would downloading the 64bit version of Ubuntu 9.10 be better off than the 32bit. I'll only be giving it something like 1024MB RAM though.

[midfingr]

Hello

I would choose the 32-bit version of Ubuntu. For one, 1024MB would be easier to work with and some things such as Adobe Flash are a pain to install in the x64 version; not impossible, but not worth the hassle in a virtual machine.

[Hman242]

The VirtualBox window doesn't have the things in it your's does. What do I do?

[midfingr]

Yeah, VirtualBox has changed quite a bit since I posted this video. Now at version 3.x. If possible, could you specify where you're having trouble? I will try to help out.

Thanks,

Mid :)

[Hman242]

No need to, I'm running Ubuntu fully now :)

[TheBubakazouba]

hi man that worked with me but i have problems in full screen mode when i press right ctrl + f (host+f) it turns to fullscreen but the window is still in samesize

[ThorAxeTheThunder]

@TheBubakazouba change the resolution to 1280*1024 then it works

[marinecorpsman5]

If so, can i still use this method to install Ubuntu Ultimate Edition?

[marinecorpsman5]

Can this run on Intel x64-bit chips?

[midfingr]

Yes, of course.

[cl2014]

Once i get to the "Try Ubuntu without any changes to your computer" screen, it freezes up and i cannot get passed it. I have tried again and again, i have pressed enter with the Host key toggled and untoggled. Someone please help.

[ragestrrage]

my screen just went black between 99 and 100% help please

[carlos10571]

Did you unzip the file. When I choose the iso from my desktop and start the virtualizatio, It says "FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted." This was done unzipped. Help!

[jrodblue59]

no do not unzip it!!! just boot it as is. leave the file alone when you download it from the internet! make sure you mount the iso from your HD.

[carlos10571]

pleasse help! Instead of ubuntu, i downloaded Kubuntu (intentional) but can't find the iso file to run it.

[Zurbell]

how much gb it uses to install ubunut in virtual box

[sallvano]

can this play pc games

[asoccer345]

obviously not since this is linux

[cheersfornads]

AWESOME. Thank you very much. :)

[molden1906]

great tutorial, thank you!! SIV3L, thanks for the tip :D

[YouMockMe]

--- >>> H E L P !!!!!!!!!!

Can anyone help me get 2 VMs running at the same time??? It keeps crashing!!!

I've already done everything i can think of (even things that didn't make sense). I've been working primarily in the General > Advanced tab in attempts to get it to work and NOTHING!?!?!?!

PLEASE HELP... Thanks!

[jforce93]

thank you so much

[SIV3L]

One thing people might run into probs with is that after the install/restart your Ubuntu might go back into run the live cd w/out changes to pc screen. You need to go back into the CD/DVD-ROM Details Tab where you chose the ISO image and you need to UNMOUNT the ISO or it will try and boot from that. Once you unmount it it should run straight into the Ubuntu install and vwallah!

[midfingr]

Hi SIV3L. Good point. Thank you for the tip :)

[IronReviewer]

Thanks SIV3L I ran into that problem so I came back to this video and I tried your idea and it worked. thanks!

[XxTheUltimateGamerxX]

Thanks SIV3L

[AbuAmir05]

Thanks a lot

[MagicMarkery]

Will that take the RAM and Harddrive space from my primary Operating System???

[midfingr]

Yes it will. You need to specify how much RAM to use as well as hard drive space.

[NYVonix115]

I installed Virtualbox and mapped the ISO of Ubuntu into Virtualbox. Now when I go to run Ubuntu, I try to run it and then it goes no where..

Why is this?

[beltgrain]

Hi 5 to the midfingr :) .... great post !

[bramptonmt]

Thanks for the audio with video. Nice change after watching a bunch of crappy videos on installing ubuntu on virtualbox without any voice where you have to guess from the screen what they are doing .

[donnyab]

jesus,why do these people post such rubbish, a total waste of time...if you are going to do it do it F££kin right !

[midfingr]

What?

[donnyab]

I was agreeing with the other poster !!!... your video is very good but have you tried to do it the other way round, XP on Ubuntu, it doesn't seem to work ?

[calrogman]

XP on Ubuntu?  Why would you do that? You'd be better off using ReactOS! /snark

[midfingr]

Yeah! ReactOS is amazing. Good idea!

[midfingr]

*Puts foot in mouth* Please accept my deepest apology. I was honestly confused.

XP on Ubuntu? Yes, but I used VMware player.

Thank you for the kind words.

Mid :)