How To Download Linux On Virtualbox
You can also use the wget options to download it on the linux platforms like ubuntu.
How to download linux on virtualbox. Steps install linux on virtualbox. After installing it successfully head to offensive security s download page to download the vm image for virtualbox. Download the correct version for your operating system. Click on new button given in the menu to create an oracle vm machine. You are now set to install linux in virtualbox.
Any ideas on how to proceed. You have installed virtualbox and you have downloaded the iso for linux. Choose the package that matches your linux distribution or use the all distributions option if your linux distribution is not listed. Solved the problem by going to settings in virtualbox then display then allocating more video memory to the display. I attached a photo of what i see after step 4.
If you change your mind to utilize vmware that is available too. As you can see the file size is well over 3 gb you should either use the torrent option or download it using a download manager. Give a name to your machine and select the type linux and version. Install linux using virtualbox. There are multiple choices for linux versions.
Download virtualbox from its official website. I used the linux mint 18 3 iso. Give the virtual os a relevant name.