Installing Fedora 14 on Windows XP using Virtual Box :
Hi friends.., I have installed Fedora 14 (guest) on a Windows XP (host). Here i have given the installation guide.
Requirements:
Firstly, I’ll go step-by-step to install VirtualBox and get the Live CD version of Fedora 14 and running Fedora OS under XP.
Once you have downloaded the Virtual Box installation File and obtained a copy of the Fedora 14Live CD iso (A Live CD is a CD that will boot and run a copy of Linux without needing to be installed, it’ll run entirely from memory – we do get an option to install to HDD once its booted though, which we will do), we need to simply run the VirtualBox setup and create a new virtual machine.
VirtualBox Installation :
Installing Virtual Box is as easy as installing any other application. Just follow the prompts.
Once VirtualBox is installed, open the Virtual Box application and click on the ‘New’ button.
Click next to start moving through the wizard.
Name your Virtual Machine ( Fedora14 ) and select its type from the drop downs.
( Operating System : Linux , Version : Fedora )
Select the amount of memory to allocate to your Virtual Machine. I usually choose a minimum of 1024mb or it gets just a little too slow to use. (You can also increase your video memory alocation at a later stage).
On this next screen we need to create the hard drive for the Virtual Machine. Whats needed is a file for VirtualBox to cloak as a hard drive for the Virtual Machine.
Click ‘Create New hard Disk’ and then click ‘Next’ to start the virtual disk wizard.
This next screen is up to you. I like to know that if I need the extra space on the vm, the disk will grow as its needed, but if you are short on space or want to restrict it, you can simply have a fixed-size image. Whatever you prefer. Then Click Next
Name the image and select its base size (default of 8.0GB is fine). Better you create a Virtual Hard Disk with 25 G.B space. and Click Next button
Click Create to confirm your image settings.
You will be sent back to the Virtual Hard Disk screen again, just click create button to finish the creation of virtual machine.
Now you’re pretty much done. Just click through to the end of the wizard and you have created your Virtual Machine. What we need to do now is tell our new VM to use the Live CD iso disk image when we boot up.
Select Fedora14 on Left pane and then Click Start Button in VirtualBox
Just Click Next Button in First Run Wizard
Browse and select the Fedora14 Live Desktop ISO image file.( You can download Fedora14 Live Desktop ISO image file from here ). then click Next button
Now just Click ‘Start’ button to start the Fedora live OS. You might get a notification about the host key (Right CTRL) or the colour settings (24 instead of 32 bit), just click ‘ok’.
When Fedora has booted, you’ll notice its just running Fedora without installing anything, this is the Live CD at work.
Click Login to enter into the Fedora Live OS
Click the ‘Install to had drive’ icon on the desktop to install the Fedora OS into your virtual hard disk.
Once you install the Fedora OS into your virtual Hard disk then you can boot the Fedora OS from the virtual hard disk.
Video Tutorials :
Installation of Fedora 14 in virtual box :
Fedora 14 Installation - Virtual Box :
Hope this will be helpful for you!!!
This may be revised in future. Stay tuned for updates. If you find any problem or have any suggestions for improvements, you can always mail me.
By M.Baran Mahamood
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