When installing Linux on a virtualbox with a windows 7 64bit host
I get the following screen
All the tutorials I have watched on how to install Linux on a virtualbox always skip this screen
I am using a iso file but I do not see an option to enter the path of said iso file
do I need to copy the file to a cd? or am I missing a setting for the virtualbox?
The way VirtualBox (or virtualization in general) works, is that when on the host (the Windows PC running the VirtualBox) you mount the ISO file as a CD/DVD drive, it will be shown as CD/DVD on the client (your Linux installation). The client won't see the difference.
So in that sense you are doing it correctly. However, you have the "wrong" installation ISO. The file you have mounted is "Oracle Linux R6 Update 5 UEK Boot ISO x86_64 V41364-01.iso" (if I googled correctly). So the question in your first screenshot asking about the installation image is to my understanding asking for where the actual installation data can be found. This would be either a DVD, another harddrive, local repository in LAN, or from the Internet. In your case it would be easier to use an installation media, which already includes the installation files, which would be "Oracle Linux R6 Update 5 x86_64 V41362-01.iso" (again if I googled correctly).
So to sum up, either download the full installation image (around 4 GB), or use the one you have and point the "url" to an image from the Internet.
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I recently downloaded the debian installer iso to use with virtualbox. For security reasons, I mounted it to ensure it was legit. I noticed a file labeled setup.exe. Why would a linux installer be a windows file, and how would the computer be able to run it?
I then decided to look throught the microsoft windows installer. It too used an exe file. How could it run the exe to install windows without windows instlled?
The Debian project has an installer for Microsoft Windows that provides a UI for installing GNU/Linux beginning on a MS Windows platform.
The Windows kernel can be loaded from disk and once it is loaded, like on install, it can start running a .exe file. For similar reasons Linux is an elf format binary. This is how a "Live" disk works, it loads the kernel and then loads up the entire OS including window manager from disk.
To your first question :
I bet you are running VirtualBox on a Windows client right? So there is nothing wrong with using a windows file :)
I downloaded Suse Linux 32bit 3.16.6.2.0 as an iso, burned a DVD and installed it as a dual OS with my Win 7. Now, to get the WLan Stick to work....
Using the Win OS I downloaded two files :
ndiswrapper-1.59.tar.gz and fwlanusb-1.00.00.tar.gz
I moved them into the Linux partition and ran the ./install files as instructed.
With both of these installation it requires running a makefile script. In both cases it comes to a crashing stop when /lib/modules/kernel3.16.6.2.0/build is not found.
The 'build' subdirectiory or file is not present. Can I call up one of the rpms to get this part of the Linux OS installed?? Which rpm??
Solving the problem with my WLAN Stick is especially hard because often the Linux documentation says : "in order to make you your internet connection function you must download xyz".
Please install the kernel-source RPM for your running kernel. If this doesn't help already, please make sure that a symlink from /lib/modules/kernel3.16.6.2.0/build to /usr/src/linux exists.
I recently got a new hard drive and I want to install Fedora to it however the computer is old and can't boot from USB and I am unable to use a DVD.
I want to use my currently installed Fedora to install a new copy on the new hard drive.
I have the ISO with me. I am using the latest distro
Are there any ways I can achieve this?
Thanks in advance!
There is a way to boot an iso with syslinux
just for example from my syslinux.cfg,
LABEL slitaz.iso
LINUX memdisk
INITRD /slitaz.iso
APPEND iso
in the example, the iso (slitaz.iso) is in the root (/). I cannot tell on oath that will work for your iso, but you can try.
I did that too with grub,
setparams 'ISO'
set iso ="/slitaz.iso"
loopback loop $iso
linux (loop)/boot/vmlinuz-3.2.53-slitaz
initrd (loop)/boot/rootfs.gz
the two lines with (loop) are the one you can found inside your iso.
I don't remember if I had to install or set something for one or both cases.
Two questions, first question is, I want to start using Linux (the Lubuntu distro) as my operating system. I currently have Windows 7 but I don't want to dual boot or run Lubuntu in a virtual machine (which is what I've been doing).. I want to just uninstall Windows 7 and make Lubuntu my OS. Would I be able to do that with the Lubuntu ISO image file that the developers have on their website?
Second question is, I have a Windows 7 CD (which I used to upgrade from Windows Vista to 7). Once I make Lubuntu my only OS, am I able to switch back to Windows 7 with that CD? Do I just run the installation from the Windows 7 CD?
First question; Yes this is possible, you'll want to burn the ISO to a USB stick, then boot from your USB stick. Lubuntu will have an easy installation wizard from the live USB.
Here's a great guide for it.
Second question; You will not be able to do it directly with that CD, as having Vista as the main OS is a prerequisite for that CD to work. If you have a Vista installation CD laying around, then you can install that first, then do the Win7 upgrade.
I'll answer for you second question. You can do it.
But I not perfectly understood your first question. Would you like download an .iso file and install system from it?
P. S. Sorry for my English
There is no option of uninstalling windows.
Your best option, if you don't want to use windows anymore is to backup all your data and format the drive. The formating can be done via the ubuntu installer.
Steps:
1. backup all your data from the drive(partition) you will be formating
burn the iso to a cd/dvd
insert the cd/dvd into the cd/dvd drive and restart your PC
select boot from cd/dvd (by default the cd booting is on, but you may have to enable it in bios)
install ubuntu(the installation guide will guide you through the process)
enjoy Ubuntu
PS: you may want to consider intstalling ubuntu on another partition, this will enable you to choose the OS when you boot your PC
This is my first time compiling Linux kernel. I am using Debian Live. I used kernel-package to compile and I also added a new system call to return an arbitrary integer value greater than zero.
Everything went fine and I got both headers and image .deb files. When I tried to install them with dpkg, there was a warning that said I needed to configure LILO. I then aborted the installation and looked for LILO to find out that Debian Live got neither LILO nor GRUB. I installed GRUB, but it was not installed on my sda1 (USB disk running Debain Live), it said that it was not a proper block device. Debian Live uses squashfs (a file system).
Then, I ignored bootloader and installed the custom kernel. After I rebooted my computer, I was directly booted to the old Debain Live and my system call returns -1.
Please provide some solutions guys.
Thanks,
Debian Live is not a suitable base for you do to your own kernel development on. As you've found, it doesn't contain the tools needed to rebuild itself (that's not what its designed to do).
Install the regular Debian distribution (perhaps inside a virtualisation environment like VMWare Server or VirtualBox). Do your kernel development there.