Now after pressing next you’ll get a window like this So its better to stay on the safer side then you can use both the OSs without any problem (hope you got what I’m trying to say if not put some comment on that I’ll explain a bit more ? ). But as I’m trying to run two operating systems at once I should be able to share the RAM so the greener part of the bar shows the safe side or the safe capacity that I can use and approximately its about half of the total capacity.
Let me explain this a bit, in my laptop I’m currently using 2.5Gb of RAM, that is shown at the end of the bar, that means for the host OS that complete capacity is available. So there you have to enter the name of the OS (You can give any name you like) and you have to select the OS type then after pressing next you’ll see a window like this Īnd there you have to select the base memory that means the RAM so the greener part of the bar shows the size that is available for the virtual machine. After the installation go to Applications -> Accessories -> VirtualBox OSE and that will start virtualbox.Īt first you have to create a new machine you can do by clicking on the light blue color new button after clicking on that you’ll get a window like this
Virtualbox windows xp image ru install#
This may be old news for some guys out there but still this can be new to some.Īs I have told you earlier I don’t use Windows, Ubuntu dual boot anymore, now I solely depend on Ubuntu, it’s not that I hate windows but I’m uncomfortable with it ? ok now lets get down to business.įirst you have to install VirtualBox, to do that go to Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center and on search type VirtualBox and press install to install. I thought of writing this post after the installation of Windows 7 in VirtualBox.