Run Linux inside Vista with VirtualBox - An Illustrated Tutorial - Part IV - Installing Sabayon Linux
by admin | August 4, 2009 | In Computer, Linux, VirtualBox, Windows Vista | No Comments
Installing Sabayon Linux
The new Virtual Machine is finished and configured. The last step is the installation of the guest operative system inside the VM. From now on, this will be the same as installing a new OS on any real computer.
 02:59 - Let’s starting the installation of Sabayon linux by selecting the Virtual Machine Sabayon on the VirtualBox left panel. Click the button Start on the menu above. |
 A new window will show up. That’s the window of the new Virtual Machine where Sabayon will be installed. A pop up window with information will show up. It’s self explanatory. Read it and activate the check box “Do not show this message again”. It explains how the mouse and keyboard works between the VM and the real computer.
When working on your windows desktop click Right Ctrl key and mouse and keyboard will be active on your VM. Click again Right Ctrl and the control of the mouse and keyboard will be passed again to your windows desktop. |
 Another information may also appear. Read it and activate the check box “Do not show this message again”. |
 A warning window can also appear. Read it and click OK. |
 03:01 - The menu to chose the installation type will show up. Select with the arrow keys the “Start graphical Installation” option and press Enter. |
03:02 - The installation process will start. |
03:04 - First screen. Click Next. |
03:05 - Chose your keyboard and click Next. |
03:05 - Chose the desktop type. Select Sabayon Linux KDE Desktop and click Next. |
03:06 - Services configuration. Accept the default values and click Next. |
03:06 - Disk partitioning setup. Select automatically partition and click Next. |
03:07 - Say Yes to this warning. Don’t worry. You are working in the Virtual Machine. |
03:08 - Automatic partitioning. Select “Remove all partitions on this System” and click next. Say yes to the warning box that will show up. |
03:08 - Disk Setup. Information about the partitions to be created. Click Next. The next screen will show the boot loader configuration. Accept the default values and click Next. Click Here to see the screen with the Boot Loader Configuration. |
03:09 - Network Configuration. Accept the default values and click Next. On the next screen select your time zone and click ext. |
03:14 - Set Root Password. Type the root password. Type the name , username and password for user that will use the system usually. On my case my username will be myself. This will be the user that will use the system for normal work. Click Next. On the next screen click Next to start the installation process. |
03:15 - The installation will start. |
03:34 - Around 20 minutes later the installation will be done. Click Reboot. |
03:36 - The system will reboot. |
03:38 - Click continue without desktop acceleration. |
03:39 - Click the arrow pointing to the right to login. |
03:40 - We are in. But we are still running from the Live CD (our ISO file mounted when we were configuring the VM). The user is Sabayonuser, the default username when running the Live CD. You can already have a feeling of everything. |
03:42 - The KDE Menu. From here you can access and control everything on the system. Let’s try Firefox. |
03:54 - Ok… play a little bit and shutdown the system. Click on the KDE button and select log out. Select Turn Off Computer. |
04:01 - On the main window of VirtualBox, select on the left panel your VM Sabayon and click on Settings button. Select CD/DVD-ROM and instead of ISO Image File, activate the Host CD/DVD Drive. This will disable the ISO file used to install the system and will enable the CD/DVD drive to be mounted on the VM. Click OK. Click the Start button to start our Virtual machine. |
The Boot loader will show up and Sabayon will start to load. This time the system will be running from the Virtual Hard drive. |
04:07 - Login screen. Put your username and password and press enter. My username is myself and password is :)). The username and password were setup before (see time 03:14 above). You can also login as root. Type root on the username field and then type the root’s password. It’s not very wise though. |
04:08 - Here we are. The system is running. A complete linux installation running inside windows Vista with the help of VirtualBox. Play around and have fun. |
04:14 - Firefox is running. KDE file manager is also running and the shell as well for the ones that like to do things the hard way. |
04:17 - I’ve inserted a DVD disk in the DVD reader and Sabayon has detected the DVD like Windows and asks what we want to do. I have selected “Open in new window” and clicked OK. The KDE file manager will run showing the contents of the DVD. See image Here. |
04:22 - SMPlayer is a media player that can run any kind of multimedia files. |
04:24 - Close all applications. Right click on any place on the desktop and select Log Out “username”. On the next screen select Tur Off Computer. You’re done… Have fun with your new system… |
