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Yesterday I showed you how to get a virtual machine setup from within your current operating system using Sun VirtualBox.  Now, if you have not skipped ahead of me in the process I am ready to share with you step number two.  Now that our virtual machine is ready, it needs an operating system.  Today, we will go through each step you need to take to get an operating system installed on your new virtual machine setup.

Start the New Virtual Machine

Now that you have your virtual machine up and running, time to start it up. In the left sidebar of Sun VirtualBox, you should see your virtual machine you created.  Double click the name to turn it on.

Once you do, a new window will pop up giving you another setup wizard to help you get the operating system installed.  Hit the button labeled, “Next” to continue.

Select the Operating System’s Source

In this next screen, you will be asked to provide the source of your installation.  Now if you are installing Windows, you could tell the wizard to look in your CD drive for your Windows install disk.  If you have downloaded a Linux .iso image and you have it on your local machine, you could use that too (or burn it to a disk, then use it).  Once you have found the source you are installing from, hit the button labeled, “Next” to continue.

Finalize the Boot Source Selection, and Install Your OS

Now you are all done.  You have selected the source you are going to install your operating system from.  The virtual machine will think of this as it’s boot source, and past this point you would install the operating system as you would do with any other regular PC.  The only thing that is different is that this is a virtual machine that lives within your actual machine you use every day.

Final Sun VirtualBox Setup Steps and Tips

To finish things up, here is my own install of Ubuntu 9.10 I did using these same very steps I have shared with all of you. Now I can use Ubuntu from within my Windows Vista install to test my various web sites, see how they look in a different OS,  and also play a little more with Linux to see what I can learn on my own.

If you get stuck in the process, or you want more help when it comes to installing your own virtual machine from within your own computer’s operating system, I have gathered together a few resources that will assist you.

• Sun VirtualBox User Manual
• Community Support for Sun VirtualBox

Also, if you missed it – here is part one of our How to Run Any OS From Within Windows tutorial series.

Alternatives to Sun Virtual Box for Virtual Machine Creation – Sun VirtualBox is not the only program you can use to get a virtual machine setup and running.  There are also several other choices out there such as Parallels, VMWare, Apple’s Bootcamp, and Virtual PC from Microsoft.

Setting up an alternative operating system to us, from within a virtual machine is a fun and informative process to go through.  Not only are you becoming more familiar with how to install other operating systems out there, but you are giving yourself another virtual workspace to get your job done.

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What are your plans for this Labor Day weekend? 

I am willing to bet that web hosting didn’t have anything to do with your last barbeque of the Summer, or final trip to the beach, however after checking out Lunarpages web hosting special for the holiday weekend, I bet web hosting will be a BIG part of your weekend events.

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• Stopping Spam – Favorite Web Development Freebies (Part 3 of 5)

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Find yourself reading through a web page and wishing you had a virtual highlighter handy? 

It this situation sounds familiar you need to pick up markit.net, the web’s highlighter.  To use it, all you do is visit the markit.net web site, then drag and drop the highlighter picture to your browser’s bookmarks toolbar.  Whenever you want to highlight text in a web page, click on the markkit bookmarklet.

Right now the highlighter only works with Mozilla Firefox, Opera, Google Chrome and Apple Safari.  Also worth pointing out is there is no registration needed, so all you need to do is grab the bookmarklet and then get to highlighting. 

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