Quite often, various IT specialists in the process of work have the need to simultaneously use several applications or services that must operate on separate machines, under the control of different operating systems. But what if you can only use one computer? In this case, there is nothing left to do but use the virtual machine.
It is necessary
Oracle VM VirtualBox, available for download at virtualbox.org
Instructions
Step 1
Add a new virtual machine. Launch the Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager application, press Ctrl + N, or select New … from the Machine menu. Follow the steps in the Create Virtual Machine Wizard. Pay particular attention to the choice of the option indicating the version of the operating system to be installed
Step 2
Perform additional configuration of the created virtual machine. Highlight the required item in the list of virtual machines "Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager". Press the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + S or select Properties … from the Machine menu. Using the list on the left side of the dialog that appears, switch between the options sections. Change configuration parameters. So, it is worth choosing the order of polling devices used at boot, in the "System" section. In the Media section, add one or more virtual disks as needed. Specify the type and parameters of the network equipment in the "Network" section
Step 3
Select the source from which to install the operating system. Go to the "Media" section of the properties dialog. In the "Storage Media" list, select one of the virtual optical drives. Click on the button next to the "Drive" drop-down list. Select a device or disk image with the OS distribution, information from which will be translated into a virtual drive. Close the properties dialog by clicking the OK button
Step 4
Start the virtual machine. Select Start from the Machine menu, context menu, or toolbar. A new window will open
Step 5
Install the operating system from the media you selected in the third step. Proceed in the same way as if the operating system were installed on a real computer. If the boot disk is not detected, specify it. To do this, restart the machine using the "Reset" item in the "Machine" menu, then enter the BIOS by pressing F12 and select the desired option
Step 6
Boot the installed operating system. After the installation is complete, turn off the virtual machine by selecting the "Close …" item in the "Machine" menu. Change the boot order in the "System" section of the configuration dialog, setting the first item to "Hard disk". Start the virtual machine again
Step 7
Start using the virtual machine the way you want.
