Loading ISO's in Virtual Box

[Jeffrey Creem]

If on Windows 10 pro, you can use hyper-v which is built in




On Nov 30, 2017 4:37 PM, "Bruce.Labitt" <bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net>
wrote:

> Thanks John.  I got a little further.
>
> Now I get an error that is related to hardening.  The error blames AV SW
> on my windows machine.  I'm not surprised, but I can't even temporarily
> turn off the AV to test the hypothesis.  The machine is relatively locked
> down but I do have admin privileges.  I
>
> I then made the mistake of installing a VB extension pack.  That causes
> BSOD.  I haven't seen that in ages.  I'm done with that.  There's no excuse
> for that any more.
>
> Is there a VM SW that actually works with a corporate managed PC?  And is
> low cost or free?
>
> I'd go with VMware if I was going to always needing VM's, but this is not
> the case.  I only need a VM to install some SW on yet a different machine.
> It's a Jetson TX2.  This is a heck of a lot of work to do a tiny thing.
> What's driving me crazy is that I already have the TX2 talking to the
> internet, so you'd think an update would be trivial.
>
> Bruce
>
> Sent from Blue <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=11249>
> On Nov 30, 2017, at 1:37 PM, John Welch <jrw3319 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Create your VirtualBox VM then go to Settings --> Storage. The IDE
>> Controller includes the virtual CD/DVD drive for the VM. Click on the
>> optical drive and then in the Attributes section click on the icon that
>> looks like a CD/DVD. This will allow you to choose your ISO image.
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>>
>> John
>>
>>
>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 1:20 PM, Bruce.Labitt <
>> bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>
>>> On Nov 30, 2017, at 1:08 PM, "Bruce.Labitt" <
>>> bruce.labitt at myfairpoint.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Just downloaded Virtual Box onto my work Windows computer.  V5.2.0.
>>>>
>>>> Can't seem to see how to load an iso on it.  I need to run Ubuntu 14.04
>>>> as the SW I need is only supported on that version.
>>>>
>>>> No where in the instructions do I see how to get the correct iso.  All
>>>> I see is I can select Ubuntu 64 bit, not the version.
>>>>
>>>> Can someone point me in the right direction?  "Help" doesn't seem to be
>>>> helpful.
>>>>
>>>> Bruce
>>>>
>>>> Sent from Blue <http://www.bluemail.me/r?b=11249>
>>>>
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