Re: Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-29 Thread Wally Lepore
My system specs with debian/Wheezy installed as a Virtual Machine (VM) are: Processor: Intel ATOM CPU N450 @ 1.66 GHz, 1.67 GHz, 1666 Mhz, 1 core(s), 2 Logical Installed Memory (RAM): 1.00 GB OS Name: Windows 7 Starter System Type: 32-bit operating system, x86-based pc On Fri, Nov 29, 2013 at 1:

Re: Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-29 Thread Wally Lepore
Also would like to add that my use for Debian (at this point in time) is to simply utilize the OS for everyday tasks i.e. gmail, Office suite etc. I am a heavy computer user in that on my "windows system" I have utilized such programs as Adobe Photoshop, MS Office, Open Office, Libre Office, a di

Re: Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-29 Thread Wally Lepore
Hi Members, Thank you for all the kind suggestions and help. I have successfully installed Debian/Wheezy as a Virtual Machine (using VirtualBox) on my net book. The install was a very interesting and worthwhile experience as I now have a much better understanding of how-to utilize a virtual machin

Re: Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-25 Thread Gregory Nowak
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:20:30PM -0500, Wally Lepore wrote: > In regards to creating the new Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, can > anyone recommend the advantages of creating a "virtual hard drive" > verses a "large image file on your “real” hard disk"? The "large image file on your real hard dis

Fwd: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-25 Thread Wally Lepore
In regards to creating the new Virtual Machine in VirtualBox, can anyone recommend the advantages of creating a "virtual hard drive" verses a "large image file on your “real” hard disk"? Reading the VirtualBox set-up and user manual find it very informative. The user manual said, -Begin- "There

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-25 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/11/13 07:27, Alois Mahdal wrote: > Hello, > > On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:30:16 +0200 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: > >> On Du, 24 nov 13, 11:45:11, Wally Lepore wrote: >>> >>> Has anyone successfully mounted a Debian .iso file directly >>> to VirtualBox? > > It's probably clear, bout just to be co

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-25 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 24 nov 13, 21:27:07, Alois Mahdal wrote: > > I don't have it at hand either, but and now I'm not sure > if it was for Virtualbox, KVM manager or both it was not > so trivial as e.g. on Vmware Workstation, where it's two clicks > in menu and you choose the file. It wanted you to

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 25/11/13 05:25, Wally Lepore wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Scott Ferguson > wrote: >> On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote: > > [snip] > >> choose sound and network card types, select phsyical or virtual optical >> drive (virtual uses ISO images), set network protocols. > > [sn

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Alois Mahdal
Hello, On Sun, 24 Nov 2013 19:30:16 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: > On Du, 24 nov 13, 11:45:11, Wally Lepore wrote: > > > > Has anyone successfully mounted a Debian .iso file directly > > to VirtualBox? It's probably clear, bout just to be complete: the mounting part should be definitely same f

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Wally Lepore
On Sat, Nov 23, 2013 at 11:12 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: > On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote: [snip] > choose sound and network card types, select phsyical or virtual optical > drive (virtual uses ISO images), set network protocols. [snip] Yes I see that VirtualBox is apparently able to mou

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Du, 24 nov 13, 11:45:11, Wally Lepore wrote: > > Has anyone successfully mounted a Debian .iso file directly to VirtualBox? Yes, I did this in VirtualBox running on Debian, but it shouldn't be different on Windows. I can't detail the steps because it seems I uninstalled VirtualBox, but it wa

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-24 Thread Wally Lepore
Hi Members, I appreciate all the installation steps, help and advice. Just downloaded VirtualBox for windows and finished installing the program. Currently in the process of creating a "new machine" (in VirtualBox). My laptop is a 32-bit OS running windows 7. I downloaded the file called Debian-7

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-23 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Members, > > I would like to run Debian and test new software packages utilizing > Debian as a virtual environment. inside my Windows 7 OS. I would like to > be able to install Debian in this fashion and have the ability to > utilize a Debian GUI desktop

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-23 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Sat, 23 Nov 2013, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Members, > > I would like to run Debian and test new software packages utilizing > Debian as a virtual environment. inside my Windows 7 OS. I would like > to be able to install Debian in this fashion and have the ability to > utilize a Debian GUI desk

RE: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-23 Thread Stephen P. Molnar
From: Wally Lepore [mailto:wallylep...@gmail.com] Sent: Saturday, November 23, 2013 9:52 AM To: debian-user@lists.debian.org Subject: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox Hi Members, I would like to run Debian and test new software packages utilizing Debian as a

Re: Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-23 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 24/11/13 01:52, Wally Lepore wrote: > Hi Members, > > I would like to run Debian and test new software packages utilizing > Debian as a virtual environment. inside my Windows 7 OS. I would like to > be able to install Debian in this fashion and have the ability to > utilize a Debian GUI desktop

Installing Debian inside Windows 7 utilizing VirtualBox

2013-11-23 Thread Wally Lepore
Hi Members, I would like to run Debian and test new software packages utilizing Debian as a virtual environment. inside my Windows 7 OS. I would like to be able to install Debian in this fashion and have the ability to utilize a Debian GUI desktop as well. Question #1 please: Would kindly like to