• download the latest VirtualBox NN.NN.NN for Windows hosts AND the matching VirtualBox NN.NN.NN Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack from the VirtualBox web site
  You can also download the User Manual from the same page

• Execute the exe installer and accept the default settings, but do NOT choose to start VB at the end. Warning, the host network will very temporarily be stopped during the installation, so be sure not to have anything needing a permanent network (eg connection to an interactivr server) during the installation!

• Double click on the Extension_Pack installer, accept the license, etc…

• Change some basic Preferences:
  • If the VB is not already using English, change the language and restart VB if necessary
    Fichier → Paramètres → Langue → English
  • File → Preferences → Update → Once per 2 weeks
  • Determine where the VB settings, the virtual disk files and the temporary files (when you suspend the execution of the VB) will be stored. Warning, you should be careful to choose a place where you have enough space! You need as much space as the main disk image (eg 30 Gb) plus a few Gb for storing the state of the VB when you suspend it…
    We will use the following path in this tutorial: E:\VirtualBox VMs\Fedora Core 20 CLIM_ESTIMR

Rather than creating a full Linux installation from scratch, it is convenient to use the copy of an existing (and working!) VB machine

• Click on New to create a new virtual machine and use the following parameters
  Name: Fedora Core 20 JYPclone
  Type: Linux
  Version: Fedora (64bit)

• Choose a Memory size of 4096 MB. The memory size depends on the memory installed on the host and we suggest
  Host = 4 Gb → VB = 2 Gb
  Host = 8 Gb → VB = 4 Gb

• Copy the Fedora_Core_20_JYPclone.vdi disk image file to the E:\VirtualBox VMs\Fedora Core 20 JYPclone directory that has just been created

• In the Hard drive panel, select Use an existing virtual hard drive file and select the Fedora_Core_20_JYPclone.vdi disk image file, then click Create

• Select the new Fedora Core 20 JYPclone machine by clicking on it only once in the left panel, then click on Settings and update the following settings
  • General → Advanced:
    Shared clipboard: Bidirectional
    Drag'n'Drop: Bidirectional
  • System → Motherboard:
    Select only Hard Disk
    Check that Enable I/O APIC is selected
    Disable Hardware clock in UTC Time
  • System → Processor: keep Enable PAE/NX disabled
  • System → Acceleration: check that Enable VT-x/AMD-V (you may also have to check that VT-x is enabled in the BIOS so that we can install a 64-bit version of Linux…) and Enable Nested Paging are selected
  • Display → Video:
    Select 24 MB of Video Memory. Specifying to little video memory may lead to major and random crashes of VB
    Select Enable 3D acceleration (this may help getting rid of gnome-shell related errors)
  • Click OK to save the changes!

You are now ready to start and configure your VB!

• Select the Fedora Core 20 JYPclone machine and then click on Start

• Login with the root or an existing account

• Update VB

• Create an account for the final user of this VB

• Change the name of the VB?

• Configure the shared folders?

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