
We can fix this.ġ) Download the latest version of Ubuntu from.

That's because there isn't any operating system. If you "start" it at this moment you will be greeted by a horrible failure message. Now that you have a Virtual Machine, you're mostly there.
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This is handy if you want to have a single computer for doing all the wonderful things windows is good for AND for doing hardware development or other advanced things that Windows is not good for.Ģ) Install an operating system on the virtual machineģ) Execute commands on the operating system on the virtual machineĤ) Windows 7 (though this process can be done on most OS's, this tutorial is for W7. It uses the hardware and parts of the system resources of your current machine. A virtual machine is a program which simulates a completely independent computer with its own inputs, networking, memory, hard and optical drives, and so forth. There's a lot of hand-holding.which is what I needed the first time I did this.įirst, a very very brief description of a virtual machine. This is a very basic tutorial and is made for folks who aren't comfortable yet with VM's. This instructable will guide you in the installation of a virtual machine and the installation of a second operating system, in this case-Ubuntu (Linux). I'm doing this so that I can use my awesome laptop for sending commands to BeagleBoard.

Hey folks, this is Zack with your hot-off-the-press instructable.
