Friday, December 11, 2015

Enable Cut-Copy on Oracle VM (Virtual Box)


  1. Open Oracle VM Virtualbox Manager
  2. Choose Bidirectional for Shared Clipboard and folders.


Below are the screenshots for the same:




Enable Internet Access to Virtual Box (Oracle VM)


  1. Open Oracle VM Virtualbox Manager
  2. Right Click on Settings of the VM you want to enable
  3. Click on the Network tab, Enable Network Adapter
  4. Attached to Bridge Adapter and choose the Name of your internet adapter. Refer the screenshots below
  5. Then, start the VM and using root, enter the command ifup eth0 to enable the network interface of the VM. (more details see the link http://www.computerhope.com/unix/ifup.htm)
Below are the screenshots showing the same:







Install CentOS 6 on Oracle VM (Virtual Box)



Initial Software requirements:

Install Oracle VM Virtualbox
Download Link: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html

CentOS 6.4 minimal iso file
Download link: https://wiki.centos.org/Download
Choose CentOS Linux version 6 and download the x86_64 iso image.

Lets Begin the installation process:

  1. Open Oracle VM Virtualbox, and click New.
  2. Choose Default parameters until you see the final screen. (refer below screenshots)
  3. Start the VM with the CentOS 6.4 iso file
  4. Choose defaults and you will asked to enter Country, timezone and root password details
  5. Voila!!! your VM is ready with CentOS 6.4 Linux version.


Below are the above steps in details with screenshots: