Installing Ubuntu 9.10 VM in Windows Vista

Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic Koala) released in October 2009.

I install Ubuntu 9.10 as a virtual machine inside Windows Vista (as i dont want to make my system dual boot.) Here is a brief step by step guideline to setup Ubuntu 9.10 as Virtual Machine in Windows Vista.

• First install VMware Player (free software, all you have to do is one simple registration) from here. I have installed the latest version of VMWare i.e.3.0 (VMware has recently released the 3.0 version of the software.)
• Second requirement is Ubuntu 9.10. You should either have CD (in my case) or iso image (Size is around 700MB, download) of Ubuntu 9.10.
• Now start VMWare, click on “Create a New Virtual Machine” option. This will in turn show you the “New Virtual Machine Wizard” where you select the installation method.

• Since i have Ubuntu CD, so i will go for “Installer Disc” radio button; if you have iso file then select the “Installer disc image file (iso)” option, browse the location,wait and VMWare will detect and show “ubuntu 9.10 detected” message.

• Click next, Enter Virtual Machine Name and Location (Where you want to store the newly created VM to be stored) Click next and select Maximum disk size, by default it is 20GB. I think this much is enough as i am not going to store media files or heavy applications in this VM. Practically it will not use 20GB at once. Initially the size will be around 3GB (as in my case), as you go ahead and install some stuff in your Ubuntu Virtual Machine, the size will grow but will not go beyond Maximum size (20GB or whatever you select).

• Click next and if you are OK with the default settings (as i’m ) click finish. After this VMWare will start installation of Ubuntu 9.10 as Virtual Machine. After installation you’ll see one black screen having some text like: “VMWare Easy Install.. please wait ! VMWare tool is currently being install…etc ” followed by “ubuntu login prompt: ” :

wait some time untill it shows GUI(Login Screen) . On Login Screen click on user name, enter password and enjoy Ubuntu 9.10 as virtual Machine within Windows Vista.

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- Abhishek Singh

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