Tuesday, December 26, 2017

Installing a Fedora Guest VM


  • Download Fedora LXDE Spin
  • Create a new VM and point it at the Fedora iso
  • Run the VM and install Fedora to the hard drive
  • Remove the iso from the VM
  • 'visudo' and add the following: 'paul   ALL=(ALL)   NOPASSWD: ALL'
  • 'sudo yum update'
  • Ensure there is an optical disk attached to the VM: create if not
  • Install Guest Additions Virtual Drive: Devices-> Install Guest Additions
  • 'yum install dkms gcc kernel-devel'
  • 'cd /run/media/paul/VBOXADDITIONS*'
  • 'sudo ./VBoxLiuxAdditions'
  • 'sudo usermod -g vboxsf paul'
  • 'sudo mount -t vboxsf Temp ~/share'