How to virtualize XP on Ubuntu
James Bannan16 December 2008, 10:00 PM
Need to get Windows XP up and running on Ubuntu? Our step-by-step tutorial covers all you need to know.
Page 3 - Create New XP VM
Step 3 - Create New XP VM
Click the New icon to start the New Virtual Machine Wizard,
- Click Next
- Type in "Windows XP" as the name and select "Windows XP" from the "OS Type" dropdown menu. Click Next
- Assign as much memory as you like beyond the base memory recommendation. In this case 192MB is the recommended amount. Click Next
- On the "Virtual Hard Disk" screen, click "New" to launch the Create New Virtual Disk Wizard, and click Next.
- Choose whichever disk type you prefer. The advantage of a fixed-size image is that as all the space is reserved up front, there's an ongoing disk performance benefit as the image doesn't need to keep expanding as you use it. The downside is that all the space is used at once and it takes longer to create. Click Next
- Name the image file accordingly and assign some space (at least 10GB for the XP boot disk). Click Next, and then Finish. The newly-created Windows-XP.vdi is now populated. Click Next and then Finish, and the VM is created