


Now put your OS cd into the CD drive, select the virtual machine you want to use, and click the Start button. Once you have finished that section, you are ready to finalize your virtual machine and begin installation. This next screen was explained in detail in the original article - refer back to that for details.

If, however, you plan on running particular applications that are memory intensive, you should bump up the virtual memory a bit. This is fine if you don't plan on doing much with the VM. By default VirtualBox will offer you the minimum required to run the virtual machine. You have to still have enough memory left for your host operating system to run. The next screen requires you to select the amount of memory you want to dedicate to your Virtual Machine.
