Installing Ubuntu on a VM, Partitioning?

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INTELCRAZY

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A little help with this, plz. I need to know what partitions to make, I am using VirtualBox and I have set aside 16Gb.


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no virtual machines use virtual hard drives. I am not sure exactly how virtual box works because I don't use it, but what you want to do is set up a dynamic virtual disk, like for 5 gigs or something and then install the vm through their installer with the ISO of the linux distro you want to run. If the virtual machine gets bigger it will grow in size since its dynamic. If virtual box doesn't support dynamic virtual disks then just make one for like 10 gigs or something.

I am sure virtual box has tutorials on their web page.
 
tlarkin said:
no virtual machines use virtual hard drives. I am not sure exactly how virtual box works because I don't use it, but what you want to do is set up a dynamic virtual disk, like for 5 gigs or something and then install the vm through their installer with the ISO of the linux distro you want to run. If the virtual machine gets bigger it will grow in size since its dynamic. If virtual box doesn't support dynamic virtual disks then just make one for like 10 gigs or something.

I am sure virtual box has tutorials on their web page.
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I already have Ubuntu running with 16Gb, I clicked the Install icon on the desktop in Ubuntu. I just need to know what to create partitions for /home and stuff.
 
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when you run through the installer you will be asked to set up your partitions. When doing so specify, which one is /root, which one is /swap, and which one is /home. That is it. The size of your home directory determines how much personal data you will acrue over time. ~/Home is where all your personal data is stored for your user accounts.
 
INTELCRAZY said:
I think I have it, I used /, /home, and swap. I read on some forum's guide, it said that is all that is needed.
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yup looks correct

/ is the same thing as root

and swap doesn't have to be seen as /swap because you'll never actually access that volume, only the OS and kernel will.
 
tlarkin said:
yup looks correct

/ is the same thing as root

and swap doesn't have to be seen as /swap because you'll never actually access that volume, only the OS and kernel will.
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I think the swap is 2048Mb, the /home is 5096 or something like that, the root is 5096.
 
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