Jun 10, 2017 Install VirtualBox guest additions on CentOS 7. By Jason Doolittle. I am starting with CentOS 7 minimal install, but the steps should work wherever you are starting. In The Host OS. First you need to find the Virtual box guest additions iso. It’s harder to find than it should be. In the VirtualBox VM manager, load this iso into the. Do not try to use VirtualBox with a Xen kernel, nor to install a Xen kernel in a Guest OS. Note: For CentOS as a Guest OS the same packages are used to build the 'Guest Additions' drivers. Install the RPM: yum install VirtualBox-5.2.
I have the ISO image file (that is, *.iso) and I am trying to boot my VirtualBox installation with this image. Is it possible? I know how to mount my ISO image to my filesystem (on my host machine), but I don't think VirtualBox boots an OS from a location on my file system.
I've even tried to mimic mounting, such that VirtualBox thinks it has to boot from the CD drive, but this failed.
What is the correct way to boot an OS from an ISO image in VirtualBox?
My host machine is Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) and my VirtualBox version is 4.1.4.
BH20171 Answer
I would venture to say you are overcomplicating things!You only need to mount the iso in the virtual machine.
Virtualbox Install Centos Iso 10
- Right click on the VM you want to run the .iso in
- Click on 'Storage' (On Oracle VM virtualBox, Click on 'Settings' first to get to 'Storage')
Under IDE Controller There should be an icon that shows a CD with a + sign on it, to create a new disc drive as shown highlighted in yellow color in the below snapshot:
A box will come up, click Choose Disk
- Choose your
.iso
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Should boot into the iso like it's in the disc drive.
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