Virtual Box 5.0 on Windows 10

Dell XPS One 2710 as host

  • Installed VBox host with default settings
  • Per https://www.virtualbox.org/manual/ch10.html we want the default location to be other than c:\
    • Start VBox
    • Installed Extensions
    • File-> Preferences, General: Default Machine folder, changed to ‘EVBoxMachineLibrary’

 

Ubuntu 15.10 desktop 64bit

  • New VM 1GB ram, all others as defaulted
  • Name, Computer name, User, pwd: ubuntu1, ubuntu1-vbox,  ub1 / ub12015, Log in automatically