This is the way I have created all my vms... I never use CDs, always iso files.. Paul Cartwright > On Dec 17, 2015, at 10:02 AM, Bob Goodwin <bobgoodwin@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> On 12/17/15 09:30, Bob Goodwin wrote: >> >> Apparently I can't make google understand what I want. How do I tell virtual box to create a new VM from a file on this computer or NFS server instead of looking for sd0? >> >> I would like to avoid going through the burning of another DVD ... >> >> Bob > I finally found it: > > > * > > If you have downloaded installation > media from the Internet in the form > of an ISO image file (most probably > in the case of a Linux > distribution), you would normally > burn this file to an empty CD or DVD > and proceed as just described. With > VirtualBox however, you can skip > this step and mount the ISO file > directly. VirtualBox will then > present this file as a CD or DVD-ROM > drive to the virtual machine, much > like it does with virtual hard disk > images. > > For this case, the wizard's > drop-down list contains a list of > installation media that were > previously used with VirtualBox. > > If your medium is not in the list > (especially if you are using > VirtualBox for the first time), > select the small folder icon next to > the drop-down list to bring up a > standard file dialog, with which you > can pick the image file on your host > disks. > > Sorry for the noise ... > > > -- > Bob Goodwin - Zuni, Virginia, USA > http://www.qrz.com/db/W2BOD > box10 FEDORA-23/64bit LINUX XFCE POP3 > > -- > users mailing list > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe or change subscription options: > https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users > Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct > Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Fedora Code of Conduct: http://fedoraproject.org/code-of-conduct Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
