
# You finish installing using the on screen instruction on Ubuntu 20.04. Select the Virtual Machine and click on Start. You now need to open the Virtual Machine.ġ1. Now you are ready to install Ubuntu on the VBOX. Select the Ubuntu20.04 ISO from your system.ġ0. the icon that looks like a CD with a Plus sign under Controller:IDEs)ĩ. Once you are in the storage section click the add iso button. Select the Virtual Machine and click on the settings button.Ĩ. I would attach about 50GB on the machine.ĥ. Attach a Virtual Storage for the Virtual Machine. Attach a suitable amount of RAM based on what work you want to perform on the Guest OS. I like to set it up as the Guest Operating System name.ģ. The big Blue astrek shaped button on top-left.)Ģ.

You will need to install Ubuntu 20.04 on Virtual Box. This will add the aditional optimization to run on the MacOS enviornment.Ħ. Download and install the VBox Extension package on Mac. Download Ubuntu 20.04 using the website.ħ. You will need to unlock using the system password.Ĥ. Select Allow in the bottom of the screen. Go to Settings > Security & Privacy > General. To get around drag the VirtualBox.pkg to the desktop. You will get a security error due to the new MacOS security policies. Install the Virtual Box form the install file.ģ. # Oracle Virtual Box Installation on MacOS 11 (Big Sur)ġ. drive file=ubuntu2004.qcow2,if=virtioĪttach the hard-disk created earlier, using virtio drivers.# Assignment 3: Installing Vitual Machine and Ubuntu 20.04 Canonical on MacOS 11 Big Sur. cdrom ubuntu-20.04.1-desktop-amd64.isoĪttach the Boot ISO in the VM as a CD. This enables audio output from the guest. device ich9-intel-hda -device hda-output,audiodev=coreaudioĪdd an audio bus and an output device utilizing the coreaudio driver created previously. audiodev coreaudio,id=coreaudioĪdd a backend audio driver for Apple’s Core Audio. device virtio-net,netdev=vmnic -netdev user,id=vmnic display default,show-cursor=onĭon’t hide the cursor. smp 2Īvoid having to grab the mouse, making it easier to switch between interacting with the VM and the host.

If you experience issues due to host passthrough, you can use the default cpu option, qemu64, which emulates the CPU instead of passing through. The host keyword enables CPU passthrough, while the -rtdscp option disables the troublesome RTDSCP feature.

cpu host,-rtdscpĭue to this bug in Apple’s Hypervisor framework, the RTDSCP virtualization feature on my mac’s CPU needs to be disabled. Kvm is available for Linux and whpx for Windows. Accelerate the machine by taking advantage of the macOS hypervisor, hvf.
