

Modify the virtual machine to boot from the new CentOS 7Īt this point of the process, CentOS 7 will be installed on the hard disk of the virtual machine, so that now the CD/DVD must be removed. Note: This screen is documented in another FAQ. With this, the virtual machine will start and begin the CentOS 7 unattended setup. The next step is to press the "Start" button to turn on the new virtual machine that we have created to install CentOS 7. Once the ISO image you will use to install CentOS SaltOS 7, click on the "OK" button selected. Now, with the file selector that opens, we search the ISO image that you downloaded to install CentOS 7. From the options that will appear us, we will choose the option "Select a virtual disk file to CD/DVD ". Select the virtual machine with the mouse and click the "Settings" button.įrom this screen, we click on the menu item called "Storage".įrom this screen, click on the CD that appears under "IDE Controller" and once this item selected, press the button with the image of a CD that appears next to the "CD/DVD option: IDE secondary master". Once this is done, the initial window will appear again with an existing virtual machine called "CentOS 7". Modify the virtual machine to boot from CentOS 7 ISO In this screen, we will establish the image name to "CentOS 7" and establish the size to 8.00 GB. In this screen, we choose the first option "Reserved dynamically" and click the "Next" button.

In this screen, we choose the first option "VDI (VirtualBox Disk Image)" and click the "Next" button. In this screen, choose the option "Create a virtual hard disk now" and click the button "Create". On this screen, you must set the memory to be assigned to the virtual machine, which must be at least 1024 MB. Then you have to click the "Next" button. On this screen, you have to choose the following values: To do this, the first step is to open VirtualBox:įrom the previous screen, we click the "New" button, which will allow us to create a new virtual machine: This document will explain how to create and configure a virtual machine with VirtualBox to boot using the ISO. The steps for installing CentOS 7 in a VirtualBox, are the same as for installing CentOS 7 on a computer (documented in another FAQ). Creating the virtual machine to install CentOS 7
