Appendix 1: Installing An Ubuntu Linux System; Installing Virtualbox - Embest SBC8600B Quick Start Manual

Appendix 1: Installing an Ubuntu
Linux System
An appropriate development environment is required for software
development. The CD included with the product contains a development
environment which needs to be installed under a Linux environment. If you
are working on a PC running Windows, you have to create a Linux system
first, and then you can install the environment. An easy method for
achieving this is to use virtual machine software such as VirtualBox to install
Ubuntu Linux on an emulated/virtual PC. The following sections will
introduce the installation processes of VirtualBox and an Ubuntu system.

1.1 Installing VirtualBox

The latest version of virtual box can be downloaded from:

http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads
VirtualBox requires a minimum of 512MB of RAM to run however 1GB is
recommended. Installation is simple and instructions have been provided
below:
1. Start VirtualBox from the Start menu of Windows, and then click
New in the VirtualBox window. A pop-up window titled "Create
New Virtual Machine" will be shown as below:
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