Select how much RAM to give to the Virtual Machine. Next we select a Name and the type of the OS: Selecting the name and type of the OS Start VirtualBox and let’s create a new Virtual Machine, by selecting New: New Virtual Machine So, download the latest version of Debian NetInstall from. So you must have internet access during installation (if you read this article you surely do, but pay attention when installing on real hardware). It’s a small ISO image (under 200MB), containing only the basics for the installation, the rest of the applications will be downloaded during the install phase. For our clean installation we’ll use the so called NetInstall version. You might have noticed that I’m a Debian fan, these is the system I have worked for a long time so it’s more of a habit now.

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First of all because it’s free for home use and secondly it’s smaller and faster for the applications I run. Despite the fact that this will be a VM installation of Debian, the idea for a very clean and basic installation is the same for a real hardware installation.įor my testing purposes I prefer Oracle VM VirtualBox instead of VMWare. So I use the other option in hand, a virtual machine. I don’t test my ‘ideas’ on live servers, nor do I keep unnecessary hardware around the house to play with them.

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