Setting up VirtualBox

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First, download the KolibriOS distribution of your like, you may chose between a floppy or CD distribution.
The downloads on the site are packed with 7-zip, you'll need 7-zip or another unzipper to unzip the file.
Extract the file called kolibri.img (for the floppy distribution) or kolibri.iso (for the CD distribution) to a directory on your harddrive.
Remember where you have put it.

Then, after installing VirtualBox, click the 'new' button.
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Type the name for your virtual machine and select the OS type.
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Choose the amount of RAM you want to use, 64 Mb is enough.
Unless if you want to run DOSbox or other heavy applications, 256 Mb may be a better setting then.
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We dont need a harddrive.
If you'd like to use a harddrive, you will need another virtual OS to format it, as KolibriOS currently does not have a format program.
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If you chose not to use a harddrive, you'll get this warning, just continue.
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Ok, the virtual machine is created, but we still need to attach the CD/floppy.
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If you chose to use the CD image, simply select the CD/DVD drive and add the iso as shown in the picture.
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If you however would rather like to use the Floppy image, we'll need to add a floppy controller first.
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Once the floppy controller is added, attach the kolibri.img virtual floppy as follows.
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Now just click start, and let it fly!
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