Configuring Your Virtual Machine

In this section, we will configure the settings of your virtual machine before booting it up for the first time.
  1. Click the icon at the top of the screen to open the Settings menu.
  2. Select the System menu from the list on the left.

  3. This will open directly to the Motherboard tab in the System menu. Check the box for "Enable EFI (special OSes only)" under the Extended Features section towards the bottom of the menu.

  4. Note: Most newer computers come with an EFI BIOS, this will allow us to emulate running a new computer
    Click the Processor tab on the System menu.
  5. Move the processor slider to the right to allocate 2 CPU cores for improved performance.

  6. Select the Storage menu from the list on the left.
  7. Select the icon labeled "Empty" under Controller: IDE.

  8. Insert the Linux Mint disk image downloaded in the previous sections by clicking the icon under Attributes > Optical Drive on the right hand side of the menu.
    1. Select "Choose a disk file" from the dropdown menu and specify the location where you saved the Linux Mint disk image file.
    2. Click Open when you have specified the location
    3. Click OK back on the Storage tab to close Settings and return to the main screen.
You are now ready to boot your virtual machine.