Hang with me while we set up VirtualBox and then create a VM.
Oracle VirualBox web site:
VirtualBox Terminal Commands:
Add youself to vboxusers group:
sudo adduser $USER vboxusers
Increase video memory for VirtualBox VM:
vboxmanage modifyvm “Name of VM” –vram 256
Compact VBox Virtual Drive:
In VM:
dd if=/dev/zero of=zero
rm zero
In Host:
vboxmanage modifyhd /path/to/thedisk.vdi –compact
Resize drive:
vboxmanage modifyhd /path/to/thedisk.vdi –resize (size in MB)