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            <h1>Run the Official Debian Rolling Release - Sid - in a VirtualBox VM</h1>
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          <h2>What is Debian Sid?</h2>

<blockquote>Debian Unstable (also known by its codename &quot;Sid&quot;) is not strictly a release, but rather a rolling development version of the Debian distribution containing the latest packages that have been introduced into Debian. As with all Debian release names, Sid takes its name from a Toy Story character. In the movie, Sid is the kid next door who breaks his toys and makes nasty creatures of them.<i> - <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable" target="_blank">https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable</a></i></blockquote>

<h2>Running Debian Sid</h2>

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	<li>Download Debian Unstable (Sid) <a href="https://d-i.debian.org/daily-images/amd64/daily/netboot/mini.iso" target="_blank">Download</a></li>
	<li>Launch VirtualBox</li>
	<li>Create a New VM by selecting Machine &gt; New
	<p>Name: Debian Sid<br />
	Machine Folder: C:\VMs<br />
	Type: Linux<br />
	Version: Debian (64-bit)<br />
	Memory Size: 4096 MB<br />
	Hard disk: Create a virtual hard disk now</p>
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	<li>Click Create</li>
	<li>On the Create Virtual Hard Disk dialog
	<p>Name the virtual disk image Debian Sid.vdi<br />
	File size: 30 GB (or more)<br />
	Hard disk file type: VDI<br />
	Storage on physical hard disk: Dynamically Allocated</p>
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	<li>Click Create</li>
	<li>Select the VM and Click Settings</li>
	<li>Select System &gt; Processor</li>
	<li>Give the VM at least 2 processors</li>
	<li>Select Display</li>
	<li>Slide the Video Memory to 128 MB</li>
	<li>Select Network</li>
	<li>Set the attached to dropdown to Bridged Adapter</li>
	<li>Select Storage</li>
	<li>Click on the CD-ROM drive</li>
	<li>Select the disc dropdown to the right &gt; Choose a virtual optical disc file...</li>
	<li>Browse to and select the downloaded Debian mini.iso file</li>
	<li>Click OK</li>
	<li>Make sure the Debian Sid VM is selected and click Start &gt; Normal</li>
	<li>When the install dialog displays press Enter to select Install</li>
	<li>Select a language &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select a Location &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select a keyboard layout &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Enter a hostname for the VM &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Enter a Domain name or leave it empty &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Choose a mirror location &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Choose a mirror &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Set the HTTP proxy if needed &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Leave the root password empty &gt; Press Enter &gt; Press Enter again to confirm</li>
	<li>Enter the full name for the new user &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Enter the username for the new user &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Enter a password for the new user &gt; Press Enter &gt; Confirm the password &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select a timezone &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select Guided - user entire disk &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select the VBOX HARDDISK &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select All files in one partition &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select Finish partitioning and write changes to disk &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select Yes to confirm writing the changes &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select a country to use for the apt mirror &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select a mirror from the list &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Setup a HTTP proxy if necessary &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Choose if you want to participate in package usage survey &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select the optional software to install &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Wait for Debian Sid to copy and install files</li>
	<li>Select Yes to install GRUB &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>Select /dev/sda for the boot loader location &gt; Press Enter</li>
	<li>After the bootloader is installed press Enter to finish the installation and reboot</li>
	<li>Log in using the username and password created during the installation</li>
	<li>Welcome to Debian Sid</li>
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<h2>Optional Steps</h2>

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	<li>Select Devices &gt; Insert Guest Additions CD image...</li>
	<li>Open the Files application &gt; Select the Guest Additions Disc &gt; Right click in the white space &gt; Open terminal here</li>
	<li>In the Terminal window run the following commands
	<div class="codeBlock"># update software repositories<br />
	sudo apt update<br />
	# install available software updates<br />
	sudo apt upgrade -y<br />
	# clean apt cache<br />
	sudo apt clean<br />
	# install prerequisites<br />
	sudo apt-get install build-essential dkms linux-headers-$(uname -r)<br />
	# run the virtualbox guest additions installer<br />
	sudo sh ./VBoxLinuxAdditions.run<br />
	# restart the VM<br />
	sudo reboot</div>
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	<li>The VM will reboot</li>
	<li>Upon rebooting, you can now full screen the VM and the internal resolution will automatically change to match the window size</li>
	<li>Log back into Debian</li>
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<p>Documentation: <a href="https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable" target="_blank">https://wiki.debian.org/DebianUnstable</a></p>          </div>
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