I have 2 GB ram in my xp PC. How do you recommend installing virtual box and debian on it?
I also have my laptop with win7 ultimate with 2gb ram. I will request guidelines for that also.
Download Virtualbox from Virtualbox.org. Download Extention pack also. Instructions for installation are given there. Install on your PC and also laptop
Download live CD of Debian.
Create two virtual drives. You need 40GB Disk place on your HDD
1. 10GB for Root "/" folder where system will reside and also swap area.
2. 30GB dynamic drive for /home folder. This enables backup of data.
Create Virtual machine as per instructions. You can give 718 MB as Memory. Enable VT/x if your CPU supports.
Attach the two drives. Also attach a CD drive but instead of your physical CDD, direct it to the live linux CD image.
Check the boot sequence to boot from CD. Boot the machine and install from CD image.
You can copy Virtual drives from PC to Laptop later on. Just install Virtualbox in laptop. They will run there also.