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I downloaded the latest version of Oracle VirtualBox for Windows and installed it (version 5.1.20). Then I downloaded Ubuntu 16.10 ("Yakkety") from the Oracle Linux distributions page. Note that the extension of the downloaded file is deb.

When I started the VM for the first I was prompted for a ISO file, couldn't find the option I needed (basically got confused as it was asking for an iso but I only had a deb file!). Tried to continue but got the expected message: FATAL: No bootable medium found! System halted.

How do I install the virtualbox-5.1_5.1.20-114628-Ubuntu-yakkety_i386.deb into my VM?

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    Those .deb packages are for installing VirtualBox on Linux hosts, not for installing Linux guests. You need to download a Ubuntu 16.10 ISO instead, just like what VirtualBox asked for.
    – edwinksl
    Apr 20, 2017 at 10:03
  • Oh! Ok will continue looking for the uBuntu ISO I guess. Actually, it was all in the title wasn't it...Download VirtualBox for Linux Hosts. Oops. Thanks!
    – AlainD
    Apr 20, 2017 at 10:04
  • Pick an appropriate one here: releases.ubuntu.com/yakkety
    – edwinksl
    Apr 20, 2017 at 10:06

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  1. Drink some coffee
  2. Download the correct iso file from here: https://www.ubuntu.com/download
  3. Proceed installing Ubuntu

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