Linux installation notes (tested under Ubuntu 12.04LTS), assuming VirtualBox is already installed on host.
Note: Sadly no IE7 with XP image has been provided by Microsoft, which could have offered a smaller download.
$ mkdir -p ~/vm/ie7vista && cd ~/vm/ie7vista
$ wget -i https://gist.github.com/magnetikonline/5274656/raw/ie7-vista.txt
$ chmod u+x IE7.Vista.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ ./IE7.Vista.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ tar xf "IE7 - Vista.ova"
$ rm IE7.Vista.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part?.* IE7*.ov? ie7-vista.txt- Use the resulting
IE7 - Vista-disk1.vmdkwith VirtualBox. - Recommended 512MB RAM minimum.
- Image will give a total of 30 days of use, after which you might be able to rearm the image.
- Note: After creating the VirtualBox machine instance, you must go to Settings - System and enable IO APIC, otherwise the VM won't boot.
$ mkdir -p ~/vm/ie8xp && cd ~/vm/ie8xp
$ wget -i https://gist.github.com/magnetikonline/5274656/raw/ie8-xp.txt
$ chmod u+x IE8.WinXP.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ ./IE8.WinXP.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ tar xf "IE8 - WinXP.ova"
$ rm IE8.WinXP.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part?.* IE8*.ov? ie8-xp.txt- Use the resulting
IE8 - WinXP-disk1.vmdkwith VirtualBox. - Recommended 256MB RAM minimum.
- Image will give a total of 30 days of use, after which you might be able to rearm the image.
- Note: After creating the VirtualBox machine instance, you must go to Settings - System and enable IO APIC, otherwise the VM won't boot.
$ mkdir -p ~/vm/ie9win7 && cd ~/vm/ie9win7
$ wget -i https://gist.github.com/magnetikonline/5274656/raw/ie9-win7.txt
$ chmod u+x IE9.Win7.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ ./IE9.Win7.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ tar xf "IE9 - Win7.ova"
$ rm IE9.Win7.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part?.* IE9*.ov? ie9-win7.txt- Use the resulting
IE9 - Win7-disk1.vmdkwith VirtualBox. - Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
- After install you will need to activate the trial for a full 90 days use, after which you might be able to rearm the image.
$ mkdir -p ~/vm/ie10win7 && cd ~/vm/ie10win7
$ wget -i https://gist.github.com/magnetikonline/5274656/raw/ie10-win7.txt
$ chmod u+x IE10.Win7.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ ./IE10.Win7.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ tar xf "IE10 - Win7.ova"
$ rm IE10.Win7.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part?.* IE10*.ov? ie10-win7.txt- Use the resulting
IE10 - Win7-disk1.vmdkwith VirtualBox. - Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
- After install you will need to activate the trial for a full 90 days use, after which you might be able to rearm the image.
$ mkdir -p ~/vm/ie10win8 && cd ~/vm/ie10win8
$ wget -i https://gist.github.com/magnetikonline/5274656/raw/ie10-win8.txt
$ chmod u+x IE10.Win8.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ ./IE10.Win8.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ tar xf "IE10 - Win8.ova"
$ rm IE10.Win8.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part?.* IE10*.ov? ie10-win8.txt- Use the resulting
IE10 - Win8-disk1.vmdkwith VirtualBox. - Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
- After install you will need to activate the trial for a full 90 days use, after which you might be able to rearm the image.
$ mkdir -p ~/vm/ie11win7 && cd ~/vm/ie11win7
$ wget -i https://gist.github.com/magnetikonline/5274656/raw/ie11-win7.txt
$ chmod u+x IE11.Win7.ForLinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ ./IE11.Win7.ForLinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ tar xf "IE11 - Win7.ova"
$ rm IE11.Win7.ForLinuxVirtualBox.part?.* IE11*.ov? ie11-win7.txt- Use the resulting
IE11 - Win7-disk1.vmdkwith VirtualBox. - Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
- After install you will need to activate the trial for a full 90 days use, after which you might be able to rearm the image.
$ mkdir -p ~/vm/ie11win8.1 && cd ~/vm/ie11win8.1
$ wget -i https://gist.github.com/magnetikonline/5274656/raw/ie11-win8.1.txt
$ chmod u+x IE11.Win8.1.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ ./IE11.Win8.1.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part1.sfx
$ tar xf "IE11 - Win8.1.ova"
$ rm IE11.Win8.1.For.LinuxVirtualBox.part?.* IE11*.ov? ie11-win8.1.txt- Use the resulting
IE11 - Win8.1-disk1.vmdkwith VirtualBox. - Recommended 1024MB RAM minimum.
- After install you will need to activate the trial for a full 90 days use, after which you might be able to rearm the image.
- Create a new Virtual Machine via Virtual Box, name as required.
- Select Use an existing virtual hard drive file, pick your downloaded and extracted
*.vmdkimage. - Apply any image specific system settings as outlined above.
- All images are to be run as 32bit virtual machines.
- You may need/wish to update VirtualBox Guest Additions after system boot up to match that of your VirtualBox version.
- Wise to keep a clean copy of each vmdk disk image once the OS usage period ends and avoid a full image re-download.
For Windows 7 and 8 images once connected to the Internet you will need to activate the OS trial to give a full 90 days of use. Enter the following from the Command Prompt running as administrator (Start - Right click Command Prompt - Run as administrator):
C:\> slmgr /ato
After a short delay you should be presented with a dialog telling you your Windows OS has been successfully activated for a 90 day trial.
For Windows XP, Vista and 7 images you might be able to extend the initial trial usage period once it has expired via the "rearm" process:
-
To rearm a Windows XP image:
C:\> rundll32.exe syssetup,SetupOobeBnk -
To rearm Windows Vista and 7 images run the following as an administrator:
C:\> slmgr /rearm
It is not currently possible to rearm the trial period of Windows 8 images.
On OSX you can use unzipsfx or Unarchiver to handle with sfx files.