Need help running Ubuntu from VirtualBox

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Running Windows 10. Installed VirtualBox. Downloaded Ubuntu but it come as a zip file. When I try to run it from VirtualBox I get a fatal error message that no bootable medium was found. I wonder if it’s because I’m pointing VirtualBox to a zip file and not an iso file. But I can’t seem to locate an iso file of Ubuntu because everything seems to be a zip file. Any directions would be appreciated.







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  • There is an ISO for 16.04 & 18.04 on the AskUbuntu web-site. Or google "ISO download ubuntu" Watch out 18.04 has a few issues with VirtualBox. The latest 5.x.x version of VM seems okay.
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    It does not come as a Zip file. It comes as an ISO image: releases.ubuntu.com/18.04.1.
    – AlexP
    2 days ago






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    Where were you downloading Ubuntu from? A ZIP file is not the correct download, and none of the official Ubuntu downloads are ZIPS - they're all ISOs or torrent files which pull in an ISO.
    – Thomas Ward♦
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Running Windows 10. Installed VirtualBox. Downloaded Ubuntu but it come as a zip file. When I try to run it from VirtualBox I get a fatal error message that no bootable medium was found. I wonder if it’s because I’m pointing VirtualBox to a zip file and not an iso file. But I can’t seem to locate an iso file of Ubuntu because everything seems to be a zip file. Any directions would be appreciated.







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  • There is an ISO for 16.04 & 18.04 on the AskUbuntu web-site. Or google "ISO download ubuntu" Watch out 18.04 has a few issues with VirtualBox. The latest 5.x.x version of VM seems okay.
    – user846705
    2 days ago






  • 1




    It does not come as a Zip file. It comes as an ISO image: releases.ubuntu.com/18.04.1.
    – AlexP
    2 days ago






  • 1




    Where were you downloading Ubuntu from? A ZIP file is not the correct download, and none of the official Ubuntu downloads are ZIPS - they're all ISOs or torrent files which pull in an ISO.
    – Thomas Ward♦
    2 days ago













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Running Windows 10. Installed VirtualBox. Downloaded Ubuntu but it come as a zip file. When I try to run it from VirtualBox I get a fatal error message that no bootable medium was found. I wonder if it’s because I’m pointing VirtualBox to a zip file and not an iso file. But I can’t seem to locate an iso file of Ubuntu because everything seems to be a zip file. Any directions would be appreciated.







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Running Windows 10. Installed VirtualBox. Downloaded Ubuntu but it come as a zip file. When I try to run it from VirtualBox I get a fatal error message that no bootable medium was found. I wonder if it’s because I’m pointing VirtualBox to a zip file and not an iso file. But I can’t seem to locate an iso file of Ubuntu because everything seems to be a zip file. Any directions would be appreciated.









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  • There is an ISO for 16.04 & 18.04 on the AskUbuntu web-site. Or google "ISO download ubuntu" Watch out 18.04 has a few issues with VirtualBox. The latest 5.x.x version of VM seems okay.
    – user846705
    2 days ago






  • 1




    It does not come as a Zip file. It comes as an ISO image: releases.ubuntu.com/18.04.1.
    – AlexP
    2 days ago






  • 1




    Where were you downloading Ubuntu from? A ZIP file is not the correct download, and none of the official Ubuntu downloads are ZIPS - they're all ISOs or torrent files which pull in an ISO.
    – Thomas Ward♦
    2 days ago

















  • There is an ISO for 16.04 & 18.04 on the AskUbuntu web-site. Or google "ISO download ubuntu" Watch out 18.04 has a few issues with VirtualBox. The latest 5.x.x version of VM seems okay.
    – user846705
    2 days ago






  • 1




    It does not come as a Zip file. It comes as an ISO image: releases.ubuntu.com/18.04.1.
    – AlexP
    2 days ago






  • 1




    Where were you downloading Ubuntu from? A ZIP file is not the correct download, and none of the official Ubuntu downloads are ZIPS - they're all ISOs or torrent files which pull in an ISO.
    – Thomas Ward♦
    2 days ago
















There is an ISO for 16.04 & 18.04 on the AskUbuntu web-site. Or google "ISO download ubuntu" Watch out 18.04 has a few issues with VirtualBox. The latest 5.x.x version of VM seems okay.
– user846705
2 days ago




There is an ISO for 16.04 & 18.04 on the AskUbuntu web-site. Or google "ISO download ubuntu" Watch out 18.04 has a few issues with VirtualBox. The latest 5.x.x version of VM seems okay.
– user846705
2 days ago




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1




It does not come as a Zip file. It comes as an ISO image: releases.ubuntu.com/18.04.1.
– AlexP
2 days ago




It does not come as a Zip file. It comes as an ISO image: releases.ubuntu.com/18.04.1.
– AlexP
2 days ago




1




1




Where were you downloading Ubuntu from? A ZIP file is not the correct download, and none of the official Ubuntu downloads are ZIPS - they're all ISOs or torrent files which pull in an ISO.
– Thomas Ward♦
2 days ago





Where were you downloading Ubuntu from? A ZIP file is not the correct download, and none of the official Ubuntu downloads are ZIPS - they're all ISOs or torrent files which pull in an ISO.
– Thomas Ward♦
2 days ago
















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