Thankyou for this howto
This install was on debian lenny server
I installed ubuntu 10.10 gnome desktop with 512 mb of ram
Two points
1) there is no internet connection first DHCP was tried but no joy
then I tried putting the same hostname as the host still did not work?
the network on the host is so
• IP: 85.25.143.195
Gateway: 85.25.143.1
Netmask: 255.255.255.0
Broadcast: 85.25.143.255
here is the vbox log
http://pastebin.com/6vNZnwtB
2) I have two cursors running on the remote desktop
when I installed the vbox it asked which type of keybord layout i choose kernal layout
wiseman