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Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Sewa PC — Sun, 23 Mar 2008 03:26:59 -0000

As you done, I also successfully installed Oracle Database 10g Express Edition on Ubuntu

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Enos — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 18:56:44 -0000

I have the same set up...Vista+Ubuntu/Kubuntu. You only need 256 k but i recommend 512k to make it smoother. Also, as far as i know VPC by default emulates a PS2 mouse. and I think only version 6.06 Dapper supports it. When i attempted 7.10 it required a workaround to click the install icon on the desktop. This is why i had to use 6.06. Hope this helps

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

ethical — Mon, 10 Dec 2007 09:50:59 -0000

If you don't mind me asking, how much RAM do you have in your laptop for vista to run smoothly???

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Rob Fitzgerald — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:57:21 -0000

Sorry about the BBCode, didn't realise that Wordpress doesn't support it, the link is here http://arcanecode.wordpress...

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Rob Fitzgerald — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:54:59 -0000

When you installed Ubuntu, did you have any issues at all?

I tried to install 6.10 Ubuntu on VPC 2007 (on Win XP Pro though, not Vista as in your case) but I couldn't get the mouse to emulate on Ubuntu at all.

There is the exact same issue with 7.04 Ubuntu and a workaround on this forum

http://arcanecode.wordpress...

but I haven't tried the 7.04 version on mine yet.

Have you run into any problems like this before? Apparently it's a kernal bug but I'm no programmer so I don't wanna mess with things :)

Let me know if you have any ideas.

Thanks,
Robert.

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Mushtaq Rahim — Sat, 05 May 2007 17:11:32 -0000

I have successfully installed Ubuntu on MS Virtual Machine. However, how do I actually get the active cursor/mouse to start navigating on it?

I also installed FC6 on another virtual machine and the key strokes I use are ctrl x alt but this does not work with Ubuntu

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Dustigroove — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 15:17:43 -0000

To the first commenter: Take deeper breaths.

It's a fairly small post. I for one applaud and appreciate that he actually took the time to add the links - it saved me the time of searching for any of the pages myself.

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

ArcaneCode — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 00:16:30 -0000

Just following up to make myself clear, if you are seeing the splash screen, you have the wrong ISO.

You need the alternate installer ISO, the text based one that does not have the splash screen you show. Again, see my post that describes where to get the alternate installer from.

Arcane

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

ArcaneCode — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:43:23 -0000

If you downloaded the standard 6.10 ISO, you'll have some major problems, I could never get it to install either. However, there's an alternate installer you can use to get 6.10 up and working. See my blog post http://shrinkster.com/mvu for full details.

Arcane

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Mojo DEnbow — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 23:39:23 -0000

OK, I loaded Virtual PC 2007 on Vista, downloaded and captured the Ubuntu 6.10 iso but have not been able to advance the install progress bar beyond a certain point after three tries. Tips/tricks/suggestions?

Screenshot: http://farm1.static.flickr....

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

ArcaneCode — Wed, 07 Mar 2007 01:35:27 -0000

Thanks for the link Eddie. Also be aware I now have a step by step for Ubuntu 6.10 and VPC 2007 http://arcanecode.wordpress...

I also have a step by step for openSUSE should anyone wish to try a different flavor of Linux.

Arcane

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Alan Shaw — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 23:16:30 -0000

I'm imagining that on a dual-head graphics card you could have Windows use one monitor and Linux the other. Is this feasible? Then you could use Synergy to move smoothly between them!

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Eddie Awad — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:44:36 -0000

Tom, no need to apologize, it did not come off the wrong way. It's mostly Ubuntu on VPC (Graphics problem).

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Tom Fox — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 20:08:59 -0000

Oh I see; After I read my earlier post, I apologize if it came off the wrong way. I knew there had to be a reason for the test, but I wasn't seeing it. I haven't tried Vista, and not planning to in the near future.

Were the problems you read about due to Vista + VPC or VPC + Ubuntu or a combo of all 3?

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Eddie Awad — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 19:46:45 -0000

Tom, I have not tried this combo before: Vista + Virtual PC 2007 + Ubuntu. When I googled for this combo, I found a few people having problems with it. Being a geek, I have decided to try it out myself, especially that it does not cost a thing.

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Tom Fox — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 17:40:40 -0000

Any reason why you would believe this wouldn't work? I haven't find issues with any x86 OS on any of the virtual machine software (Virtual PC for Mac or Windows, Virtual Server, or VMWare).

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

Eddie Awad — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 16:17:26 -0000

Howard, good point and I apologize if I made you feel annoyed.

Re: Ubuntu on Microsoft Virtual PC Works Like a Charm

howard — Tue, 06 Mar 2007 15:58:38 -0000

do you really need to make every second word a link, so annoying and totally unncessary