Ubuntu on VPC 2007 hangs

[Edwin Knoppert]

Any idea, i am in the window with Examples and Install.
But it's totally frozen.

My previous test instal i had the chance to click the install icon but froze as well.
V6.10..

[Nik]

Try VirtualBox it's OpenSource and therfore free, it's also prity fast.

[Psychophanta]

Yeah:
http://www.virtualbox.org/

Or try VPC 2004, is my suggestion

[Edwin Knoppert]

606 sucks so much!
Same misery (24 /screen) and harder to reset.

[techjunkie]

Any idea, i am in the window with Examples and Install.
But it's totally frozen.

My previous test instal i had the chance to click the install icon but froze as well.
V6.10..

6.06 and 6.10 freezes on VMWare too - Ubuntu sucks!

[Edwin Knoppert]

Recommendations.. to finally take a peek at linux and evt. PB?
Want to run it virtual, not installed directly.

[Edwin Knoppert]

http://www.linuxhelp.net/isos/

[Edwin Knoppert]

Ubunta might appear to hang but maybe it's just busy.
However, on the 16bit screen i can, after reinstall, see the tooltips but opening the computer or clicking the help takes somuch time , i can't see anything happen besides some cd activity.
Unworkable..

[Nik]

What kind of Computer do you have? For virtualisation you probably need >2.4 ghz. If you want to sneak int Linux a little fatser you could try a LiveCD like Knoppix or the Ubuntu install CD which works as a LiveCD as well, this however isn't good if you want to install software on it. Here Ubuntu 6.10 runs perfectly in VirtualBox both under Ubuntu itself and Windows, you also need to check you've got the newest virtualBox version since there was a bug in a previous verson whcih lead to problems with Ubuntu and others.

[Edwin Knoppert]

OK, will download vb again (but i did that today so..)

[merihevonen]

Why Ubuntu? Debian is far more better, and after all, Ubuntu is Debian based. I got a daily-build of Debian Etch to work very happily with VPC 2007. Get Debian @ http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/

[Edwin Knoppert]

See:
http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/current/i386/

The files are astronomical!

What should i need?
??

I have no intend to actually burn the iso but to run them from hd (as iso)

[merihevonen]

The link you posted leads to the Debian Sarge images page.. and Sarge is going to be deprecated. Etch is the way to go.

You need this file:
http://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/daily ... etinst.iso

When booting it up with a virtual machine, enter this as a boot parameter and fire up the installer:
installgui

Good Luck!

[Edwin Knoppert]

Sorry but i got soooo annoyed.

WHEN do i need to set this param.

I really don't understand this crap is not a gui install by default.

I can imagne linux is not becomming popular!

[merihevonen]

Sorry but i got soooo annoyed.

WHEN do i need to set this param.

I really don't understand this crap is not a gui install by default.

I can imagne linux is not becomming popular!

It's goddammit very easy: Fire up the damn VPC 2007, create a virtual machine, then after creating the virtual machine, start it, then from the VPC Menu, choose CD and then Capture ISO and then choose the Debian ISO file.. now Reset the virtual machine if needed, you will get to a black screen with a red Debian logo, write installgui and hit ENTER.

If you know how to bake a cake with your eyes and feet tied and having a weasel lick your stomach, then you know how to use Debian..

I see that you don't know nearly anything of Linux.. not meant by bad. BUT THIS IS UBUNTU's FAULT! Ubuntu is made to be like any other desktop OS, making it a beast which shouldn't even come near the Linux country! Because of this, excited "Linux" users would like to start test the other distributions, like Gentoo, Fedora, Debian, etc.. BUT THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND ANYTHING.

I had a bad day so don't wonder if some of my comments are way too off.