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Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 02/20/2008
From: "Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Has anyone here run Ubuntu standard desktop Linux on
Virtual PC using Vista as a host OS? Did you encounter
any problems?

*TimDaniels*

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Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/20/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

What problems are you encountering?

"Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

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> Has anyone here run Ubuntu standard desktop Linux on
> Virtual PC using Vista as a host OS? Did you encounter
> any problems?
>
> *TimDaniels*
>

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/20/2008
From: "Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I haven't encountered ANY problems,yet, because I haven't done
this. I'm trying to anticipate problems to gauge the levels of
difficulty in various approaches that I have as options. Since no
one here apparently has had any experience with Ubuntu Server,
I thought I'd ask about Ubuntu Desktop. From various press
and newsgroup accounts, Virtual PC doesn't run Linux consistently
well (the implication being that Microsoft prefers it that way). But
since those accounts were with Ubuntu 7.04, I'm inquiring to find
out if the situation may be different with Ubuntu 7.10. Or, perhaps
that VPC 2007 runs better under Vista Business as a host than
under previous Windows OSes. (The physical machine has 3GB
of RAM and has a partition of size 120GB for Vista.)

*TimDaniels*

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

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> What problems are you encountering?
>
> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>> Has anyone here run Ubuntu standard desktop Linux on
>> Virtual PC using Vista as a host OS? Did you encounter
>> any problems?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/21/2008
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Wed, 20 Feb 2008 22:32:25 -0800, "Timothy Daniels"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Most all of those issues, I think all, actually, are related to Linux
and it's kernel and drivers...the mouse issue is a kernel bug, not a
VPC bug, the 24bit color is related to the linux driver not reading
the data from VPC's "hardware" saying it's not available. Or that
Ubuntu's "safe video mode" isn't and still defaults to 24bit color,
preventing a GUI install without modifications.

The host OS is really irrelevant to the VM and VPC. Neither really
care about the host OS.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

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>I haven't encountered ANY problems,yet, because I haven't done
>this. I'm trying to anticipate problems to gauge the levels of
>difficulty in various approaches that I have as options. Since no
>one here apparently has had any experience with Ubuntu Server,
>I thought I'd ask about Ubuntu Desktop. From various press
>and newsgroup accounts, Virtual PC doesn't run Linux consistently
>well (the implication being that Microsoft prefers it that way). But
>since those accounts were with Ubuntu 7.04, I'm inquiring to find
>out if the situation may be different with Ubuntu 7.10. Or, perhaps
>that VPC 2007 runs better under Vista Business as a host than
>under previous Windows OSes. (The physical machine has 3GB
>of RAM and has a partition of size 120GB for Vista.)
>

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/21/2008
From: "Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Steve Jain" wrote:

Since what I need Linux for (shell commands and servers)
doesn't require a mouse and doesn't require accurate color,
can Ubuntu be installed "as is" without modification and run
adequately for my needs? If not, are these modifications difficult,
and are summarized in an online document?

Have these bugs in Ubuntu been corrected in v. 7.10?

I'd really like to use Virtual PC 2007, and the answers to
these questions would help a lot.

*TimDaniels*

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> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>
>> ...From various press and newsgroup accounts, Virtual PC
>> doesn't run Linux consistently well (the implication being
>> that Microsoft prefers it that way). But
>
> Most all of those issues, I think all, actually, are related to Linux
> and it's kernel and drivers...the mouse issue is a kernel bug, not a
> VPC bug, the 24bit color is related to the linux driver not reading
> the data from VPC's "hardware" saying it's not available. Or that
> Ubuntu's "safe video mode" isn't and still defaults to 24bit color,
> preventing a GUI install without modifications.

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/21/2008
From: Steve Jain <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008 01:20:09 -0800, "Timothy Daniels"
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Without the GUI interface, you won't see the color issue, but the ps/2
mouse kernel bug could still show up.

I'm not sure. I haven't played around with 7.10. I don't recall any
recent posts here about it.

There have been a couple summaries posted on the web for Ubuntu, one
by Bo Berglund. If you search the newsgroup, I think he also posted
it here too.

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/
I do not work for Microsoft.

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>"Steve Jain" wrote:
>> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>>
>>> ...From various press and newsgroup accounts, Virtual PC
>>> doesn't run Linux consistently well (the implication being
>>> that Microsoft prefers it that way). But
>>
>> Most all of those issues, I think all, actually, are related to Linux
>> and it's kernel and drivers...the mouse issue is a kernel bug, not a
>> VPC bug, the 24bit color is related to the linux driver not reading
>> the data from VPC's "hardware" saying it's not available. Or that
>> Ubuntu's "safe video mode" isn't and still defaults to 24bit color,
>> preventing a GUI install without modifications.
>
>
> Since what I need Linux for (shell commands and servers)
>doesn't require a mouse and doesn't require accurate color,
>can Ubuntu be installed "as is" without modification and run
>adequately for my needs? If not, are these modifications difficult,
>and are summarized in an online document?
>
> Have these bugs in Ubuntu been corrected in v. 7.10?
>
> I'd really like to use Virtual PC 2007, and the answers to
>these questions would help a lot.

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/21/2008
From: "Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Thanks. I'll do a search for it. (I'd read in one of the PC
magazines that Vista Home could run VPC.) Other than
the setup, then, Ubuntu 7.10 runs OK on Virtual PC 2007?

*TimDaniels*

"R J Cardy" wrote:

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> I have a Vista Home Premium system that is running VPC2007
> with an Ubuntu standard desktop
>
> You need to install in text mode and then make a change for
> the colour depth and the mouse. There is a useful document
> on the help.ubuntu.com/community site
>
> Richard
>
> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>> Has anyone here run Ubuntu standard desktop Linux on
>> Virtual PC using Vista as a host OS? Did you encounter
>> any problems?
>>
>> *TimDaniels*
>>
>

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/21/2008
From: "R J Cardy" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Tim

I have a Vista Home Premium system that is running VPC2007 with an Ubuntu
standard desktop

You need to install in text mode and then make a change for the colour depth
and the mouse. There is a useful document on the help.ubuntu.com/community
site

Richard

"Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> Has anyone here run Ubuntu standard desktop Linux on
> Virtual PC using Vista as a host OS? Did you encounter
> any problems?
>
> *TimDaniels*
>

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/21/2008
From: "Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Steve Jain" wrote:

The guy who sounds like he had total success running Ubuntu
on Vista is "KevinD" who posted here on Feb 15. KevinD!
Has your good fortune with Ubuntu on VirtualPC running on
Vista held up?

*TimDaniels*

Show quoted text

> There have been a couple summaries posted on the web for Ubuntu,
> one by Bo Berglund. If you search the newsgroup, I think he also
> posted it here too.

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 02/21/2008
From: "R J Cardy" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

I have not found any problems yet!

"Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> Thanks. I'll do a search for it. (I'd read in one of the PC
> magazines that Vista Home could run VPC.) Other than
> the setup, then, Ubuntu 7.10 runs OK on Virtual PC 2007?
>
> *TimDaniels*
>
> "R J Cardy" wrote:
>> I have a Vista Home Premium system that is running VPC2007
>> with an Ubuntu standard desktop
>>
>> You need to install in text mode and then make a change for
>> the colour depth and the mouse. There is a useful document
>> on the help.ubuntu.com/community site
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> "Timothy Daniels" wrote:
>>> Has anyone here run Ubuntu standard desktop Linux on
>>> Virtual PC using Vista as a host OS? Did you encounter
>>> any problems?
>>>
>>> *TimDaniels*
>>>
>>
>
>

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 03/05/2008
From: adamscottmartin
Message:

I had some problems installing Ubuntu Server 6.06, mostly with the screen
resolution after comlpeting installation. This article worked for me to
correct the default color depth (needs to be 16, not 24):

http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/installing-ubuntu-610-on-virtual-pc-2007-step-by-step/

"R J Cardy" wrote:

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> Tim
>
> I have a Vista Home Premium system that is running VPC2007 with an Ubuntu
> standard desktop
>
> You need to install in text mode and then make a change for the colour depth
> and the mouse. There is a useful document on the help.ubuntu.com/community
> site
>
> Richard
>
> "Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Has anyone here run Ubuntu standard desktop Linux on
> > Virtual PC using Vista as a host OS? Did you encounter
> > any problems?
> >
> > *TimDaniels*
> >
>
>

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 03/05/2008
From: Michael Orr
Message:

I have Vista Home Premium, and I called Microsoft and asked them if I could
use Home Premium as a virtual host. And they told me no. Are you have any
trouble? They told me my machine woudl crash and I would need to reload. I
Am a college student studing I.T. and Virtual PC would help alot. After I
talked to Microsoft actually twice about it, I started looking at Virtual
Box. But if I can use Virtual PC I think I woudl rather do that. info pease

"R J Cardy" wrote:

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Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 03/06/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Microsoft does not support (technical assistance) VPC on the home editions
of Windows but it does run.

"Michael Orr" <Michael (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

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>I have Vista Home Premium, and I called Microsoft and asked them if I could
> use Home Premium as a virtual host. And they told me no. Are you have
> any
> trouble? They told me my machine woudl crash and I would need to reload.
> I
> Am a college student studing I.T. and Virtual PC would help alot. After I
> talked to Microsoft actually twice about it, I started looking at Virtual
> Box. But if I can use Virtual PC I think I woudl rather do that. info
> pease
>
> "R J Cardy" wrote:
>
>> Tim
>>
>> I have a Vista Home Premium system that is running VPC2007 with an Ubuntu
>> standard desktop
>>
>> You need to install in text mode and then make a change for the colour
>> depth
>> and the mouse. There is a useful document on the
>> help.ubuntu.com/community
>> site
>>
>> Richard
>>
>> "Timothy Daniels" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > Has anyone here run Ubuntu standard desktop Linux on
>> > Virtual PC using Vista as a host OS? Did you encounter
>> > any problems?
>> >
>> > *TimDaniels*
>> >
>>
>>

Re: Ubuntu 7.10 on VPC 2007 w/Vista host?

Sent: 03/08/2008
From: "R J Cardy" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Michael

I have had no problems so far.

I have 2003 Server, 2008 server, ME, 98 SE, Ubuntu, Vista Business running
as VMs on my Vista Home Premium.

As Colin, and others, have said it is just not supported by Microsoft

Richard
college lecturer

"Michael Orr" <Michael (email address - cut out)> wrote in message
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