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| Thread ID: 89389 | 2008-04-29 06:40:00 | Virtual Box for Windows.Anyone tried this program | Neil McC (178) | Press F1 |
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| 663887 | 2008-04-29 06:40:00 | and how does it compare with Virtual PC? Want to try running Ubuntu on my XP Pro but it throws a wobbly on Virtual XP which is on Virtual PC. Virtual Box is meant to run Linux on Windows.Just wondered if someone here had tried it. | Neil McC (178) | ||
| 663888 | 2008-04-29 06:44:00 | Yes. Virtualbox doesn't like Vista, and is VERY crashy. I've run Linux on Windows usinv Virtual PC 2007, and it's been fine. Setting up Ubuntu requires a bit of tinkering, as the default graphics settings wrecks havoc. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 663889 | 2008-04-29 09:47:00 | I'm running VirtualBox on PCLinuxOS with Ubuntu installed - goes fine except the install of Ubuntu was a bit slow. | johnd (85) | ||
| 663890 | 2008-04-29 09:52:00 | You could probably try VMware or Parallels and see how they go. I think they do demo versions. | vitalstatistix (9182) | ||
| 663891 | 2008-04-29 11:18:00 | Yes. Virtualbox doesn't like Vista, and is VERY crashy. I've run Linux on Windows usinv Virtual PC 2007, and it's been fine. Setting up Ubuntu requires a bit of tinkering, as the default graphics settings wrecks havoc. I'll have another go then and report back .Thanks. |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 663892 | 2008-04-29 11:25:00 | I'll have another go then and report back .Thanks. The exact process is a bit complicated. Try this: help.ubuntu.com |
somebody (208) | ||
| 663893 | 2008-04-29 11:31:00 | Thanks somebody. Just had another at installing Ubuntu 8.04 into VPC and it keeps coming up with "An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered.The virtual machine will now reset". And trying just to check the cd etc does the same. I actually have the iso on hd. And have checked that the hash is correct. Think it would go better in VMWare? |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 663894 | 2008-04-29 12:04:00 | Well, just found this, so will try it tomorrow. arcanecode.wordpress.com :thanks |
Neil McC (178) | ||
| 663895 | 2008-05-01 23:17:00 | I run virtualbox on Vista. I have a XP virtual machine, and an Ubuntu one. Runs good as, really easy to set up |
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| 663896 | 2008-05-02 05:09:00 | I run virtualbox on Vista. I have a XP virtual machine, and an Ubuntu one. Runs good as, really easy to set up What happens if you run it in "Seamless" mode? I found it to be very unstable when I did that, running XP on top of Vista Ultimate. |
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