also, try http://www.virtualbox.org/
it works in my OS X as well as Linux and Windows. > > 1. Re: Running Linux on Virtual Machines (chris ismael) > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: "chris ismael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Goh, Yong-Kwang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:52:16 +0800 > Subject: Re: [Slugnet] Running Linux on Virtual Machines > Hi Yong Kwang, > > I have SLES 10 SP1 running fine in Virtual PC 2007, but on Vista. I also > have Windows Server 2003 on Xen in SLES 10. > > Have you tried SLES? > > Thanks, > Chris > > > On Thu, Feb 14, 2008 at 9:03 PM, Goh, Yong-Kwang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, > > > > I've been trying to give some Linux distro a spin on my WinXP machine > > running Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 but without success. There simply isn't > > not even one distro that works within Virtual PC, although I've googling > > and people are reporting success with Virtual PC running most distro, > > though not sure if they were using Virtual PC 2004 or 2007. > > > > I've downloaded and tried to run the following distros' CD ISO image. > > > > 1. kwort 2.2 > > 2. Vector Linux Standard 5.9 > > 3. Xubuntu 7.10 Desktop > > 4. Zenwalk 5.0 > > 5. Debian 40r2 (Etch) > > > > Xubuntu boots up to XFCE and the whole screen is corrupted with coloured > > vertical lines. I gave up. > > > > kwort 2.2, Vector Linux Standard and Zenwalk hangs. The virtual machines > > didn't even try to boot off the ISO image, just hang at the BIOS. And it > > took forever to acquire an IP address from DHCP. > > > > Debian hanged halfway during base system installation, when transiting to > > the next package. A reboot of the virtual machine managed to but again, > > hang at a different later point when trying to fetch some package over the > > Internet. > > > > Anyone ever managed to get Linux running fine on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007? > > Oh well, maybe this is really what I getting for free from Microsoft - a > > Virtual PC 2007 that doesn't work. > > > > At work, I use VMware Server instead and it gave me less problem, though it > > is really more heavyweight. > > > > Goh, Yong Kwang > > Singapore > > > > Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Slugnet mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Slugnet mailing list > [email protected] > http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet > > _______________________________________________ Slugnet mailing list [email protected] http://www.lugs.org.sg/mailman/listinfo/slugnet
