Ubuntu 8.10 Install
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From: Mark Rae [MVP] on 24 Nov 2008 21:21 "Grand_Poobah" <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote in message news:eCxXGLqTJHA.584(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > You might want to get a copy of this one Mark if it installs all the way. No thanks... -- Mark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net
From: Bob Campbell on 24 Nov 2008 21:22 "Grand_Poobah" <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote in message news:eCxXGLqTJHA.584(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > Also, one of the things I did do was edit the VMC file and make the video > card have 16Mb vice 8Mb. Don't know for sure if that made a difference, > but the progress bar is up to 56% system installed. Yeah, there is some weirdness between VPC and Ubuntu. It tries to put the video into an unsupported (in VPC) mode. You have to do something in the early install dialogs (I forget what) to get past this. IAC, Ubuntu is so ugly I gave up on it. The default color scheme looks like a mixture of diarrhea and blood. I installed PCLinuxOS in VPC instead. It installs easily, and is much more polished looking. I have no idea if it is still available, what with the way Linux versions come and go. I don't keep up with Linux at all, as I really have no use for it. I only installed PCLinuxOS just have a Linux VM available. I haven't booted it in probably 6 months.
From: Grand_Poobah on 24 Nov 2008 21:31 I agree Bob. The whole screen looks like somebody put down a latte and it overflowed on the screen. Good analogy with the bloodstain though. I think it actually is a fractal. This installation is just to see what all the hullaballoo is about with Linux. I doubt I will make any practical use of it. What the heck, VHD's are cheap (and disposable). GP ---> > "Grand_Poobah" <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote in message > news:eCxXGLqTJHA.584(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... >> Also, one of the things I did do was edit the VMC file and make the >> video card have 16Mb vice 8Mb. Don't know for sure if that made a >> difference, but the progress bar is up to 56% system installed. > > Yeah, there is some weirdness between VPC and Ubuntu. It tries to put > the video into an unsupported (in VPC) mode. You have to do something > in the early install dialogs (I forget what) to get past this. > > IAC, Ubuntu is so ugly I gave up on it. The default color scheme looks > like a mixture of diarrhea and blood. I installed PCLinuxOS in VPC > instead. It installs easily, and is much more polished looking. I > have no idea if it is still available, what with the way Linux versions > come and go. I don't keep up with Linux at all, as I really have no use > for it. I only installed PCLinuxOS just have a Linux VM available. I > haven't booted it in probably 6 months.
From: Steve Jain [MVP] on 24 Nov 2008 21:31 On Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:06:02 -0500, Grand_Poobah <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote: >Thanks Mark for the speedy reply. While I was waiting to see if anyone >would reply, I restarted the install, but added an option (using the >"F4" menu) to use what they called 'safe video'. This time, The screen >did do the same thing, but after about 3 minutes it cleared out and >wallpaper appeared. Soon a window appeared that led me through the >install procedure steps (name, how big a HD, that sort of stuff), and I >am - so far - installing just fine. Safe mode is useless, it doesn't change the color depth. Ubuntu installs in 24bit color, which VPC doesn't support. Safe mode doesn't change from 24bit color. Your best bet is to to a text install and then configure X after the installation. > >I guess the next thing is to install the VM Additions so I can go from >window to window easily. > There are no Linux Addtions for VPC, only Virtual Server, and they need to be tweaked for use with Ubuntu. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/
From: Grand_Poobah on 24 Nov 2008 21:40
Thanks for the info Steve. I had heard about the 24-bit video, but it appears to be installing - and in color. The progress bar is up to 68% installed now. I do agree that the color scheme is pretty muddy-looking though. GP |