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From: Mark Rae [MVP] on 26 Nov 2008 11:32
"Grand_Poobah" <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote in message
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> VMWare certainly DOES want to own the machine. It slips tentacles into
> every nook and cranny of the OS. It even affected my wireless connection
> to the point that it would hang on shutdown citing "another network did
> not shut down properly". Turned out that one was the VMDHCP service and
> the NAT service.

Simply disable the VMWare virtual network devices and use bridged networking
for the VMWare VMs...


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Mark Rae
ASP.NET MVP
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From: Tom Libby on 19 Dec 2008 17:35
Did you know you can install Ubuntu 8.10 into Windows like any other
application? Burn the ISO to CD and then right click on the CD drive and
select autoplay and select the appropriate option, I think it is the second
one. After the install reboot the machine and you can then boot into
Windows or Ubuntu. You do not need to format and partition the drive. You do
have to specify a drive size and this is fixed, so if you tell it to crate a
20Gig drive you loose 20Gig from Windows.

If you want to remove Ubuntu just run the uninstall program in the Ubuntu
folder.

I did this and I had no problems at all, it also runs allot better when not
in a VM.

Tom

"Grand_Poobah" <whatever(a)yaddayadda.kom> wrote in message
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> My first foray into LINUX isn't going very well. Every attempt to get
> this one installed into a new VM fails. I get to the "Installing
> Restricted Drivers" and the screen turns brilliant green and then lapses
> into some sort of pixally divided screen with vertical green lines and
> text that is missing every other pixel. Below the green lines is
> something that resembles fractal paintings.The install continues, but I am
> unable to tell what is happening as the green lines cover any text.
>
> Towards the end of the 'things it is doing' I get:
>
> Loading, please wait
> [something]: Setting mode [640x430 ??] Failed
> screen ini: Failed
> Linux [something] 2.5.27-7-generic [something (dates, I think)]
>
> And, then, nothing. No more movement of the cursor after 30 minutes.
>
> Is this version of Linux able to be installed on a VM?
>
> GP


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