On 20/09/10 13:11, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
> On 9/19/2010 10:00 PM, Mark Allums wrote:
>> On 9/19/2010 8:41 PM, Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>>
>>> And as to the suggestions from other users to try another VM - that's
>>> not open for discussion unless you can tell my why the one that comes
>>> with Windows 7 doesn't work.
>>
>> It doesn't work because it doesn't work.
>>
>> Microsoft doesn't care if any OS besides a Microsoft-produced one works.
>> That's what Virtual PC is for, to run MS OSes.
>>
>> I have tried it. It is unstable with the distributions of Linux I tried.
>> Debian 4,5, Ubuntu 5,6,8, Mandriva, SuSE. SuSE worked best. Virtual PC
>> 2004 and 2007 worked better than Windows 7.
>>
>> Good luck.
>>
>>
>
> As I said - unless you can tell me WHY it doesn't work, it's not open
> for discussion. The fact you tried it with one distro and don't like
> Microsoft are NOT valid reasons.
>
>
A couple of points (please bear with me Jerry).
You don't tell us whether your CPU support hardware virtualization
(could be important)
You don't tell us anything about how you have Virtual PC configured for
Lenny
The suggestion that you try VirtualBox could be misinterpreted to mean:-
Microsoft sucks, which would be wrong. It's suggested because:-
A. it'll give another lot of data that may help resolve the problem with
Virtual PC
B. Some of us "know" that the Virtual PC that is bundled with Windows 7
has been optimised to run earlier versions of Windows ('cause we
searched the Microsoft Knowledge Base).
C. Not m/any(?) on this list have experience with Linux under Windows 7
Virtual PC *because it does not* natively support Linux
That said - earlier versions of Virtual PC have supported Linux - it is
possible that Windows 7 Virtual PC can be made to support Linux...
First I suggest you confirm that your CPU does support hardware
virtualization (not necessary to run Linux in a VM, maybe critical to
Virtual PC).
Let us know what configuration you are using in Virtual PC.
Cheers
PS. scroll down to the section labelled "Supported Operating Systems"
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtual-pc/support/requirements.aspx
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