Re: Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-21 Thread Jason
http://virtualboxes.org/images/debian/ Download a ready to use Debian image here. Make sure you know how to use VirtualBox. On Jan 21, 8:08 am, Mike Ramirez wrote: > On Friday, January 21, 2011 07:00:51 am Steven Elliott Jr wrote: > > > > he is not doing dual boot - he is running linux under wi

Re: Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-21 Thread Mike Ramirez
On Friday, January 21, 2011 07:00:51 am Steven Elliott Jr wrote: > > he is not doing dual boot - he is running linux under windows! > >Right, which I think is horrible and usually very slow as well; it might > be better to install the Linux OS on a separate partition on the computer. > I perso

Re: Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-21 Thread Steven Elliott Jr
> > > While I am sure we can all sympathize with confronting a technical problem > that we don't understand, this OP has the flavor of trolling perhaps. At any > rate this is the wrong list for these pleadings. I don't even see a question You're so right; I don't know why I am wasting my ti

Re: Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-21 Thread Joel Goldstick
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 10:00 AM, Steven Elliott Jr wrote: > > > he is not doing dual boot - he is running linux under windows! > >Right, which I think is horrible and usually very slow as well; it might > be better to > install the Linux OS on a separate partition on the computer. I > pers

Re: Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-21 Thread Steven Elliott Jr
> he is not doing dual boot - he is running linux under windows! Right, which I think is horrible and usually very slow as well; it might be better to install the Linux OS on a separate partition on the computer. I personally hate running anything in a virtual machine. I'd rather t

Re: Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-20 Thread Kenneth Gonsalves
On Thu, 2011-01-20 at 18:21 -0500, Steven Elliott Jr wrote: > Why don't you try partitioning your hard drive instead and doing a > dual boot installation? > > he is not doing dual boot - he is running linux under windows! -- regards KG http://lawgon.livejournal.com Coimbatore LUG rox http://il

Re: Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-20 Thread Russell Keith-Magee
On Fri, Jan 21, 2011 at 7:21 AM, Steven Elliott Jr wrote: > Why don't you try partitioning your hard drive instead and doing a dual boot > installation? > > Also, it's Debian not Derbian. And, as was pointed out on the last thread on this topic, this isn't a Linux support group. At the moment,

Re: Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-20 Thread Steven Elliott Jr
Why don't you try partitioning your hard drive instead and doing a dual boot installation? Also, it's Debian not Derbian. -Steve On Jan 20, 2011, at 4:59 PM, Kimberly wrote: > This is now a LINUX-Derbian problem I am experiencing. I open the > virtualbox and clicked on the Linux-Windows th

Expert help needed --LINUX on virtualBox using Windows 7 machine

2011-01-20 Thread Kimberly
This is now a LINUX-Derbian problem I am experiencing. I open the virtualbox and clicked on the Linux-Windows that I wanted, and clicked on "start" to run it. Once it run, it is black screen. I already mount the Derbian iso to the program, so I am lost for words on what is going on. This is a strug