On Thu, Aug 26, 2010 at 4:06 PM, Bill Davidsen <david...@tmr.com> wrote:
> Fulko Hew wrote: > > > > a) I'm disappointed that I couldn't try it in VirtualBox v3.0.8, > > but then again F13 wouldn't install there either. > > (It might work under newer VirtualBox's, but thats all I have right > now. > > (The installation 'infinite loops during system loader phase with a > > stack trace') > > > If your hardware supports VM then why not run it under KVM? All I did to > get it > working from CLI was: > qemu-img create -f qcow2 fc14a3.img 6G > qemu-kvm -m 1000 -hda fc14a3.img -cdrom Fedora14a3-LiveCD.iso -boot d > I believe KVM is newer than Fedora 8, so its not available to me (at the moment). > > b) I'm glad that it does (so far) attempt to install under QEMU > > (under the virtual machine manager from Fedora 8) > > > I hope you don't mean the software emulated version, it will work (I did > FC10 > x86_64 on a Pentium-III as a hack), but it will be leisurely. > I think its not the pure emulated version, but there is 'some kind' of hardware assist going on. It seems to work 'fairly' well... when it works. I was using QEMU from F8 - F10, then switched to VirtualBox for F11 and F12 But F13 and F14 don't work under either (with the versions I have hosted under F8. > c) The GUI install wouldn't work, but I fell back to text install. > > > > d) I was disappointed that it would not let me select the packages > > to install (I want KDE not Gnome) > > > Need the full install for that, LiveCD is GNOME. > I was using the 'full install'.
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