PClinux on Virtual PC 2007 Microsoft

Booting a linux system on Virtual PC

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• VPC
• 2007
• Linux
• PC

[cumberj001]

i dont know it's because i have vista not xp

[cumberj001]

ok when the boot menu comes up chose safe one and install it in safe mode and you'll get it

[cumberj001]

just go to google and type PClinux ISO

[airbenda]

ever heard of camstudio?

[terra0702]

To enable sound (do not type quotes):

-Hit CTRL-ALT-F1 to drop to a console

-Login

-Type "sudo nano /etc/modules"

-Add "snd-sb16" (as the last line by itself at the end of the file)

-Save and close the file (Ctrl-O, Enter, Ctrl-X)

-CTRL-ALT-F7 to switch back to XWindows

-Reboot (System menu)

[jackdelamare]

This didn't work for me, after loading the setup it just came up with something I couldn't read. Maybe I'll try the text install...

[braiz7]

kde i thinkk

[thegrudge58]

iz that kde or gnome

[terra0702]

EDIT: A better way to edit /boot/grub/menu.lst is to edit the two lines 'defoptions' and 'altoptions' -- add the i8042.noloop to those two lines, so they look something like this:

# defoptions=quiet splash i8042.noloop

...

#altoptions=(recovery mode) i8042.noloop single

Then save the file and run

sudo update-grub

[terra0702]

Type sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst.

Press CTRL W and type end default options, then press Enter.

The first entry in the list below is the entry containing the information to boot Ubuntu in regular mode. Find the line that starts with kernel and go all the way to the end of it. At the end, type i8042.noloop, press CTRL O, and press Enter to save.

[terra0702]

Run the installation like you normally would. When installation is complete, Ubuntu will boot, and the video should be correct (it was for me - if it's not, repeat the step listed above), but the mouse won't work. To fix the mouse in a more permenant manner, we'll need to add a kernel parameter to the GRUB loader. Here's how:

Boot into Ubuntu on the hard drive.

Hit CTRL-ALT-F1 to drop to a console and log in.

[terra0702]

Hit CTRL-ALT-F1 to drop to a console.

Type sudo nano /etc/X11/xorg.conf and press Enter.

Press CTRL W, type depth and press Enter. You should see a line that says "DefaultDepth 24". Delete 24 and type 16.

Press CTRL O, and press Enter to save the file.

Press CTRL X to exit the nano editor.

Press CTRL-ALT-F7 to switch back to XWindows - that graphics will still not be right.

Press CTRL-ALT-Backspace to reload XWindows. The graphics should be good to go now.

[terra0702]

On the Ubuntu boot menu, select Start or install Ubuntu and hit F6. Add i8042.noloop to the end of the line, and press Enter. This will make the mouse work in recent versions of the kernel.

When Ubuntu boots to the Live CD and XWindows loads, the graphics will be... not good. You're going to need to change the color depth to make it display correctly. To do that: