CentOS

Terry · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

Hi, my computer runs Vista Ultimate and I have XP on a VM. I like to
experiment just a little and was wondering if anybody has installed
(successfully or not - LOL) Linux, in particular CentOS 4.4, or any distro
really.

Regards Terry

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Mark Rae · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 198

"Terry" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> Hi, my computer runs Vista Ultimate and I have XP on a VM. I like to
> experiment just a little and was wondering if anybody has installed
> (successfully or not - LOL) Linux, in particular CentOS 4.4, or any distro
> really.

Not sure why the thought of installing Linux on a virtual PC would make you
laugh out loud, but no matter...

Pretty much, all Linux distros install and run on a virtual PC exactly the
same / as well as they would on a real PC with the the same hardware which
Virtual PC emulates. Two of the more popular distros are SuSE and Ubuntu,
both of which I run with no problems whatsoever.

There are no Linux Additions for Virtual PC, but Microsoft has released
Virtual Server Additions for a few Linux distros which work in Virtual PC,
though they are not supported.

The following site details the hundreds and hundreds of different operating
systems which work (or don't work) with VPC. Although the site is
specifically related to VPC 2004, most of the information will apply to VPC
2007.

If you do a search for CentOS, you'll see that it appears to work as well as
any other Linux distro...

Terry · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

Thanks for the reply Mark Smile

>> Hi, my computer runs Vista Ultimate and I have XP on a VM. I like to
>> experiment just a little and was wondering if anybody has installed
>> (successfully or not - LOL) Linux, in particular CentOS 4.4, or any
>> distro really.
>
> Not sure why the thought of installing Linux on a virtual PC would make
> you laugh out loud, but no matter...

Just my sence of humour I suppose...

> The following site details the hundreds and hundreds of different
> operating systems which work (or don't work) with VPC. Although the site
> is specifically related to VPC 2004, most of the information will apply to
> VPC 2007.

I think you forgot the link Mark, but I just googled to try and find the
site and found...

http://vpc.visualwin.com/

so I am assuming this is it ?

Thanks again - Terry

Mark Rae · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 198

"Terry" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

> I think you forgot the link Mark, but I just googled to try and find the
> site and found...
>
> http://vpc.visualwin.com/
>
> so I am assuming this is it ?

Apologies - yes, that is the site.

Terry · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

>> I think you forgot the link Mark, but I just googled to try and find the
>> site and found...
>>
>> http://vpc.visualwin.com/
>>
>> so I am assuming this is it ?
>
> Apologies - yes, that is the site.
Thanks Mark, that site gave me a little info that made the installation go
without a hitch Smile

Terry

Linear2202 · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 1

Hi, I thought I'd comment that not all Linux distro's install in VPC.
Ubuntu for example starts to install at 24 bit graphics. VPC 2007, and I
believe 2004 do not support 24 bit so the graphics will go funny. I've
heard that you can go to safe graphics mode in Ubuntu, but it never worked
for me. I've run into a couple of other distro's that didn't seem to want
to recognize the virtual hard drive. I don't remember which one though.

So, I guess what I'm saying is that installing Linux inside of a VPC is not
perfect. You can look at Parallel's for Windows if you are really serious
about Virtualization as it seems like it's a more robust Virtual Machine
program.

Just my two cents, or more like a nickle.

David
"Terry" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> I think you forgot the link Mark, but I just googled to try and find the
>>> site and found...
>>>
>>> http://vpc.visualwin.com/
>>>
>>> so I am assuming this is it ?
>>
>> Apologies - yes, that is the site.
> Thanks Mark, that site gave me a little info that made the installation go
> without a hitch Smile

>
> Terry

Bo Berglund · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 505

On Thu, 12 Apr 2007 20:47:28 -0700, "Linear2202"
wrote:

>Hi, I thought I'd comment that not all Linux distro's install in VPC.
>Ubuntu for example starts to install at 24 bit graphics. VPC 2007, and I
>believe 2004 do not support 24 bit so the graphics will go funny. I've
>heard that you can go to safe graphics mode in Ubuntu, but it never worked
>for me. I've run into a couple of other distro's that didn't seem to want
>to recognize the virtual hard drive. I don't remember which one though.
>
>So, I guess what I'm saying is that installing Linux inside of a VPC is not
>perfect. You can look at Parallel's for Windows if you are really serious
>about Virtualization as it seems like it's a more robust Virtual Machine
>program.
>
>Just my two cents, or more like a nickle.
>

Did you look here (results from googling ubuntu vpc install):
http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2006/12/19/installing-ubuntu-on-virtualpc-step-by-step/
and here:
http://arcanecode.wordpress.com/2007/02/26/installing-ubuntu-610-on-virtual-pc-2007-step-by-step/
and:
http://www.geekzone.co.nz/freitasm/2184

Bo Berglund
bo.berglund(at)nospam.telia.com

Mark Rae · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 198

"Linear2202" wrote in message @microsoft.com...

> Hi, I thought I'd comment that not all Linux distro's install in VPC.
> Ubuntu for example starts to install at 24 bit graphics. VPC 2007, and I
> believe 2004 do not support 24 bit so the graphics will go funny. I've
> heard that you can go to safe graphics mode in Ubuntu, but it never worked
> for me.

All you do is download the alternate CD, select text-mode during the initial
installation, and then set the colour to 16-bit. Works perfectly...

Terry · Joined: 22 Aug 2007 Posts: 4

Thanks for all the advise chaps which is most appreciated Smile

CentOS actually installed without a hitch when I started the install with
'linux noacpi 1024x768 depth=16'

The only strange thing I have had is that when CentOS VM was running and I
also started my XP VM I got a message that the Network card with mac address
'blah blah blah' was being used by another VM and couldnt initialise. This
has only happened the once but I will keep an eye out for it happening again
?

Terry

Colin Barnhorst · Joined: 21 Aug 2007 Posts: 758

CentOS runs very well. No issues except sound. You have to detect the card
and then configure it.

"Terry" wrote in message @TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> Hi, my computer runs Vista Ultimate and I have XP on a VM. I like to
> experiment just a little and was wondering if anybody has installed
> (successfully or not - LOL) Linux, in particular CentOS 4.4, or any distro
> really.
>
> Regards Terry

Dan Mergens · Joined: 25 Oct 2007 Posts: 1

> Hi, my computer runs Vista Ultimate and I have XP on a VM. I like to
> experiment just a little and was wondering if anybody has installed
> (successfully or not - LOL) Linux, in particular CentOS 4.4, or any distro
> really.
>
> Regards Terry

CentOS 5 does have the 24 bit as a default and it is not supported properly by Virtual PC (as of this posting). Here's what I did to fix it.

(First note that to escape out of the Virtual PC window, you'll need to press the right Alt key).

- Install CentOS in text mode (type "linux text" during the install startup).

- create a new user account after installation (useradd foo) (Note that you should avoid running the X server as root)

- change the default depth from 24 to 16 bit (edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf - listed under "DefaultDepth" in the "Screen" section)

- restart X

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Craig · Joined: 26 Feb 2008 Posts: 1

> Hi, my computer runs Vista Ultimate and I have XP on a VM. I like to
> experiment just a little and was wondering if anybody has installed
> (successfully or not - LOL) Linux, in particular CentOS 4.4, or any distro
> really.
>
> Regards Terry

Just a quick note that you can install in graphical mode. When it reboots the first time and prompts you for your display settings, don't select True Color (24 bits), instead select the 16 bit graphics.

If that doesn't work and you get a garbled xdm login screen, hit ctrl-alt-f1 to get a console login. Login as root and edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf as described in the post above.

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