Mandriva 2008 / Ubuntu 7.10 as Guest OS (WinXP SP2 host)?

[Gnorxy2008]

Hello.

Does the latest VMware Workstation 6.0.2 support current Ubuntu release (7.10) and not only 7.04 as Guest OS running on Windows XP SP2? If not, when will it do this?

I read that VMware Workstation support Mandriva 2007, but will it work for Powerpack (or the free Mandriva One / Flash) 2008 too? Should i select Mandriva Linux or Other Linux Kernel 2.x.x when creating a new VM or doesn't it work at all?

Thank you in advance, Boris.

[martyfelker]

I have not yet installed WS 6.02 on my host system (Windows 2008 Server <eval> - however using WS 6.01 I have installed 64 bit versions of both Mandriva 2008 Free and Ubuntu 7.10 with no problems.

Marty

[Gnorxy2008]

Ubuntu 7.10 (32bit) crashed completly after installation (WS 6.0.1) - even no more booting from image/cd. i unticked bootloader installation (ubuntu setup), could that be the problem? iirc hda0 was the default for bootloader...

i'll try Mandriva 2008 within the next few days on WS 6.0.2 and let you know.

[martyfelker]

Have you installed any other VM's successfully? It may be awhile for me

to get back to you as I have booting woes myself on my "real" machine.

This has to do with my quirky setup with an internal ZIP drive which is

setup as a slave on the first IDE controller - need to switch it to the

master instead of a removable backup HD. Can't boot from a CD. My wife

takes care of the hardware end of things and I'm temporarily using

Ubuntu or Windows which don't see to care.

Take to you later.

Marty

[martyfelker · Accepted solution]

No GRUB is the problem with booting. You MUST have GRUB or LILO installed

in order to boot Linux AFAIK. However you can put the GRUB loader on a any

device . If you can get Ubuntu to

boot without a linux bootloader I be quite interested. With Slackware you

can put LILO on a floppy disk and boot of that. If you use multiple OS

make sure to install Windows first and then you can install GRUB to the MBR.

[Gnorxy2008]

Thank you guys!

I kept default bootloader install settings (hd0) and now Ubuntu 7.10 works (except vmtools).

Mandriva 2008 Powerpack 64bit works as well, but i have to remove "vga=788" from boot command string.

[AcidTest]

Trying to install Ubuntu 7.10 as a VM. Host OS is windows 2K server. The moment I select 'Start or Install Ubuntu' it hangs --the CPU (on win OS) is pegged at 99 percent by the process vmware-vmx.exe. Time does not seem to help the problem. Have VMware workstation 5.5.3.

UPDATE: Upgrade to VMware workstation 5.5.5 doesn't help. Same problem with Ubuntu 6.06. Yes 'safe graphics mode' for 7.10 also hangs.

UPDATE: RE-downloaded Ubuntu 7.10 iso and tried install on different computer under windowsXP --it still hangs. I think something is wrong that Ubuntu iso.

Saw something similar with a redhat version years ago.

[Gnorxy2008]

I worry that you have to update your VMware Workstation to latest release (6.x). Another thing is the creation of a new VM - you have to select the right guest OS from list / linux kernel (2.4.x or 2.6.x).

[AcidTest]

I selected Ubuntu and I would say yes the upgrade may have been part of the solution --but the first iso did not work under any version of vmware.

[wslyhbb]

Hi, I am also having the hanging issue.

I had a Kubuntu 7.04 and in VMWare Workstation 5.5.5 but when I upgraded it to 7.10 the network no longer worked. After searching the Internet other people had the same problem and the solution was basically to not upgrade but start from scratch. So I deleted my 7.04 and downloaded the Kubuntu 7.10 alternative CD and tried to install it. After selecting Start and Install the VM hangs. I tried the DVD and the Desktop (live) CD and I get the same results. With the DVD I tried just mounting the ISO but after that didn't work I burned it to a DVD and tried that but all cause the VM to just hang.

[AcidTest]

You tried downloading from a different site?

[wslyhbb]

No, just downloaded from Kubuntu's website.