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Installing Ubuntu 8.04 beta in Microsoft Virtual PC on Vista

Asked by Richardgnz

I am trying to install Ubuntu 8.04 beta in Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 on Vista.
The CD loads, I select English and then select install. I then get the following message:

"An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered. The virtual machine will reset now."

I have tried both the desktop and alternative i386 images.

fyi. My machine is a Dell Dimension 5150 - Pentium D 915 Dual Core Processor

I have seen this exact message posted on other forums so it's not just me ...

Any ideas?

I will try the final realease tomorrow which hopefully fixes this problem....???

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nglnx (nglnx) said : 		#1

Have you tried the alternate CD iso? Maybe that would help.
Also, you could consider using VirtualBox instead of Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 as a desktop virtualization solution, as it seems to run guest linux distros very well and is available as a host both in windows (from virtualbox's homepage) and Ubuntu (official repositories)

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Best mdmadph (mdmadph) said : 		#2

And though it's proprietary, VMWare works with Ubuntu virtual machines perfectly.

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Richardgnz (richardgnz) said : 		#3

Thanks for the info! I have decided to just run Ubuntu natively instead - downloading 8.04 now!

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José (jose-flat) said : 		#4

I downloaded Kubuntu-7.10. Now i am tryng to install it in a pc with vista ,but the cd just got 1 file ISO extension. Is this the file that install the programm (kubuntu)??, It is possible to use two SO (microsoft and linux) in the same pc deciding which one i would like to use?