[X4U] Linux on Virtual PC

[Richard Gilmore]

Why are you installing Linux on Virtual PC? I think that would be incredibly
slow. You can get versions of Linux that are made specifically to run on a
Mac. Yellow Dog comes to mind I'm pretty sure you can set that up as a Dual
Boot also. If you want Linux (I have FC3 on a PC and use it as a server for
my Mac) buy a used PC somewhere they are so cheap probably as a cheap or
cheaper than a legitimate copy of VPC. You'll have a WAY better user
experience that way and you get try fun things like networking it. Linux
will run on anything from a PI up you can't go wrong.


> From: Xavier Noria <fxn at hashref.com>
> Reply-To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
> <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2005 09:44:24 +0100
> To: "A place to discuss Mac OS X for the casual user."
> <x4u at listserver.themacintoshguy.com>
> Subject: [X4U] Linux on Virtual PC
> 
> Anyone got some Linux running on Virtual PC 7?
> 
> I tried first with the current Ubuntu. The installation goes well but
> networking doesn't work, and the graphics are absolutely unusable when
> it boots. I don't know whether the graphics can be fixed tweaking X
> configuration by hand, since there was no network anyway I gave up
> there to give Fedora Core 3 a chance.
> 
> The graphical installer of Fedora Core 3 works smoothly, everything
> seems to go well during installation, but when you're done and reboot
> after a few initial console messages a Virtual PC dialog saying "An
> unrecoverable processor error has occurred. The PC will now restart."
> shows up and the PC cannot go on, but restart.
> 
> Any ideas about fixes or alternatives?
> 
> -- fxn
> 
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