Hello folks,
I am having trouble installing OpenSuse and Ubuntu on an MS VPC. Windows XP installed successfully on the VPC but both Linux installations failed at the same point - immediately after the installation selection screens. Ubuntu locks up and OpenSuse displays a black screen and locks up. I read somewhere (don’t remember where) that I may need to try VMware, but the cost is prohibitive (in IMHO).
Therefore, I turn to the freeware community for help. Has anybody encountered this problem or can anybody suggest a (freeware) solution, please?
i just can’t figure out why would anyone would take a perfectly good
computer and install Windows on it and THEN wanna load Linux
inside…it’s kinda like buying last century’s bloated dump truck to
carry your space ship…
caf4926:
Thank you very much for a near perfect reply - short, precise, and to the point!!:shake:
platinum
this reply is the sort of garbage that clutters up the internet - commonly known as spam - completely useless, ill-considered, mouth-opened-before-brain-is-engaged, CRAP!!
I have a perfectly sound reason for my “buying last century’s bloated dump truck to carry my space ship…” - WHY I choose to do so would have been the intelligent point to make.
@mgbinnewhaw
I introduced a friend to Virtual Box last year, he was running it in XP and openSUSE in a VM.
A year later and he’s totally openSUSE.
You should get along well with Virtual Box and the manual can be helpful too. I always recommend creating a fixed drive rather than dynamic. So whatever you can afford.
It’s also a great way to learn about installation of Linux and windows too if you like. And because it’s all in a VM, if it all goes pear shaped it doesn’t matter.
I have run many a test case in Virtual Box dual booting windows and Linux. In fact this guide I did was all done in Virtual Box: All About Grub - openSUSE
VMware have a free version: VMware Server. Don’t be put off by the word “Server”. You can use VMware Server just like VMware Workstation – to run guest operating systems inside Linux or Windows hosts.
caf496
Thanks again for your interest and encouragement. I already feel like your friend who is now a Linux fan. In the early 80s I worked exclusively with UNIX-based machines (DEC VMS, ICL VME, SUN SPARK and APOLLO workstations). Unfortunately, about this time Windoze crushed the opposition (Unix) and, like many others, I became submerged by the mass of Windoze uptake. A few years ago I tried Suse Linux, but appropriate support was not available (such as this excellent forum). Now I am retired, I have the time to re-acquaint myself with Unix and boot Windoze off my PC for good and all.
I also like the idea that a VM can be thrown away if something goes wrong! I use Sandboxie for that very reason when surfing unknown web sites.
I’ve had a quick look at your All About Grub - openSUSE guide and, no surprise! - I am impressed. If you don’t mind, I’ll give you my view, as a technical author of some 25 yrs. experience, of the clarity of your text!!:)- developers are usually not the best of teachers!!!:):) even though they are (nearly) always more than ready to help we lesser mortals.
fswerdna
Thank you for a really useul tip! I was put off by the server tag!
Hendersj
My apologies.:o In my professional career I became used to constructive criticism and so suffer fools badly - especially in view of the excellent replies I received from your fellow moderators!!
even though they are (nearly) always more than ready to help we lesser mortals.