Win7 XP Virtual Machine and Ubuntu

[~Divine~Wind~]

Ello all,

Been absolutely ages since I've done anything remotely like this.
Im trying to create a new VM using the built in software in Win7.

I'ts seeing my ubuntu iso and starting the installation.
I have set the drive space available to the VM to 8Gb but whenever I get to the point of installation within the VM it says it needs a minimum of 4.8Gb space free.

The HDD is currently empty :/

Any ideas?

EDIT: If the ubuntu setup if I goto about this computer it says the HDD is 525.9MB

 

[d_brennen]

Is VirtualBox not an option? I use it all the time and find it very robust and easy to use

 

[Princey]

I've not had much luck with Virtual PC, however I've had ubuntu work fine with VMWare Player.

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Virtualbox appears to have done the trick, installing now
Cheers brennan

 

[bledd]

I'm a big fan of Virtualbox

I use it daily

 

[d_brennen]

Virtualbox appears to have done the trick, installing now
Cheers brennan

Any problems with it just ask The community forum is very helpful too

https://forums.virtualbox.org/

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

havin a look at the forum, Ubuntu loads to desktop and thats it, no icons, no menus nothing

 

[d_brennen]

Spoiler

Odd, I just fired up a Ubuntu VM and it worked off the bat. The only setting I altered was the guest RAM allocation. Are you using the 32bit desktop Ubuntu?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Yup 32bit 12.10 Desktop.

Interestingly when I tried to screenshot I got this:

And heres the VM info in case I've done anythign glaringly stupid:

Can't really see anything on the forum about it
Might just try a reinstall

The 8GB HDD is on my SSD with my windows install

 

[d_brennen]

Nothing jumps out. Maybe try and redownload the ISO. What's the spec of the host?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

i5 3570k
16Gb RAM
Sandisk Extreme SSD
6950 2GB

Yeah might try the 64bit one, initially I went with the 32bit one as all its for is to have a quick poke about

 

[d_brennen]

Did you tick "enable 3D acceleration" in the VBox settings? I never bother tbh

Give this a go first

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

much appreciated brennan, will give this a bash tomorrow far too tired atm

Is there a shortcut key combo for terminal?

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Tried them all this morning, gave it an extra CPU, more memory, more Vram.
Still the same, guess I'm reinstalling when I get in from work.

 

[d_brennen]

As you had problems with it in a different VM, and it's playing up in VBox, I'd try to dl the ISO again and check it's MD5

Crtl+Alt+T will invoke terminal btw

 

[~Divine~Wind~]

Yeah got to terminal and tried those commands in the vid you linked.
Will be DLing the ISO again (was direct from the ubuntu hoempage) when I get in from work