Comments on: How To Install and Run Ubuntu Linux Inside Windows

By: Luke

Luke — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 13:48:24 +0000

Good point , but some conflicts can appear . i prefer to use only one operating system.

By: DaveT

DaveT — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 09:47:24 +0000

Hi there.

I have just installed 9.04 onto a WIndows 7 host using the latest Virtual PC.

Although the installer (sort of) managed to get past the graphics problems without help, I found that the mouse would not work. So I looked for a solution on the web.

After looking at theis post, I followed the directions given here although they are for an older version. Anyway, they worked fine, and now I can run my Ubuntu alongside XP et al, so thanks for this post.

Regards,
DaveT

By: Ash

Ash — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 13:16:30 +0000

It will be absolutely fine to install on your new machine. Just download/install windows virtual pc 2007 and as above, follow the steps. Probably worth allocating the virtual RAM atleast 1GB.

By: zack

zack — Thu, 21 May 2009 03:56:11 +0000

i just built an amazingly fast custom pc and i would like to know is it really safe to run ubuntu on virtual machine? my system specs are as follows, windows vista ultimate 64-bit, amd phenom quad-core 9500 2.21ghz, 6gb ram, 500gb hard drive. i just dont want to screw up my new machine ya know? if anyone has any helpful tips on how i should go about this process i would greatly appreciate the input.

phenomcore,

By: Brandon

Brandon — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 03:05:29 +0000

i have the same problem as jim, xcept im using 8.04.1 or i just might be reading something completely arbitruary, i cant be sure. Use lehmans terms please.

By: Ashish

Ashish — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 09:32:47 +0000

Hi Jason,

Thanks for a nice guide to install Linux inside Windows.

By the way I am a big fan of Linpus linux and gOS I tried to install both of them using Virtual PC but it ends up saying Unknown Processor Error ! this error msg appears just after the boot from the iso (image file).

Can you recomend something? My laptop is running XP SP2, its Sony Vaio VGN-SR19XN, with 2 GB RAM and 160 GB HD, and Core 2 Duo P8400 @ 2.26 GHz

thanks for the help,

Regards,

Ashish

By: Jim

Jim — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 01:44:47 +0000

Hi Guys,

I’m BRAND NEW to Linux and I installed Ubuntu 8.1 – I tried to follow the steps but only got as far as starting in safe graphics mode…(then the steps didn’t match…)

I chose the option to ‘run inside windows’ and basically it ran through a command sequence ending in [ end trace 4eeaetc... ] and then nothing happens…

Am I supposed to wait for a while, because it seemed pretty much done?

Any help you could give would be greatly appreciated!

By: scorp

scorp — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 05:09:29 +0000

barfo if your still around it is possible to install ubuntu & i assume kubuntu as you would install any other software into xp or i assume (vista?? ) to try it out,then remove it thru add/remove,it’s been a while since i did it that way earlier in the year to see what the newer version was like,can’t quite remember but i seem to recall getting the boot OS selection screen ?? just see what the ubuntu site says

By: catalin bocanu

catalin bocanu — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 17:52:17 +0000

Ubuntu as LiveCD ISO can be easily deployed in Windows with the help of VMware player, as well as Fedora 10 Live CD and other Linux distributions. The entire 5 minutes tutorial can be read in this article: http://www.downloadtube.com/blog/2008/11/26/fedora-10-inside-windows-screenshot-tour/

By: scorp

scorp — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 05:10:54 +0000

lmao..practice makes perfect or at least once you finally get it running you wonder what was so hard.

Just recently installed the latest distro’s of ubuntu & kubuntu as dual boot,i gotta say the changes made to kubuntu are excellant it’s the same but different way different,i like the exploding windows & the new grub editor is more refined