The issue could be with VPC trying to virtualize an IDE disk on my physical SATA drive. The same procedure, on a virtual machine with the same specs, created with VMware Workstation, takes about half an hour. On VPC 2007, the file copying process took about 2 hours. Since Ubuntu is a single CD install, it doesn’t usually take very long to install. So, I followed the instructions on the Wiki and got to the Ubuntu 6.10 live CD desktop and started installation. It’s rather strange that VPC 2007 still has this issue, but at least the problem is understood. Installing Ubuntu in Virtual PC 2007 – click to viewīasically, I had to modify my X server’s configuration file to change the default display depth to 16 bits instead of the default of 24. A quick Google search led me to the Ubuntu Wiki which has a page on configuring Ubuntu for the previous release of VPC, Virtual PC 2004. VPC 2007 had trouble displaying the Ubuntu desktop. First up was Ubuntu 6.10, which is installable via its live CD environment. Satisfied with the performance of the live CDs, I decided to test some installable distributions. Next in line was the latest FreeBSD-based live CD, FreeSBIE 2.0 - which, like Knoppix, worked like a charm. The guest system plugged into my network through a bridged connection, got its own IP address and networking worked seamlessly. Impressed, I fired up 2.0, which loaded up in a matter of seconds. Boot up and hardware recognition went fine, and I was at the KDE desktop in less than 20 seconds after powering up the machine. The first distribution I tried was Knoppix 5.0. For the test I created a guest with 512MB RAM and a 6GB hard disk with pre-allocated space to reduce over-head. VPC 2007 supports IVT for improving performance. My test computer has the Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 processor with the IVT virtualization extension. ![]() ![]() The “Use default settings to create a virtual machine” option creates a useless VM with 128 MB RAM and no hard disk. You can choose to go through a detailed procedure to create a virtual machine, or let VPC create one for you. ![]() VPC’s interface is pretty simple and straightforward. VPC 2007 only runs on Windows XP Professional and later versions of Windows. The biggest news in this release of Virtual PC 2007 is its support for Windows Vista, both as host as well as guest OS.
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