[AccessD] Sun Virtual PC

When you set up your first VMs the wizard is fairly straight forward.

Give your machiine plenty of RAM, you can always reduce it later.
Create a dynamically expanding boot disk and set it's size bigger that you think will need.
(I generally set mine to 30GB - you can always add additional disks later)

Be sure to install the "guest additions"

Play around with the CD/DVD, USB, Network settings etc to get familiar with them.

Cheers,
Stuart

On 14 Mar 2009 at 14:42, Arthur Fuller wrote:

> I decided to check this stuff out and have just downloaded it and am about
> to install. My native OS is Vista with SP1. I'd like to be able to create an
> XP and a Linux box minimum, and perhaps a Geos one as well.
> 
> Anything I should know before diving in?
> 
> Thanks,
> Arthur
> 
> On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 1:50 PM, Steve Erbach <erbachs at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> > Max,
> >
> > I've got the Sun VirtualBox stuff, too, to run Ubuntu as a virtual
> > machine.  To install it I downloaded the Ubuntu package as an ISO
> > file.  Thus I could attach to that file as a virtual CD drive to
> > install Ubuntu on the virtual pc.  Worked flawlessly.  I haven't been
> > able to figure out yet how to get more than 800x600 resolution, but
> > that's small change that I can no doubt figure out when I have an
> > extra afternoon sometime.
> >
> > Is this what you're trying to do?  Install an operating system on your
> > virtual pc?
> >
> > Steve Erbach
> > Neenah, WI
> >
> >
> > On Sat, Mar 14, 2009 at 10:23 AM, Max Wanadoo <max.wanadoo at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> > > Hi Stu,
> > > Hope you are well.
> > > I installed the sun VP but when I run it it opens the window, gives some
> > > info about the Host Key which I then close.  It then displays a black
> > > command type window with the message "FATAL: No bootable mediaum found!
> > > System Halted.
> > >
> > > I have rebooted my PC which is stripped naked.  Brand new installation of
> > > XP.  Then AVG anti virus  followed by Office 2003 - all updated with
> > latest
> > > updates.  Then web dev express form MS downloaded and installed - all ok
> > > except for the light thingy.  Then installed Firefox 3.  Then Sun VP.  So
> > as
> > > you can see, not much to go wrong.
> > >
> > > Any ideas?
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