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7 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/virtual-pc.56524/

iMav
iMav Original post #1
Apr 30, 2007 at 11:55 AM
i am using virtual pc i put in ubuntu on it and then select to start it it shows loading linux kernel which is 100% but after tht nothing happens ... i tried slax that gave me an error saying not enough memory to load specified kernel
Third Eye
Third Eye #2
Apr 30, 2007 at 12:46 PM
mAV3 said:
i am using virtual pc i put in ubuntu on it and then select to start it it shows loading linux kernel which is 100% but after tht nothing happens ... i tried slax that gave me an error saying not enough memory to load specified kernel
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Increase the memory size in Virtual PC.
I recommended 384MB
iMav
iMav #3
Apr 30, 2007 at 2:01 PM
thats what i am unable to do ... i cant set the memory more than 0 ... the option is not ther ........
Pathik
Pathik #4
Apr 30, 2007 at 2:19 PM
how much ram do u have??? and u need to specify the ram wen u create a new machine or edit its settings..
iMav
iMav #5
Apr 30, 2007 at 2:33 PM
ya i figured the problem .... vista sux all my 512 therby leaving nothing for vpc ... will try it on xp some time later to confirm ... exactly pathiks while setting it takes 0 as the memory ....
K
khattam_ #6
Apr 30, 2007 at 8:54 PM
Why dont you try VMware 6 beta... (I think you said you were using MS-Virtual PC)....
rakeshishere
rakeshishere #7
Apr 30, 2007 at 9:25 PM
IMO Vmware is way better than Virtual PC;)
Complete VPC tutorial in Below link
*www.goodells.net/virtualpc/index.htm