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modena
12-27-2009, 02:09 AM
Anyone have any luck installing a Linux Distro on Windows 7 in Virtual PC 2007 (or any of VM program). I tried with VMWare Player and Workstation and got an error just on booting the Linux iso that I downloaded (tried Fedora, opensuse, debain). I know my virtualization is setup on my machine in general as I have XP running fine in Virtual PC 2007.

Anyone have any tricks to do this? What VM program works best? Are their certain distros that work best? I plan on working on this all day Sunday so anything you can give me to point me in the right direction would be great! THANKS!

Cubsfan
12-27-2009, 04:22 AM
I have Ubuntu running on Win7 using Virtual Box and it works like a champ. No tricks or anything, just a normal install.

modena
01-01-2010, 10:34 PM
Been using VirtualBox off of your suggestion and I love it. Thanks!