Vista RC2 on Virtual PC 2004 SP1

[dawks]

Does this work? I've installed it on my main PC (XP 2700+, 1gig ram) and it gets to the point where it asks me for a computer name, when I click next or whatever, it freezes Virtual PC.

I then tried it on our Pentium D 920 (Dual core 2.8Ghz -2gigs ram) and it gets a little further, freezing during user login.

I've also tried in VMware 5.2.2 and right after I hit 'Install Vista' it asks for a driver (can't identify the 'hard drive' I guess), but theres no driver to install, nor anyway to install one so I'm just stuck. I've seen a few others having similar problems with VMware and some were able to resolve it, others not, I'm one of the others.

Any help? I've yet to see a Vista desktop personally and I don't want to blow away my personal system to test it yet.

How well does Virtual PC 2007 run? (Virtual Server 2005 is too much to bother with).

Thanks!

 

[spyordie007]

As memory serves VPC 2K7 actually supports Vista as a VM; granted that doesn't do you much good if you aren't a beta tester.

I take it dual-booting is not an option?

 

[dawks]

I don't want to mess with my hard drive partitions bad enough to bother 😀

Though I will in the future so I can be sure my system and setup will run with properly with Vista before I blow XP away. For now I'd just like to play with it abit and get familiar.

 

[InlineFive]

Although it is slow initially after you install VMware Tools and change to the Windows Standard theme things start to pick up. What really got me is that inside a VM Vista gave the AXP2000+ higher scores then my A643000+. 😀

 

[RebateMonger]

Article about installing Vista RC2 on Virtual PC.

 

[dawks]

I wonder why Vista Freezes in Virtual PC 2004 and why Vista asks for drivers in VMWare for me... 🙁

 

[mayest]

In VMWare are you setting up the HD as IDE? I know that the default for Linux seems to be SCSI in VMWare, and that might require a driver in Vista.

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: mayest
In VMWare are you setting up the HD as IDE? I know that the default for Linux seems to be SCSI in VMWare, and that might require a driver in Vista.

My VMware Vista is using the LSILogic SCSI controller and it did not ask for drivers.

 

[manly]

If you're using using the Vista .ISO file as the virtual optical drive in VMware, then there's a bug that asks for a driver.

Current workarounds are to burn the ISO to a DVD or to get the CD/DVD driver from an older Vista disc (and load it from floppy).

 

[InlineFive]

Originally posted by: manly
If you're using using the Vista .ISO file as the virtual optical drive in VMware, then there's a bug that asks for a driver.

Current workarounds are to burn the ISO to a DVD or to get the CD/DVD driver from an older Vista disc (and load it from floppy).

Okay, which version are you using? I'm running build 5600 on Server 1.0.1 and I haven't run into that issue.

 

[manly]

Originally posted by: InlineFive

Originally posted by: manly
If you're using using the Vista .ISO file as the virtual optical drive in VMware, then there's a bug that asks for a driver.

Current workarounds are to burn the ISO to a DVD or to get the CD/DVD driver from an older Vista disc (and load it from floppy).

Okay, which version are you using? I'm running build 5600 on Server 1.0.1 and I haven't run into that issue.

I believe the bug applies to later Vista builds than 5600. It's covered over in the VMware user forums.

 

[dawks]

VMware install update:
Well I finally just decided to burn the ISO and install from a physical DVD. I had been trying to mount the ISO with VMware, and also in the host OS with Alcohol, but that was giving the errors. So I got a blank DVD, burnt the ISO, and it installed no problem. Probably took less then 30 minutes too.

Edit: no sound, but I can live with that. My host OS still has sound 🙂

 

[Rilex]

Use Virtual PC 2007, the additions have support for Vista. Can be found at connect.microsoft.com.