Hi, I've attempted this a few times with iso 9 and 12.04, and all failed. It goes through installation, (i think) then tries to install VMtools, but locks in a dos screen. At the very bottom in a kind of task bar it tells of the failure, and tells me to enter into Ubuntu via the dos screen, and do it from there. I have no idea how to use dos. I did notice however, at the initiation of installation, that "Host SMBus controller not enabled". I have looked in device manager, but it is not there. Your help would be appreciated, Thanks.
Dell Inspiron 1564 W7 64bit
mem 4g
hdd 456g
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Put Ubuntu on a Vertual Machine---Failed
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geminid45 hi, have you thought of using WUBI, allowing you dual boot Windows and Ubuntu.
WUBI allows you to install within Windows and is much easier than VM.
WUBI;
http://www.ubuntu.com/download.....-installer
Install info;
http://www.ubuntu.com/download.....th-windows
Mike
Hi Mike, thank you for that idea, it's good, so I will do that, but for now, I was going to eventually put it on a thumb drive, as here -----
http://www.howtogeek.com/97177.....-the-mess/ to use as a portable device.
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