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CentOS 5.3 in MS Virtual PC 2007 SP1 wont boot after primary installation

Asked by: jwill80

I have recently installed CentOS 5.3 on a virtual machine using MS Virtual PC 2007 SP1. I used the text line mode installation and followed a tutorial in doing so. However unlike the tutorial when I went to reboot I received a  "Unrecoverable process error has occurred the virtual machine will now reset" message. I'm fairly new to the Linux world and not sure as to why this error is accruing considering I followed the installation demo exactly.  Can anyone steer me in the right direction as to why this problem might be occurring and what to do to fix?

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by: arnoldPosted on 2009-10-07 at 04:39:24ID: 25514233

Does the Linux VM have a  splash screen that details why it can not boot?
Are you performing a net install or do you have the ISO CD images from which you are installing?

 

by: arnoldPosted on 2009-10-07 at 04:57:05ID: 25514357

I.e. you have underallocated or overallocated memory to the virtual Machine?
The linux distro should be fine with a 256/512 MB of memory.

 

by: jwill80Posted on 2009-10-07 at 07:30:02ID: 25515882

The splash screen has no  detailed explanation other then the  "Unrecoverable process error has occurred the virtual machine will now reset" . This error occurs within the first 5-10 seconds when the VM boots. I performed the install from an ISO DVD image. As for RAM I allocated 512MB which should be sufficient.

I did however get this same image to installed and running with Virtual Box so at least I know the image ins't corrupt. I have been reading other forums and other have reported similar issues with the newer distros of Linux and VPC working together.  I'm thinking that I might try to install a older version and then try an upgrade to 5.3. That was one idea that I found searching online.

 

by: arnoldPosted on 2009-10-07 at 08:10:24ID: 25516350

Double check the resource configuration of the Virtual Machine within VPC.  You may have a resource i.e. ACPI/AHDI, etc. that causes a conflict during boot as you mentioned. I.e. access to a resource returns an invalid response etc.

 

by: kavlinsPosted on 2009-10-07 at 15:08:31ID: 25520604

as far as i know other OS aren't supported in VPC 2007.  In the latest version Windows virtual pc it may , but not fully supported. You can run it if you change it to 16 bit graphics.

 

by: jwill80Posted on 2009-10-21 at 18:56:47ID: 31637927

Many Linux distros aren't support in VPC perhaps windows doesn't  want to help out the competition at all.

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