> vpc2007?
> P.S. I assume the cd/dvd drive issue has been bugged?
> Colin,
> Thanks VERY much for that www.distrowatch.com link.
> NICE; all the iso's I can handle for nix stuff.
> This may be a noob question;but; are there vm additions for nix stuff in
> vpc2007?
>
> Jeff
> P.S. I assume the cd/dvd drive issue has been bugged?
>
>

> Colin,
> Thanks VERY much for that www.distrowatch.com link.
> NICE; all the iso's I can handle for nix stuff.
> This may be a noob question;but; are there vm additions for nix stuff in
> vpc2007?
>
> Jeff
> P.S. I assume the cd/dvd drive issue has been bugged?
>
>

> > This may be a noob question;but; are there vm additions for nix stuff in
> > vpc2007?
>
> Nothing supported under VPC2007, but the Linux ones for Virtual Server 2005
> work supposedly...
>
> > P.S. I assume the cd/dvd drive issue has been bugged?
>
> Yes.
>
> --
> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "Jeff" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > Colin,
> > Thanks VERY much for that www.distrowatch.com link.
> > NICE; all the iso's I can handle for nix stuff.
> > This may be a noob question;but; are there vm additions for nix stuff in
> > vpc2007?
> >
> > Jeff
> > P.S. I assume the cd/dvd drive issue has been bugged?
> >
> >
>
>
>

>
> Yep, know that, I also own the other guys software. <g>
>
> Unfortunately not, nothing has been organized like that. Part of the
> problem is that Virtual PC and Virtual Server's predominate usage has been
> in running Windows OS's, and there's licensing issues to deal with there, so
> you can't just do a Windows appliance easily. Now that Linux is supported
> under Virtual Server, that may change.
>
> --
> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>

> installation setups for what they call "appliances", so that you don't
> have
> to muck around with ISO's, burning CD's, etc
> I'm working with VPC2007 on a Vista RC1 machine (heah, who says you have
> to
> work with a net! ;^) ) and convenience (or laziness! if you will) is the
> watchword here. Is there a repository of equivalent "pre-packaged"
> installation files for VPC2004/2007 available anywhere?
> Robert,
>
> The "other guys" have a page and links with all sorts of pre-built
> installation setups for what they call "appliances", so that you don't
> have
> to muck around with ISO's, burning CD's, etc
>
> I'm working with VPC2007 on a Vista RC1 machine (heah, who says you have
> to
> work with a net! ;^) ) and convenience (or laziness! if you will) is the
> watchword here. Is there a repository of equivalent "pre-packaged"
> installation files for VPC2004/2007 available anywhere?
>
> I'm not looking for MS's seal of approval or promise of usability. Just a
> warehouse to be used at my own risk. Any such location??
>
> "Robert Comer" wrote:
>
>> > This may be a noob question;but; are there vm additions for nix stuff
>> > in
>> > vpc2007?
>>
>> Nothing supported under VPC2007, but the Linux ones for Virtual Server
>> 2005
>> work supposedly...
>>
>> > P.S. I assume the cd/dvd drive issue has been bugged?
>>
>> Yes.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "Jeff" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> > Colin,
>> > Thanks VERY much for that www.distrowatch.com link.
>> > NICE; all the iso's I can handle for nix stuff.
>> > This may be a noob question;but; are there vm additions for nix stuff
>> > in
>> > vpc2007?
>> >
>> > Jeff
>> > P.S. I assume the cd/dvd drive issue has been bugged?
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>>

> being
> officially supported with VPC, perhaps the equivalent "one stop shopping"
> page should be established?
> It sure makes the installation less daunting! (And, from YOUR POV, maybe
> it'd mean less RTFM/FAQ about the steps needed to install a "guest" OS if
> it
> were more download, point & click to install?? Hint-hint!! ;^) )
> Oh, BTW -- related question -- many of the distros have an option to run
> from CD -- would THOSE be easier to install, since I thought that one
> option
> for them is that if you liked the "installation" that was running off the
> CD,
> you could simply do a "real" install from the same media (or so I
> thought).
> Robert,
>
> Thanks for the quick response, even when it means that I'll have to do
> things the ol' fashioned way to set up a Linux distro under VPC2007 --
> SIGH!
>
> As you said, now that other OS's besides Windows VM under Windows are
> being
> officially supported with VPC, perhaps the equivalent "one stop shopping"
> page should be established?
>
> It sure makes the installation less daunting! (And, from YOUR POV, maybe
> it'd mean less RTFM/FAQ about the steps needed to install a "guest" OS if
> it
> were more download, point & click to install?? Hint-hint!! ;^) )
>
> Oh, BTW -- related question -- many of the distros have an option to run
> from CD -- would THOSE be easier to install, since I thought that one
> option
> for them is that if you liked the "installation" that was running off the
> CD,
> you could simply do a "real" install from the same media (or so I
> thought).
>
> "Robert Comer" wrote:
>
>>
>> Yep, know that, I also own the other guys software. <g>
>>
>
>> Unfortunately not, nothing has been organized like that. Part of the
>> problem is that Virtual PC and Virtual Server's predominate usage has
>> been
>> in running Windows OS's, and there's licensing issues to deal with there,
>> so
>> you can't just do a Windows appliance easily. Now that Linux is
>> supported
>> under Virtual Server, that may change.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
>

> "better_beta" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> As you said, now that other OS's besides Windows VM under Windows are
>> being
>> officially supported with VPC,
>
> That's not actually the case, nor even what Robert said. The list of
> currently (i.e. VPC2007 Beta) *supported* operating systems, straight out
> of the help file, is:
>
> Windows XP Professional
> Windows XP Home Edition
> Windows 2000 Professional
> Windows NT Workstation 4.0, Service Pack 6 or higher
> Windows Millennium Edition
> Windows 98
> Windows 95
> MS-DOS 6.22
> OS/2 Warp 4 OS/2 Fixpack 15, OS/2 Warp Convenience Pack 1, and OS/2 Warp
> Convenience Pack
>
> Of course, literally hundreds of other operating systems work on Virtual
> PC, just like they do on a real PC.
>
> Also, Microsoft has released VM Additions for various Linux distros for
> Virtual Server, not Virtual PC - however, it is well documented (but not
> officially!) that these also work with Virtual PC. I have a virtual
> machine running SuSE 10 and the Additions work perfectly, right down to
> the oddly-shaped mouse cursor...:-) However, the various flavours of Linux
> get updated much more often than the Windows operating systems due to
> their open-source architecture - this has meant that the very latest SuSE
> 10 kernel breaks the VM Additions completely, and I can't get them even to
> install on SuSE 10.1.
>

> "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
>
>> >nor even what Robert said.
>>
>> What did I say that was incorrect?
>
> Nothing - better_beta implied that you'd said that Linux was now supported
> on VPC, and I said that it wasn't, nor had you actually said it was...
>

> Thanks, I just wanted to make sure I'd get it right next time.
>
> --
> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
>
>
>
> "Mark Rae" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > "Robert Comer" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> > news:(email address - cut out)...
> >
> >> >nor even what Robert said.
> >>
> >> What did I say that was incorrect?
> >
> > Nothing - better_beta implied that you'd said that Linux was now supported
> > on VPC, and I said that it wasn't, nor had you actually said it was...
> >
>
>
>

> As you said, now that other OS's besides Windows VM under Windows are
> being
> officially supported with VPC,

> >nor even what Robert said.
>
> What did I say that was incorrect?

>Thanks to all who responded -- nice that everybody was trying to be helpful,
>as opposed to being nasty when the questioner obviously has less
>info/experience on a topic. Sorry if I wrongly implied ANY support from MS
>for anything but the list of OS's that was provided.
>

> Robert,
>
> Thanks for the quick response, even when it means that I'll have to do
> things the ol' fashioned way to set up a Linux distro under VPC2007 --
> SIGH!
>
> As you said, now that other OS's besides Windows VM under Windows are
> being
> officially supported with VPC, perhaps the equivalent "one stop shopping"
> page should be established?
>
> It sure makes the installation less daunting! (And, from YOUR POV, maybe
> it'd mean less RTFM/FAQ about the steps needed to install a "guest" OS if
> it
> were more download, point & click to install?? Hint-hint!! ;^) )
>
> Oh, BTW -- related question -- many of the distros have an option to run
> from CD -- would THOSE be easier to install, since I thought that one
> option
> for them is that if you liked the "installation" that was running off the
> CD,
> you could simply do a "real" install from the same media (or so I
> thought).
>
> "Robert Comer" wrote:
>
>>
>> Yep, know that, I also own the other guys software. <g>
>>
>
>> Unfortunately not, nothing has been organized like that. Part of the
>> problem is that Virtual PC and Virtual Server's predominate usage has
>> been
>> in running Windows OS's, and there's licensing issues to deal with there,
>> so
>> you can't just do a Windows appliance easily. Now that Linux is
>> supported
>> under Virtual Server, that may change.
>>
>> --
>> Bob Comer <Microsoft MVP Windows - Virtual Machine>
>

> I afraid you are under a misimpression. Linux distros are NOT supported
> under VPC. There are some specific ones supported under Virtual Server 2005
> R2. Keep in mind that "supported" means supported by Microsoft Product
> Support Services, not whether or not they work.

> Colin,
>
> I already apologized for my glib use of the word "supported" concerning
> other OS's being "guests" in VPC2007, "hosted" under Vista OS (or any
> other
> MS OS)
>
> I did not mean to imply that MS in any way sanctions or warranties or in
> any
> way supports such setups.
>
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> I afraid you are under a misimpression. Linux distros are NOT supported
>> under VPC. There are some specific ones supported under Virtual Server
>> 2005
>> R2. Keep in mind that "supported" means supported by Microsoft Product
>> Support Services, not whether or not they work.
>