Spring RTS Engine

Objective:

Install Ubuntu 6.06 in a VM, copy it to my XP drive then use my copy of Ubuntu 5.10 to copy it onto my laptops hardrive through a USB caddy (damned blank cd's cant find any).

Result:

sorry alantai someone had to do it

You could have at least done an image negative on the text

Min3Mat's paint skillz are unL337.

ph34r m4h PS!

lol min3mat got pwnd

Why the fk did you wnat to do it in the first place?

no balnk cd's and an iso image, so i mounted it into a vm

i did the same thing once

Ubuntu dosent work on virutal pc

aaarrghh, now people tell me.

Doh!

It's "Microsoft Virtual PC". Would you expect it to work? Try VMWare instead, it is the "de facto" virtualization software. Not only that, they are the pioneers of virtualization which started just a few years ago (i still remember it beeing on sourcefourge and receiveing awards of project of the month).

Hmm... using Opera, +1. Listening to Pink, -1.

ms virutal pc has alwaze worked better for me

Opera ftw!

And I'd just gotten that, I'm a suckr for new music sticking in my head.

I'm not sure it is a good idea to install ubuntu to a VM and then to copy it to a real pc

but couldn't you install the 5.10 one and then upgrade via the internet ?

Icebird wrote:I'm not sure it is a good idea to install ubuntu to a VM and then to copy it to a real pc

but couldn't you install the 5.10 one and then upgrade via the internet ?

you are correct!

Ubuntu 5.1+ am1772 chipset wifi PCI card == no installed drivers.

AF searches logn and ahrd and finds a driver, and downloads a driver for ubuntu from net on his XP then reboots to ubuntu 5.1.

AF starts following instructions.

At stage 2 of the compile process it gives errors about missing files.

Af realizes he must go get linux headers and stuff in the package manager.

Package manager needs to connect to the internet

AF is back to square 1

go find an ethernet cable

AF has tried this

AF looks at his computer

AF looks at his stepdads comptuer downstairs

AF sees he needs an ethernet cable around the length of 20-30 metres

AF onyl has 5-10 metres of cabling

AF sees hsi 5-10 metres of cablign is infact made from 4-5 seperate cables

AF thinks about moving his computer

AF realizes such an action would probably end up with his computer in the bin with very angry parents

AF thinks about getting a long enough wire

AF thinks of angry parents complaining about wires hanging around the stairs.

You can download the packages alone.
sudo apt-get -d install package1 package2...
They will be located in /var/cache/apt/archives
Get them onto the Ubuntu machine (usb stick, floppy, cd, whatever) and they should be installable with ease.

I dont have a machine connected to the net with a linux distribution.

I downlaoded vmplayer but it seems to not do what i need it todo...