Comments on: Red Hat 5/CentOS 5.1 and Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

By: TJ

TJ — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 13:56:59 +0000

Thanks for gathering all this info … I’ve got to install RHEL5 on an MS VS 2005 and was doing some research on how. Jackpot!

By: Virtual PC 7 VMAdditions for Linux | keyongtech

Virtual PC 7 VMAdditions for Linux | keyongtech — Sun, 18 Jan 2009 16:27:21 +0000

[...] file of the same >CentOS5.2. > >Thanks >Steve > take a look at the comments here: http://www.to-tech.com/blog/2008/01/…r-2005-r2-sp1/ they had a similar mouse problem (and fix) — Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP [...]

By: HJ

HJ — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 06:23:48 +0000

I am also having the same problem as NZCOMPUTING. I had to install RHEL5 using text mode. Now when I try to boot in to the OS for the first time in the VM the OS keep rebooting in a loop.

By: NZCOMPUTING

NZCOMPUTING — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 23:43:25 +0000

Can anyone please inform how to run RED HAT ENTERPRISE LINUX 5 from Microsoft Virtual Virtual PC 2007 ??
How to change the kernel and graphics issue.
There exist error message ” an “An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered. The virtual machine will reset now.”

By: jaytho

jaytho — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:13:28 +0000

As this is the best and most concise complete collective I’ve discovered so far-

The nugget that got my X server going is running as root:

setsebool -P allow_execstack=1
setsebool -P allow_execmod=1

I was getting permission denied errors loading mouse_drv.so on a Redhat 5.2 server installation

By: CentOS and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 « Ido’s Blog

CentOS and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 « Ido’s Blog — Wed, 21 May 2008 20:36:37 +0000

[...] to make things like clock synchronization and the mouse work. Thanks to Todd Ogasawara’s Tech Blog for pointing me in the right direction on the kernel parameters. 3. I did, however, discover that [...]

By: Ricardo

Ricardo — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 19:48:35 +0000

I’m trying to install OpenSUSE 10.2.
The Installation stops with error: “could not find OpenSUSE repository”.
I allready try install from ISO file and from CD.
It looks like after first installation steps run out, they dindn’t find the instalation source anymore.

Any Advice ?

By: Ido Dubrawsky

Ido Dubrawsky — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 17:13:14 +0000

I’ve gotten my new VM built. I did add the VMAdditions and followed the README as you mentioned. Missed that one…would have made my life a whole lot easier. As for the time sync issues — yes, even with vmadd-timesyncd I have some drift (on the order of a few seconds every couple of hours). I’m posting my experience with this here: http://www.dubrawsky.org/wordpress/?cat=3

By: Ido’s Blog » Blog Archive » CentOS and Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1

Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:49:24 +0000

[...] 1. Install using the ‘text’ option — if you try and use the graphics option then it’ll crash. Not a big deal 2. Once installed you need to add a variety of options to the grub boot line to make things like clock synchronization and the mouse work. Thanks to Todd Ogasawara’s Tech Blog for pointing me in the right direction on the kernel parameters. 3. I did, however, discover that the mouse still wouldn’t work without the proper X11 config (go figure). So, I did some digging around and this is what I found: [...]

By: Ido Dubrawsky

Ido Dubrawsky — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:18:45 +0000

I had to rebuild the image so I’m in the process of adding the Virtual Machine Additions. The first time I used the generic Virtual Machine Additions. This time I’m building the image with the RedHat specific images. I’ll post a comment on my progress.