Dear Members
I was hoping that someone might be able to assist me in
completing the installion of Ubuntu Desktop 12.04 LTS on a virtual machine/ drive.
After six failed attempts -- five on Ubuntu & one on Fedora --
I feel somewhat deflated?!
I followed the instructions of a gentleman in a YouTube video (see
below).
The installation process runs fine up to the end where a restart is requested.
I have tried the process with the 32 bit & 64 bit .iso images
with the same effect --
An error message appears "Oracle VM VirtualBox Manager has stopped working"
[the message further suggest that Windows will close and supply a
reason for the aborted installation.
No reason for the aborted process appears though?!]
I followed similar installation steps for Fedora Desktop 17
-- as a comparative test --
The same error message appears.
Would the hybrid hard drive create any problems in this regard?
I would greatly appreciate some suggestions.
With thanks,
BAvidReader
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Response received from Seagate EMEA Global Technical Support, 19 October 2012 -
Dear BAvidReader,
Thank you for contacting Seagate Technical Support.
Unfortunately Linux is not a supported operating system.
Only Windows and Mac OSX are supported.
For more information or all other questions you can contact again Seagate technical support.
Best regards,
James
EMEA
Global Technical Support / Oklahoma City
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COMPUTER DETAILS
Notebook: Toshiba Satellite L500-1UU (July 2010)
Processor: Intel Core 3i M330 @ 2.66GHz
System Type: 64 bit
Installed Memory: 8GB (2048MB allocated to newly created virtual drive)
Hard Drive: Seagate Momentus 500MB Solid State Hard Drive (hybrid drive) (November 2011)
Hard Drive Partitioning: C:/ 150GB D:/ 350GB (30GB allocated to newly created virtual drive; dynamic)
Operating Sytem: Windows 7 Home Premium (up to date)
ADDITIONAL CHECKS COMPLETED BEFORE/ DURING OR AFTER FAILED INSTALLATION PROCESS
Libray/ Folder sharing: Enabled
Disk Drive Error Checks - No problems
Firewalls - Enabled & distabled
Antivirus (AVG & Avast) - Enabled & disabled
Oracle VM Virtual Box: Installation/ Reinstallation, installation file redownloaded
Ubuntu Desktop 12: Installation (aborted by VB), .iso image redownloaded
Fedora Desktop 17: Installation (aborted by VB), .iso image redownloaded
RESOURCES
babarehner. 2012. Install Ubuntu 12.4 LTS into Virtual Box. YouTube
(http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hK-oggHEetc); Last accessed 15 October 2012
Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso
(http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora); Last accessed 16 October 2012
ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso
ubuntu-12.04.1-desktop-i386.iso
(http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop); Last accessed 15 October 2012
VirtualBox-4.2.0-80737-Win.exe
virtualbox-4.2_4.2.0-80737~Ubuntu~precise_amd64.deb
(http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/se...ndex.html#vbox); Last accessed 15 October 2012
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