can't find disk driver on Virtual Machine install on latest MacBook
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can't find disk driver on Virtual Machine install on latest MacBook
I have a new MacBook with the latest OS X 10.4.9 and I am trying to install Fedora 7 using Parallels Desktops. As far as I know, i gave it enough memory and stuff when creating the Virtual Machine, but, after i click on my install option, and go through the keyboard layout and language thing, it asks me to select a driver for the drive the install media is on it is a Matshita DVD-R UJ-857E, a.k.a. SuperDrive. and it's not listed on the available drivers. Most of what's listed is RAID controllers and stuff. i seriously have no idea how to fix this, it's the first time i've ever had any problems installing Linux. i am almost positive i have the right achitecture, i got the i386 install dvd and i saw somewhere that my MacBook is i386, but the achitecture wouldn't affect the driver like that would it? unless it couldn't find the driver cuz it was on an i386 but my system is x86_64? Thanx in advance
Last edited by WindowsHater001; 06-03-2007 at 01:24 AM.
I found this via Google. Hopefully it will help you out.
Quote:
So I downloaded the new Fedora 7 DVD iso last night. (Thanks for hosting it Duke!) Then I used Parallels on my MacBook Pro to make a Virtual Machine. (documentation here)
At first the classic Linux install screen asked me to manually choose a CD-Rom driver. It appears the installer didn’t recognize the virtual cd-rom/iso. After a bit of searching on the web I found that this may be some bug in the new Linux Kernel that is in the new Fedora and Ubuntu. One recommended fix was to fool Parallels by telling it this was a Solaris install. The uber geeks on the thread say this causes Parallels to use a proper driver. After the successfull install I changed it back to Linux and Fedora. Parallels didn’t seem to mind.
Another recommendation was to use only 512mb of RAM. Some folks have experienced crashes with more than that. Seems counter intuitive, but it does prevent kernel panics.
The install went smooth but while it was booting for the first time I got a big black screen with a X cursor. Seems the graphics server was crashing and rebooting. Hmmm.
More google searching led me to new xorg.conf settings. I found these in a Parallels forum for Fedora 7. Thank you unfletch!
Here is the xorg.conf settings I used that worked:
So how did I get to a command prompt to create a new xorg.conf file?
Another great google search brought me to a fedora faq page. What I needed to do was boot into single user mode so I had a command line interface not a graphic one. Text only mode is Runlevel 3.
So when you start your Fedora virtual machine it shows you the screen of which kernel to use. Instead of hitting enter type the e key. This allows you to edit your grub command.
# While You Are Booting the Computer:
1. When you first start your computer, the GRUB screen (where you choose your Operating System) appears. Select the Fedora that you want to boot into, but press the a key instead of pressing Enter.
2. You will see a line somewhat like the following:
You will then boot into the new runlevel this time only.
After I logged in as root I did this:
cd /etc/X11
cp xorg.conf xorg.conf.bkup
That made a back up of my old xorg.conf file. Then I did this:
rm xorg.conf
Be careful with the rm command. It deletes stuff forever!
The I used the text editor vi to add the new xorg.conf settings. Unfortunately I couldn’t cut and paste them into a new file. So I typed in the new parts by hand.
Once I saved the new xorg.conf file I shut down the virtual machine. I did this via the command line so the new xorg.conf file would be saved and available for the next boot.
shutdown -h now
Once its shutdown I hit the red stop button on Parallels to tell it to really stop the vm. Then I immediately hit the green start button. Success! A brand new install of Fedora 7 that runs quite fast. Amazing!
(let me know in the comments if I left anything real important out)
Man I LOVE being able to run just about any OS under the sun on my Intel Mac laptop!
Thank You SOOOOOOO much!!!!!! i actually searched on google after i posted this topic, and apparently i didn't use the right keywords or something cuz my topic was the only hit. This should solve everything. THANK YOU SOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm a total
EDIT
actually, this didn't fix the X thing, mine still crashes. But however, you did still solve my original problem, so still Kudos. If you know of anything else to help out with the X problem, i would be much obliged. i can currently only use it in runlevel 3 (text only) so it took me a while to start with vi too. anyway, what it said was that there was an error with line 4 the "CoreKeyboard" part. I would assume it didn't know what the xorg.conf file was talking about. and it said something about not being able to find a display also, i think part of that is that i have a MacBook and he was using a MacBook Pro, different displays and screen sizes and such. thanX (lol) for the help. A LOT!
Last edited by WindowsHater001; 06-07-2007 at 02:30 AM.
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