This series of three videos shows how to install Ubuntu Linux Server in vmware Server, a free application for Windows (XP or Vista) that will allow you to run a full Linux operating system in a window on your desktop. These techniques are demonstrated on Windows but also generally apply to the vmware Fusion for the Mac. Why do it? To experiment, to learn, and for instructional purposes. The video is divided into three sections due to length limitations; view all for the complete instructions. Ubuntu Linux Server version 8.04 is a free download at www.ubuntu.com Total running time is about 27 minutes. To install Ubuntu Desktop, see the companion series Install Ubuntu Desktop in vmware Server.
If you are using virtual box, you must check the box to enable PAE for server products. This is only available in current versions of virtualbox. See my videos on installing server using virtualbox.
im using virtualbox. i think its the virtualbox BIOS
thats what i read. ill get vmware.
I would retry creating a new vm. Otherwise. google “kernal panic – not syncing” for some guidance. I haven’t seen this on a vmware virtual machine.
i dont know if you know what this means but when i boot up ( bear in mind i did the processor fix ) i get this error message
[ 13.550231 ] Kernal panic – not syncing: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on unknown-block(0,0)
do you know what that means and if so how can i fix it?
Depends on how you installed it. Best not to install it in the first place on a server product. It might be easier just to create a new VM. You can either use aptitude to uninstall the components you added, or you can try
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm stop
how do you disable the gui?
In practice,you would not instal a desktop environment on a server product. Just install a desktop OS to begin with.
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
Good explanations, gr8 job. thank you so much
Install a web-based graphical management tool such as webmin and then manage it from the browser of your host system, or see other comments below, this has been answered before.
how can I use unbuntu server whit a GUI? I want to use the server but use grapical menus for configuration
Same type of system, but this is based on UNIX, not MS-DOS.
No, you would need to install whatever applications you wanted and then configure them to work together.
If you want a desktop client machine, install desktop.
If you want a server, install server and select the core server applications you need.
These are different installations for different purposes.
I am not recommending installing the desktop in server. There’s really no point to it. And you don’t need server components to run a desktop environment.
So you would type sudo aptitude install ubuntu-server in the terminal in desktop version to get the server apps, right?
At the prompt, enter sudo aptitude install ubuntu-desktop and be prepared for a long install, because it downloads the rest of ubuntu desktop including all the apps. But if you want a full interface, why not just install the desktop version in the first place? See the companion video Install Ubuntu Desktop in VMWare Server. Otherwise, install webmin or phpmyadmin in server and then manage server functions from the browser of your host system. I’ll have a video of that out in a few weeks.
Is there A way to get an interface?
This is server, so yes, you are seeing a command line shell. In most cases, you’d run a server headless, that is, you wouldn’t even plug in a monitor or keyboard. After logging in, enter the command ifconfig and note the ip address. Then plug the IP address into the browser of your host system. You should see the “It Works” web page. As in, the server is a web server among other things.
DOS?! That’s what it looks like, DOS.