Fedora Core 5 on Virtual PC 7 for Macintosh
I posted an entry a while back about getting this to work under an earlier beta of Fedora Core 5. I think these instructions are much more straightforward. You’ll need to go through the installation. I suggest using text mode if you can (I specified “text expert” when I was installing).
When installation is finished, and you are prompted to reboot, use Alt-F2 to switch to a virtual console (Ctrl-Alt-F2 if you are in X11). Then, mount the install media:
# cd /tmp # mknod hdc b 22 0 # mkdir /mnt/cdrom # mount /tmp/hdc /mnt/cdrom
Copy the i586 kernel over to root’s home directory on the new system:
# cp /mnt/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS/kernel-*i586* /mnt/sysimage/root
Unmount and eject the install media and chroot into the new system:
# umount /mnt/cdrom/ # eject /tmp/hdc # chroot /mnt/sysimage/
Install the kernel and exit the chroot:
chroot# cd root/ chroot# rpm --force -Uvh kernel-*i586.rpm chroot# exit
Use Alt-F1 (or Alt-F7 if you were in X11) to return to the installer, and
reboot as prompted.
June 6th, 2006 at 3:30 pm
have you ran into problems with X not loading after following those instructions?
July 27th, 2006 at 11:06 am
Brian…this is the only legit fix for running fedora (any 2.6) on VPC 7.0.2..Thank you!!!
August 4th, 2006 at 10:57 pm
Perfect instructions! I was beating my head against this thing for a few hours before I finally gave up and went searaching for an answer, so THANKS!!! for providing one.
You might want to simply add that to get gnome up and running after the text-based install, (assuming they did the default and installed it of course) they should edit /etc/inittab
type vi /etc/inittab
once the file is open press ‘i’ (insert mode)
change the line:
id:3:initdefault:
to this:
id:5:initdefault:
hit esc
press “:”
type wq
this will exit vi, and then type
telinit 5
At this point, you’re all set.
I only mention this because lots of folks out there are becoming less and less comfortable at the terminal, but we still want to help em use Linux!
August 7th, 2006 at 8:45 am
I did this after completing an installation by rebooting off of disc 1 and then doing the update process, which quickly zaps through, then hitting alt-f2 at the end and following your instructions, cheers!
October 2nd, 2006 at 7:02 am
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