Kernel error : Ubuntu guest on Windows XP host

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vin33
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Kernel error : Ubuntu guest on Windows XP host

Post by vin33 »

Hello,
i have installed Ubuntu server under a Windows XP host and when i launch the VM, i have the following error message :

"This kernel requires the following features not present on the cpu: 0:6
Unable to root - please use a kernel appropriate for your cpu."

I cant't chek the box PAE on the VM settings so how can i do ?
It's urgent.

Thank's in advance.
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Re: Kernel error : Ubuntu guest on Windows XP host

Post by Sasquatch »

If you can't enable PAE in the VM settings, boot the VM with the install disc/ISO and recover a broken system. From there follow the questions until you can execute a shell. From there you can install the virtual kernel and remove the server kernel.
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vin33
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Re: Kernel error : Ubuntu guest on Windows XP host

Post by vin33 »

Can you give me in more details which commands i must entered for installation of kernel, once after i have choosen hte option 'execute a shell'?

Thank's in advance
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Re: Kernel error : Ubuntu guest on Windows XP host

Post by Sasquatch »

You first state it's urgent, then you take almost two hours to reply. In that time, you could have also checked an Ubuntu book to get familiar with Linux and it's command line. Here is a nice site that has lots of information for Ubuntu, and this page specifically for the command line package manager apt-get: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AptGe ... ptGetHowto

I kindly suggest that you get a book and get yourself familiar with the whole Linux thing.
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VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

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