2008-07-08, 04:44 AM
I think you should add a warning or something in there about Vista users. I use Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 and I tried to use VMware to run a copy of Ubuntu, and to my amazement it actually worked fine. The problem, though, is when I restarted. I got a BSoD during the loading of the operating system. After searching the Internet on a different computer I found that VMware messed with the USB drivers and loading the operating system with anything plugged into a USB port will result in a BSoD. I removed all my USB devices and Vista then loaded fine. An uninstallation of VMware fixed the problem.
Anyway, I don't know if it is a problem with all copies of Vista or if it's random, but the fact that others had the same problem proves that it is not just my computer.
Edit - Then again, I was doing all this about a month ago, so maybe the problem has been fixed.
Anyway, I don't know if it is a problem with all copies of Vista or if it's random, but the fact that others had the same problem proves that it is not just my computer.
Edit - Then again, I was doing all this about a month ago, so maybe the problem has been fixed.