Installing Fedora

Horlock

Hi I'm trying to install fedora, on a sun xVM virtualbox, running in windows vista ultimate 64bit.

I downloaded the version 10 x86_64 dvd but when I try to install it I get the message that my processor is i686.

The processor I'm using is a dual core pentium 4 E2180 2ghz.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? What disk I need to download instead?

I was guessing that I wanted the one with 64 in the name, as mine is 64bit and so is my windows - but I seem to be wrong.

Pointers greatfully received.

gaming_guy

you need the x64 version of virtualbox (amd64 from here). i found this out while trying to install the 64bit xp


also, i had issues installing the 32bit live cd version (running VB 2.0.4 on 32bit xp pro sp3) on VB where it said boot failure after you reboot after finishing the installation. i found that turning off the vm and setting the OS setting to opensuse allowed it to boot sucessfully then when i had finished using the VM i changed it back to fedora and it seems to be ok

Conor_3

Horlock wrote: »

Hi I'm trying to install fedora, on a sun xVM virtualbox, running in windows vista ultimate 64bit.

I downloaded the version 10 x86_64 dvd but when I try to install it I get the message that my processor is i686.

The processor I'm using is a dual core pentium 4 E2180 2ghz.

Any ideas what I'm doing wrong? What disk I need to download instead?

I was guessing that I wanted the one with 64 in the name, as mine is 64bit and so is my windows - but I seem to be wrong.

Pointers greatfully received.

Your computer is 64 bit, Vista is 64bit but Virtualbox is emulating a 32bit CPU for the virtual PC.

Downloads the 32bit version of Fedora. Virtualbox x64 isn't as good as the 32 bit version and 64bit Linux has fewer packages.

Horlock

Thanks very much people - although the solutions sound contradictary. I'll reply to both. And anyone else please feel free to contribute.

Gaming_guy wrote:

you need the x64 version of virtualbox (amd64 from here). i found this out while trying to install the 64bit xp

also, i had issues installing the 32bit live cd version (running VB 2.0.4 on 32bit xp pro sp3) on VB where it said boot failure after you reboot after finishing the installation. i found that turning off the vm and setting the OS setting to opensuse allowed it to boot sucessfully then when i had finished using the VM i changed it back to fedora and it seems to be ok

First - I believe that I do have the correct version of virtualbox. I had the wrong version - which wouldn't let me install. Then installed the one which it would allow me to after a download. Finally when I managed to download Fedora - which took an age! I ran virtualbox - only to be informed that there was an update - which I downloaded yesturday before my problems. The update file was VirtualBox-2.0.6-39760-Win_amd64 which I assume was the correct one.

So I don't think the problem is with virtualbox. Do you think the problem is that although I have 64 bit Virtualbox running on a 64 bit OS on a 64 bit processor - Virtual box is emulating a 32bit CPU as Conor suggests?
In your opinion should I use 32bit Fedora then or try to change the way Virtualbox is working?

Conor wrote: »

Your computer is 64 bit, Vista is 64bit but Virtualbox is emulating a 32bit CPU for the virtual PC.

Downloads the 32bit version of Fedora. Virtualbox x64 isn't as good as the 32 bit version and 64bit Linux has fewer packages.

OK sounds simple, but there are two more packages available

Fedora 10 ppc DVD
Fedora 10 i386 DVD

which one do I want

The last DVD took 5 days to download, I don't want another 5 days wait to find that I've downloaded another dud.

Conor_3

You want the i386 version. PPC is for the PowerPC CPU and there's not very much outside of older Apples that use that CPU.

Just download the Live CD. It's 1/5th the size of the DVD and gives a basic install you can build from.

The only reason to get the x64 version is to run more than 3GB of RAM but I doubt you'd be doing that with a virtual PC anyway.

fwor

Horlock wrote: »

The last DVD took 5 days to download, I don't want another 5 days wait to find that I've downloaded another dud.

Have you tried downloading via a torrent? Even if your ISP uses traffic shaping, this is usually turned off after midnight. The last distro I downloaded a few nights ago completed in less than an hour, so def worth considering.

And before anyone starts bleating about file sharing, what I'm talking about here is legal - and efficient - software distribution.

gaming_guy

fwor wrote: »

Have you tried downloading via a torrent? Even if your ISP uses traffic shaping, this is usually turned off after midnight. The last distro I downloaded a few nights ago completed in less than an hour, so def worth considering.

And before anyone starts bleating about file sharing, what I'm talking about here is legal - and efficient - software distribution.

it took me a good few days to download (the live cd) from a torrent, but i do have rather slow internet

the version i use is this (needs a bittorrent program such as utorrent to start the d/l) or if you dont want to use a torrent : http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/10/Live/i686/F10-i686-Live.iso

fermi

I downloaded the new openSUSE DVD earlier today, but then I have a fast connection.

If you are limited for speed and bandwidth, then the suggestion of downloading a 'live' installable CD image is probably your best bet.

You can test run and install that on VirtualBox to see whether you are happy. If you are then you can D/L the full DVD, or set up any online software repositories to install any software from the distro that you need that isn't on the 'live' CD.