Virtual PC + Fedora Core 4 = bad.

[stealthboy]

I successfully installed Fedora Core 4 on Virtual PC 7 for Mac OS X. However, after the install and I try to boot FC4 up for the first time, after the "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel" I get an error "An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered. The PC will restart now".

I've tried googling around, but nobody seems to have a solution. What can be done about this?

[pparks1]

I know that this doesn't help you at all, but FC4 does seem to be working ok in the PC version of Microsoft Virtual PC 2004.

Just wanted to put that out in case anybody assumes that FC4 doesn't work anywhere in Virtual PC 2004.

[th1nkd1ff3r3nt]

(This worked for FC5 on VP7 on mac os 10.3.9) IF that error was a:

Uknown Error or Fault at EIP 00000060 c010021d 00000000

which loops continuosly on the screen then VPC pauses the machine and displays this message.

An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered. The PC will restart now

I eventually found a way to solve it thanks to Brian Jepson’s Weblog at http://jepstone.net/blog/?p=520

After installing the OS in text mode 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:

(sh-3.1# is the prompt)
sh-3.1# cd /tmp
sh-3.1# mknod hdc b 22 0
sh-3.1# mkdir /mnt/cdrom
sh-3.1# mount /tmp/hdc /mnt/cdrom

Copy the i586 kernel over to root’s home directory on the new system:
sh-3.1# cp /mnt/cdrom/Fedora/RPMS/kernel-*i586* /mnt/sysimage/root

Unmount and eject the install media and chroot into the new system:
sh-3.1# umount /mnt/cdrom/
sh-3.1# eject /tmp/hdc
sh-3.1# chroot /mnt/sysimage/

Install the kernel and exit the chroot:
sh-3.1# cd root/
sh-3.1# rpm --force -Uvh kernel-*i586.rpm

(Once prompt returns)
sh-3.1# exit

Use Alt-F1 (or Alt-F7 if you were in X11) to return to the installer, and reboot as prompted.

After restart login:
localhost login: root
password: (keyed in during installation)

then:
# startx


Each time you restart you have to login within the "shell" (or whatever it text based interface is called) and then type startx and the gui will load.

It runs painfully slow on the PB12 1GHz 1.25MB (fedora set to 512MB ram) OS10.3.9, but I'm only just messing. I might try and download the PPC version of it.