From: "Steve Crutchfield" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2433853 for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:53:22 -0400 Received: from secmgr-va.randr ([192.168.200.201] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1OGeeG-00021w-HD for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:53:21 -0400 Received: from wan-r03.ers.usda.gov ([151.121.68.3]:2114) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGee9-0007bR-1S for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:53:13 -0400 Received: from (unknown [151.121.68.3]) by DA32USDCDC1_AVS01.usda.gov with smtp id 47b3_5e121354_6776_11df_9704_001143d36630; Mon, 24 May 2010 21:53:13 +0100 Received: from wan-r03.ers.usda.gov (localhost.ers.usda.gov) by wan-r03.ers.usda.gov (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.00001F54@wan-r03.ers.usda.gov>; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:53:12 -0400 Received: from email.ers.usda.gov ([151.121.68.18]) by wan-r03.ers.usda.gov with InterScan Message Security Suite; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:53:11 -0400 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (151.121.64.94:1730) by email.ers.usda.gov (LSMTP for Windows NT v1.1b) with SMTP id <0.00D6CAE1@email.ers.usda.gov>; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:53:11 -0400 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020202.4BFAE739.01A0,ss=1,fgs=0 Message-ID: <4BFAE738.3090306@earthlink.net> Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 16:53:12 -0400 User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.24 (Windows/20100228) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Virtualized eCS Users Mailing List Subject: Re: [Virtualized eCS] Cannot load reg-key - eCS2.0rc7, VirtualBox3.2, wind7 on ThinkpadT510 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit My experience with virtual environments is primarily with Mac computers. I've found that to run eCS in a virtual environment you must have an Intel Core 2 duo processor. If you don't, eCS won't work in a VM. Bruce Rossi wrote: > On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:55 -0400, "Steve Crutchfield" > wrote: > >> I tried (briefly) yesterday to install the 2.0 GA in Virtual Box. The >> installation failed during Step 1. It may have been related to the >> following problem: I've noticed that if I detach the mouse from the >> virtual machine during installation, things can go seriously awry and >> the installation crashes. I'll try tonight leaving the mouse attached >> to the VM and see what happens. >> > > That's no good. From the Quick Installation Guide for eCS 2.0 GA that > Mike O'Conner sent me, it seemed as if it was optimised for VirtualBox. > Oh well, just need to wait for the experts to have a go & plot a path. > > >> For what it's worth, ECS 2.0 GA installed in a VM with VMWare Fusion 3 >> on a iMac running Snow Leopard. However, the I had to go into the >> opening menus and select the installation option of modern hardware >> with ACPI instead of the default option of install in a virtual machine. >> If I installed using "virtual machine," the installation program would >> hang while loading the driver pcibus.snp. >> > > Good news. At least one virtual environment works. > > I'll try to convince my "flash dude" of a son to sully his MacBook Pro > by installing eCS onto it. Unlikely though. > > >> Bruce Rossi wrote: >> >>> "Up late, waiting for a woman that may never come" & she hasn't >>> > She didn't arrive so I'm off to bed. It's 6:30AM here. > > Cheers >