Windows 10: Hyper-V/Ubuntu 10.04 Installation/Error

I recently purchased a Dell XPS 15, 9550, 6700HQ, W10P, 16Gig, non-touch, refurb computer. I re-partitioned the SSD drive, creating among other things drive 'R' of about 97 Gig. R was not reformatted - it is NTFS.

Using another computer, I downloaded Ubuntu 10.04.LTS ISO to a thumb drive. I did not perform the verification steps on the downloaded file.

I then installed/enabled Hyper-V in 'R' according to tenforums.com/tutorials/2087-hyper-v.... That appeared to go properly. I then installed Ubuntu, and that too appeared to go properly. So, I now have the following:

R contains:





in which the folders JOB and WindowsApps are empty. Virtual Machine -Ubuntu 10.04 contains the folders Virtual Hard Disks and Virtual Machines. Virtual hard Disks contains one file UBUNTU 10.04 VIRTUAL MACHINE Virtual Hard disk. Virtual Machines contains one folder and 2 files with system assigned names all beginning 4CA86814-BAD8-437D-A7c7-OE40A999...

My hyper-V Manager screen shows:





Then, in the Hyper-V Manager screen - on the right side under UBUNTU 10.04 VIRTUAL MACHINE I clicked 'connect...' which produced the unexpected (by me - you experts probably already know where I've gone wrong). Hmm, that's interesting - I'm unable to copy the window/screen to the clipboard and display it here. The screen is headed Hyper-V - subtitled: Virtual Machine Boot Summary. It says:

1. SCSI DVD (0,1) The image's hash and certificates are not allowed (DB).
2. Network Adaptor (00155D909800) DHCP failed.
3. SCSI Disk (0,0) No UEFI-compatible file system was found.

No operating system was loaded. Press a key to retry sequence...
Note: Configuration changes may require the virtual machine to be reset.

So, I ask and bless you priests of virtual realms to set me on the enlightened path to the door of entry.

:)

 

Can I dual boot Windows 10 and Ubuntu on the same drive without partitioning

That sounds like a much better option, or you can also use cygwin or something.

Ubuntu in a VM such as
Hyper-V is also an option if you need the actual OS.

 

Is it possible to install Linux in a Windows virtual Machine?

Absolutely possible (in fact easy) to Install most Linux distro's in Hyper-v. I have Ubuntu and OPEsuse running on this PC. BTW Hyper-v and most linux distro's are free.

 

You have created a 2nd generation vm, emulating a UEFI based system. Extract from the tutorial:

Ubuntu needs and only runs on a 1st generation vm (legacy BIOS). Generation 1 is also the default when creating a new vm, in other words you have deliberately changed the vm generation to wrong one causing this issue.

 

Kari,

Thanks. I reinstalled it as you indicated - had to play with memory size allocations to get it started. Ubuntu is now running in my virtual machine. I'm a happy *Biggrin guy - probably gonna be a lot of confusion *Confused down my W10P/Virtual/Linux/Ubuntu road from being a casual XP user - gonna learn some CAD skills too.

Thanks again
Jim