Error when booting Ubuntu in Virtual PC the first time

In the last post, we went through the Installation of Ubuntu 8.04 on Microsoft Virtual PC 2007, and after a few kinks we were able to install Ubuntu successfully. But after booting Ubuntu the first time I got the dreaded error:

An unrecoverable processor error has been encountered.   The virtual machine will reset now.

We had the same error when booting from the ISO image, and we had to modify the boot option on the boot process. Now that we are booting from the local installation (not the ISO image) we need to do the same thing to the boot option.

Read about how we installed Ubuntu 8.04 on Microsoft Virtual PC here Installing Ubuntu 8.04 On Microsoft Virtual PC 2007.

Here is what we need to do to fix the booting problem.

When booting Ubuntu, press the Esc key when the GRUB loading is displayed. You should get 3 boot options menu:

Make sure, Ubuntu 8.04.1, Kernel 2.6.24-19-generic is selected, and press the letter E on your keyboard. You should get to the following window, with 3 options again:

Press the letter E again on your keyboard. on next window, delete the last piece of code that says “quiet splash ““ ““” and replace it with “noreplace-paravirt”

Press enter, you should get back to the previous window. Press B on your keyboard, Ubuntu should load fine now.

Now, we need to make this change permanently. After you logon to your Ubuntu GUI go to Applications then Accessories and open Terminal

Type the following command on terminal “sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst“ enter you password when asked. When you get to the menu, scroll to the very bottom and look for the following code line:

Go to the end of the line code and change the last piece of code, from “quiet splash ““ ““” to “noreplace-paravirt” press CTRL + O to write, press ENTER to accept it, and press CTRL + X to exit out.

Now Ubuntu should load fine when you restart the virtual machine. There are other issues with Ubuntu on the virtual machine too, like Audio not working and the screen resolution is very crappy. I will address this issues very soon.