Linux on Hyper-V

re: Linux on Hyper-V

amanzi — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 08:28:36 GMT

Good post - I haven't come across a distro which doesn't work well on Hyper-V yet.

Linux on Hyper-V

Hyper-v — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:00:48 GMT

How hard is it to get various Linux distributions up and running in Hyper-V? The official list of supported

Linux on Hyper-V

theangryangel.co.uk — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:09:37 GMT

Unless you've been living in a hole for the past few days, or you're seriously anti-Windows or simply not into your virtualisation at all, you're probably aware that Hyper-V, the replacement for Virtual Server 2005, has gone "gold" (RTM). There's all

The Windows Server Virtualization Validation Programme

James O'Neill's blog — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 01:53:08 GMT

I've mentioned this program a couple of times, and now on the Windows Server Catalog site we have a page

Linux on Hyper-V

HyperVoria — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 01:28:30 GMT

How hard is it to get various Linux distributions up and running in Hyper-V? The official list of supported

Linux sur Hyper-V

pascals.blog — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 02:00:04 GMT

C'est, semble-t-il, un sujet qui vous intéresse. J'ai déjà commis quelques articles ici

re: Linux on Hyper-V

mmdonnelly — Sun, 20 Jul 2008 05:42:56 GMT

Was there any trick to getting the mouse to work in ubuntu? I can't get it going with my VM.

Useful Hyper-V links

Mark's Windows Server Blog — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 11:43:15 GMT

In the week or so since Hyper-V RTMed there has been a huge amount of coverage on various websites. Here's

re: Linux on Hyper-V

heffm — Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:45:37 GMT

Have you or anyone been able to get integration services working on Linux, I have installed Fedora and it works fine from what I can tell but I am doing all this remotely so I can not capture my mouse

Mouse in Ubuntu

colby_tech — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:50:23 GMT

Sean,

I'm wondering if you got the mouse working in Hyper-V for Ubuntu...

re: Linux on Hyper-V

Jim.Liu — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:59:04 GMT

To change the screen resolution of ubuntu at booting and login screen:

Edit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Find something like "kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/hda5 ro quiet splash" near the EOF, then add "vga=791" after the line so it becomes "kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.15-26-386 root=/dev/hda5 ro quiet splash vga=791"

791 stands for 1024x768, 16-bit. 788 is 800x600 and 794 is 1280x1024.

Edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

Find the "Screen" section, then add a "Display" subsection. The result looks like this:

Section "Screen"

Identifier "Default Screen"

Device "YOUR_DEVICE_NAME"

Monitor "YOUR_MONITOR_NAME"

DefaultDepth 16

SubSection "Display"

Depth 6

Modes "1024x768"

EndSubSection

EndSection

After these two steps, the screen resolution should be normal.

Shutting Down Linux on Hyper-V

orachon — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 15:19:05 GMT

Very nice article Sean.

I was able to get Ubuntu 8 and Suse Enterprise 10 running in VMs. All is fine : network, mouse. Hyper-V says "Integration Services are offered" but there must be a trick : I can't properly stop my VM. When doing so, Hyper-V complains that either Integration Services are not offered or the VM has not reached a state which can allow a proper stop.

What's your experience with this stop/shutdown integration ?

Thanks!

O.R.

Multiple virtual processors

jshuler — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 16:41:49 GMT

In several locations it is mentioned that Linux is only supported on Hyper-V with a single virtual processor. I'm wondering what is meant by "supported" in this case - I've just installed CentOS 5.2 on Hyper-V with two virtual processors, and it appears to be using them quite happily.

Is it that only one core works after installing the linux integration components? Or is it simply that muliple cores is untested?

If installing the integration components will remove the ability to use multiple cores, I wonder if the performance gain is even worth it...

Thanks!

re: Linux on Hyper-V - mouse?

blake.duffey — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 21:27:47 GMT

I have installed Fedora 10 without problem. It seems to run fine. But I have no mouse support!?!

Is there a trick to get the mouse to function?

Thanks!

re: Linux on Hyper-V

Graeme — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:08:09 GMT

The install went spectacularly well, but I cannot RDP into Linux (Ubuntu 8.04, 32 bit) on Hyper-V.

Can something be done in Linux so that I can simply connect with RDP the same as all my Windows VMs?

I'm a complete newbie with Linux, but have done some windows scripting and written some C, so be as detailed as you like when replying :)