{"id":540,"date":"2006-11-16T12:25:35","date_gmt":"2006-11-16T04:25:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/http:\/www.nargalzius.com\/blog2\/archives\/2006\/11\/2006_11_16_1225.php"},"modified":"2006-11-16T12:25:35","modified_gmt":"2006-11-16T04:25:35","slug":"ubuntu-610-in-parallels","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nargalzius.com\/blog\/archives\/2006\/11\/16\/ubuntu-610-in-parallels","title":{"rendered":"Ubuntu 6.10 in Parallels"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nUbuntu @ 1440×900 resolution in Parallels<\/em>\n<\/div>\n

I’ve installed Ubuntu<\/a> 6.10 and thought I’d give some input on it.<\/p>\n\n

Bugs and Caveats<\/h1>\n
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  1. Allocate 512MB RAM<\/strong>\nNow I don’t know if this is an isolated case, but for some reason, I can only<\/strong> install (and run) properly with 512MB RAM allocated, going 768MB wont let the live CD boot, or make your OS boot (in case you have adjusted it after the fact).<\/li>\n
  2. No splash page<\/strong>\nThe splash page has been disabled by default for some reason. You can bring it back after doing the following modifications after<\/em> the installation. Suffice to say, it really sucks because Ubuntu isn’t officially “supported” in Parallels, so every bit of visual indicators are helpful.<\/li>\n
  3. Limited max resolution<\/strong>\nThe default installation only lets you go to up to 1024×768 if I’m not mistaken, whatever the case may be, it definitely doesn’t go as high as the native resolutions of the MBs and MBPs. Fortunately you can fix this after installing.<\/li>\n
  4. Shutdown doesn’t play nice with Parallels<\/strong>\nParallels doesn’t have any way of detecting when the Ubuntu virtual session has ended… leaving a blank screen. While you can check if the hard disk icon to decide whether it’s safe or not to click the stop button, I’d suggest enabling the splash screen,<\/em> as it also shows a shutdown progress bar at the end.<\/li>\n
  5. Large relative disk image size<\/strong> – I compared my three base installs of XP, Vista and Ubuntu.<\/li>\n
  6. A base install of Vista took up 8.5GB<\/strong> out of the 16GB<\/strong> allocated – its Parallels image was 5.5GB<\/strong><\/li>\n
  7. A base install of XP took up 3.2GB<\/strong> out of the 8GB<\/strong> allocated – its Parallels image was about the same (3.2GB)<\/li>\n
  8. A base install of Ubuntu took up 2.8GB<\/strong> out of the 8GB<\/strong> allocated – its Parallels images was 5.3GB!<\/strong> – what gives!?<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Anyways, enough of that, lets get to the part where I can actually contribute something helpful<\/em><\/p>\n

    Enabling the splash screen<\/h1>\n

    The splash screen problem can be solved by editing \/boot\/grub\/menu.lst<\/code><\/p>\n

    I prefer the gedit approach, so that’s how I’m going to tackle it. 1 <\/sup><\/a>It’s just a text file, so feel free to pick your editing poison<\/span><\/span>