I finally got a reply from the Parallels support team. After using the alternate Parallels installer it finally works again! Even after rebooting Mac! *joy*
Before trying to run Vista/Bootcamp through Parallels again, I’m waiting till the end of my exams (Thursday). Don’t want to blow up my Windows install again when I’m in desperate need of it. 😉
As usual with Parallels, creating/installing a new OS isn’t easy. Wether it crashes or you get a bunch of errors, you’re always up for a day full of fun!
Here is how I managed to install Ubuntu on Parallels:
- First of all, make sure you’re running the latest version of Parallels, especially if you’re using Leopard.
- Step 2, download the alternate Ubuntu installer. If you do not use the alternate installer, you’ll end up with ‘Display server errors’ before being able to install Ubuntu. You can download Ubuntu here. Select the approriate version (probably Desktop, latest version), and check “Check here if you need the alternate desktop CD. This CD does not include the Live CD, instead it uses a text-based installer“.
- Step 3, create a new virtual machine, with OS Linux/Ubuntu.
- This tutorial is for anyone with an Intel based Mac who is curious about Linux - specifically Ubuntu, and has about an hour to kill (not including the time it takes to download Ubuntu). The steps and screenshots used for this tutorial are specific to Parallels Build 3188 running on a MacBook Pro w/ OS X (10.4.9).
- Here is how I managed to install Ubuntu on Parallels: First of all, make sure you’re running the latest version of Parallels, especially if you’re using Leopard. Step 2, download the alternate Ubuntu installer.
- And follow the steps. I’ve added some more screenshots below. You can leave everything by default, that’s as you wish.
Im running the latest parallels version, and i know it supports linux because it gives you instructions on how to install parallels tools, but theyre very vague and require that you do it through terminal. Im not linux saavy and have no idea what to type into terminal. I know people have successfully done this. Im running fedora 10, can someone helped me out? Ive searched the whole web.
- As CD-drive, select the Ubuntu (alternate) installer .iso-file.
- Click Finish and Start — the Ubuntu installer will boot.
- You’ll end up in Ubuntu’s welcome screen. Select your keyboard layout (hit F3) and select (text) install
- Here too, follow the steps on the screen. It will ask for your language, country, and will propose a manual or automatic disk partition. I’ve selected automatic — it creates a big ext3 root partition, and a swap partition.
The installer then asks if you agree with the partition table. Select Yes or No. (I’ve selected No – changed my root partition from ext3 to reiserfs, as I’m a big reiserfs fan.) When selecting Yes — the table will be created and Ubuntu will start installing. - After it’s installed, Ubuntu will reboot. This is where you’ll get your first error; ACPI: Unable to locate RSDP. This is a known error; you can safey ignore it.
- Ubuntu will continue to boot, and then pop up this error: The display server has been shut down about 6 times in the last 90 seconds, and will freeze. To fix this error, shut down and restart (or reset) the VM, and hit the ESC-key. Grub’s bootloader menu will pop up if everything is right.
- Select the 2nd option (recovery). Ubuntu will boot up in text-mode-only and you should be logged in as root (if you’re not, add ‘sudo’ in front of the commands below).
- In Parallels, click (on top of your screen) “Actions” -> “Install Parallels Tools…” and type in following commands in the shell:
- mount /media/cdrom
- cd /media/cdrom
- ./parallels-tools.run
- reboot
- After Ubuntu has rebooted (in normal mode), you shouldn’t receive any more errors, and you can enjoy Ubuntu on your mac!
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Parallels For Mac Activation Key
I am running Ubuntu Linux 14.04 via Parallels (10.1.4) in Mac OS X 10.10.2 on a MacBook Pro. Today I received update notifications for Ubuntu (first) and then Parallels and stupidly installed them (I never learn; I have problems every time).
Now when I open
gnome-terminal
(not the Mac Terminal, the Ubuntu one), I have no command-line prompt. So I can't use gnome-terminal
. I have tried reinstalling Parallels tools, but nothing changes. I don't know whether the Parallels or Ubuntu update created the problem, but I suspect it was the Ubuntu update. After a few minutes, the following error appears in a terminal:
XXX is a program I use via Parallels. Parallels for mac canada.
Is there a way to undo the update without having to reinstall the virtual machine and/or Ubuntu? I don't want to lose my current setup; it took ages to get right. I would be grateful for any advice.
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That sounds like a syntax error in one of your shell's initialization files. The likeliest culprits are either
~/.bashrc
or ~/.profile
. The simplest solution is to make a backup of these two files and then overwrite them with the defaults. - Make a new user. You will run the necessary commands as this user who, presumably, will have a working shell. Make sure you create the user as an administrator so you can run
sudo
commands. - Log in as the new user and run this command (change
parallels
to the original user name, the one who has the problem):
That command will rename
terdon♦terdon.bashrc
to .bashrc.old
and then copy the default over from /etc/skel
. Finally, it changes the ownership of the file to parallels
since it needs to be owned by the target user. It then does the same for .profile
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