OK, having downloaded the image again I created a CD this time.  When
it gives you the option to test the CD I did, it passed.

Having gone through the install afresh I now have the same error in
front of me, and I confess to having got it slightly wrong :-S

The error is...

This Kernel requires the following features not present on the CPU:
pae
Unable to boot - please use a kernel appropriate for you CPU.

As I said, this is the i386 version, and the desktop release of the
version works fine in an identically configured VirtualBox.


Tom



On Nov 5, 8:05 pm, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> When I created the Virtual Box machine I specified Linux 2.6, the same
> as I did for the desktop version, and it has 1GB of memory available
> and a 10GB HDD, I assumed that should suffice?
>
> Tom
>
> On Nov 5, 9:10 am, Icebreaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Be sure to select Ubuntu from the OS list for your particular virtual
> > machine and that you assigned enough RAM. Without enough RAM some distros
> > may fail to boot up altogether or just kernel panic .
>
> > On Wed, Nov 5, 2008 at 11:06 AM, Tom <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > > Over the weekend I downloaded Ubuntu Server edition and installed it
> > > inside Virtual Box on my laptop.  The install went without a problem,
> > > but when I restarted at the end as requested it returns with a message
> > > along the lines of it being thewrongdistributionfor the hardware.
>
> > > I have checked, it was the x86 version I downloaded.  I have also
> > > downloaded the Ubuntu Desktop 8.10, that works fine.
>
> > > Tom- Hide quoted text -
>
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