{"id":688,"date":"2013-06-11T22:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T21:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.p2vpro.com\/?p=688"},"modified":"2013-06-11T22:16:09","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T21:16:09","slug":"and-finally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.p2vpro.com\/?p=688","title":{"rendered":"And finally"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided the best solution was a strategic retreat to Ubuntu 11.04, which is the latest version which is a supported host for VMware workstation 8.06. VMware have a good compatability matrix tool for this kind of thing.<\/p>\n

I had no strong like of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (see earlier post) but I must confess I had more respect for it after using Windows 8. Nevertheless I originally installed it without knowing the VMware requirements for Workstation and ended up having to build a special kernel to support it. Something I don’t have time for now.<\/p>\n

Since there was no data in the host layer itself, it was a relatively easy task to install 11.04 over the top of 12.04 although I did fall foul of the error:<\/p>\n

(initramfs) Can not mount \/dev\/loop0 (\/cdrom\/casper\/filesystem.squashfs) on \/\/filesystem.squashfs<\/pre>\n
for which there are many online references but no clear solution. On a second attempt the install worked so I put it down to flakiness of Ubuntu.<\/p>\n
Happily, the installation of Workstation 8 worked fine and I was able to bring up the original VMs. Not so happily, my daughter’s French homework wasn’t there after all. And I thought I had taught them to always make two copies. Well there’s another useful lesson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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