?BR $/!\$ Virtual PC is a non-free (proprietary) software. It isn't supported by Debian. It's probably wiser to use a free [:SystemVirtualization:Virtualization] tool. ?BR ?BR

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Models covered?BRVirtual PC 2007 (32bits)

Overall Status

Core Components		attachment:photo.png
Boot Standard Kernel:	[?]
LAN network card:	[?]
Detect CD/DVD:	[?]
Detect hard drives:	[?]
Extra Features
Xorg	[?]
- OpenGL	[?]
- Resize-and-Rotate(randr)	[?]
Switch to External Screen	[?]
Mouse	[?]
Keyboard's Hotkeys	[?]

Legend :?BR = OK ; Unsupported(No Driver) ; $/!\$ = Error (Couldn't get it working); [?] Unknown, Not Test ; [-] Not-applicable ?BR = Configuration Required; = Only works with a proprietary driver

Important Note

Configuration

Display

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Audio

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Mouse

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Power Management

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WiFi

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Modem

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Step by Step Installation

Create the VM

Launch "Microsoft Virtual PC"
Click on the "New" button

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Give your VM a name.

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Download Debian ISO image

Pick the Installation that best fits you needs, from [http://www.debian.org/CD/]. I've picked the NetInst CD (at the time of writing, [http://cdimage.debian.org/debian-cd/4.0_r3/i386/iso-cd/debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso debian-40r3-i386-netinst.iso]).

System Summary

lspci

lsusb

lsusb -v | grep -E '\<(Bus|iProduct|bDeviceClass|bDeviceProtocol)' 2>/dev/null

USB Host controllers entries (without OHCI, UHCI, EHCI) are removed too.

Resources

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Attachments

Some configuration files and sample outputs. ?AttachList

Useful Links

Mivrosoft [http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=78095 Virtual PC] homepage.

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