vmware + ubuntu

[Felipe Alfaro Solana]

On 1/14/07, Kamal Paryani <kamalparyani at gmail.com> wrote:
> hi
> i am very new to linux
>
> i have a intel P965  motherboard with core 2 duo 1.86 ghz processor with
> sata 160 gb hard disk
>
> my ubuntu cd boots from my ide cdrom but does not load driver for cdrom and
> cannot continue installation

What Ubuntu version are you trying to install? Are you using a
PATA/IDE CD-ROM drive or is it a SATA CD-ROM drive?

> i have installed windows xp sp2 and then installed vmware server 1.01 and
> used vmware to install ubuntu desktop 6.1
>
> in vmware i am not able to switch to tty1 using
> ctrl+alt+space+f1

Try using CTRL+ALT+F1.