I installed RHEL WS 4.3 but upon rebooting in order to configure it hangs after: "Uncompressing Linux... Ok, booting the kernel." This also occured when I tried to install RHEL ES 4.4. I have also had problems intalling Fedora Core 5. Are there any versions of Linux that actually work with Parallels? I have spend 2.5 days so far and the only one that works is RHEL ES 5 but I can't get the screen resolution to work correctly. Any help/advice greatly appreciated. Thanks.
The impression I get is that most versions of Linux will work with parallels with a bit of perststence, but few, if any, work flawlessly "out of the box". Graphical boot-up screens seem to be a particular problem, so you'll often get a blank screen until the XServer kicks in (which maked diagnosing other problems a pain). Turning these off by editing your kernel boot parameters helps. Fedora 7 stuffs up the initial XServer configuration - but if you can get to a console and install the parallels tools it goes. I haven't seen the CD-ROM recognition (that forces you to switch to solaris) problem, and FC7 seems happy with the SMP kernel - so Your Mileage May Vary. Perhaps it depends on Mac model/ram config (MacPro, 3G)? Also, I always use the "alternative" CD for Ubuntu. Parallels Desktop + Linux clearly isn't quite ready for the big time.
