The PCLOS utility worked fine for formatting the the VM(Hard Drive) **keeping my fingers crossed its still installing... it's hauling ar*e i have it running straight from an ISO! LOL forget running it from a CD... LOL
ok, all is good... runnning pclos 2007 from MS VM 2007 no problems, just use the VESA drivers(add "VESA" without quotes to the line when you boot or add it to your grub) ;)