Hey guys and gals, I'm totally frustrumated w. this virtual stuff. Love the concept and have made strides successfully but have run into a big blank wall.
I'm using KVM and the Virtual Machine Manager GUI to set up a guest WinXP system on my Debian AMD64 system. I've taken the time to set aside 20G of space for virtual machines and have succesfully set up WinXP on an 8G slice w. NTFS in an .img file. I've got internet access and sound need to access the CD/dvd drive to install some Windows programs which is the whole reason for the Windows virtual system. I have found that in order for the WinXP to even run I need to have a cd in the drive. Blank or no. Doesn't make a difference. It's not being read anyway; it just has to be there. And I cannot use the cd drive to install any programs because according to the early developers, they had to leave it open because of the need for Windows to reboot to finish the installation. It means that in this case, the cd/dvd drive is useless to me except to hold a blank cd so I can start Windows. Has anyone found a workaround for this? I've googled all over the place and only found the one instance where this situation is even mentioned and they say I can use the menu and the eject button to remove the cd and close the drive. But it does not work. Nor do the Crtl+Alt+# sets work for me. Any recommends will be much appreciated. I've been fooling around with this for a couple of weeks and have not found the answer. TIA and thanks for being here for all of us whether anyone knows the answer to this mess or not. I learn from all of you. Whit --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] List archive http://marc.info/?l=jaxlug-list&r=1&w=2 RSS http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/maillist.xml
