RE: installing SL5.5 dvd iso into virtual pc
Hi, This looks exactly like the question I posted a few days ago about installing SL5.5 from an iso-file on a bootable USB-key. At exactly the same point in the startup sequence the installer mentions it can not find the ISO-file. (but the bootstrap could, hence the installer started) Carel van der Werf From: owner-scientific-linux-us...@listserv.fnal.gov on behalf of umage Sent: Wed 01-Dec-10 22:06 To: scientific-linux-us...@fnal.gov Subject: Re: installing SL5.5 dvd iso into virtual pc On 1. 12. 2010 21:45, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:51 AM, umage wrote: >> Hi, I'm trying to install SL5.5 using the two dvd iso files into a virtual >> pc virtual machine by mounting them. Problem 1 is that it always goes for >> the console-based installer. Problem 2 is that after clicking through the >> initial questions and choosing the 'Local CDROM' option, I get "The >> Scientific Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives.". It also >> ejects the mounted cd image. >> >> I could not find any relevant documentation. Is anyone familiar with this >> kind of issue? > You would have to provide more detailed information. Which > virtualization software? Virsion? What is the host OS? When you say, > "mounted", did you actually mount the iso files on the host or did you > use the iso file itself as the installation source? etc etc. > > Akemi Pardon. The software is Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. Host OS is windows 7. By mounting I mean inserting the iso image into the virtual cd/dvd device that VPC emulates. The dvd boots and the initial choice menu displays, and I can type in some commands. The console installer always runs, even if I want to run the graphical one. I can choose the language and keyboard, but after choosing the data source to be the virtual cd drive, I get the abovementioned error and the image is ejected from the virtual drive. I could try the remote http/ftp download method, but first I'm asking here to avoid downloading 5 gigs again.
Re: installing SL5.5 dvd iso into virtual pc
On 1. 12. 2010 21:45, Akemi Yagi wrote: > On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:51 AM, umage wrote: >> Hi, I'm trying to install SL5.5 using the two dvd iso files into a virtual >> pc virtual machine by mounting them. Problem 1 is that it always goes for >> the console-based installer. Problem 2 is that after clicking through the >> initial questions and choosing the 'Local CDROM' option, I get "The >> Scientific Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives.". It also >> ejects the mounted cd image. >> >> I could not find any relevant documentation. Is anyone familiar with this >> kind of issue? > You would have to provide more detailed information. Which > virtualization software? Virsion? What is the host OS? When you say, > "mounted", did you actually mount the iso files on the host or did you > use the iso file itself as the installation source? etc etc. > > Akemi Pardon. The software is Microsoft Virtual PC 2007. Host OS is windows 7. By mounting I mean inserting the iso image into the virtual cd/dvd device that VPC emulates. The dvd boots and the initial choice menu displays, and I can type in some commands. The console installer always runs, even if I want to run the graphical one. I can choose the language and keyboard, but after choosing the data source to be the virtual cd drive, I get the abovementioned error and the image is ejected from the virtual drive. I could try the remote http/ftp download method, but first I'm asking here to avoid downloading 5 gigs again.
Re: installing SL5.5 dvd iso into virtual pc
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 8:51 AM, umage wrote: > Hi, I'm trying to install SL5.5 using the two dvd iso files into a virtual > pc virtual machine by mounting them. Problem 1 is that it always goes for > the console-based installer. Problem 2 is that after clicking through the > initial questions and choosing the 'Local CDROM' option, I get "The > Scientific Linux CD was not found in any of your CDROM drives.". It also > ejects the mounted cd image. > > I could not find any relevant documentation. Is anyone familiar with this > kind of issue? You would have to provide more detailed information. Which virtualization software? Virsion? What is the host OS? When you say, "mounted", did you actually mount the iso files on the host or did you use the iso file itself as the installation source? etc etc. Akemi
