On Friday 12 March 2010, JD wrote: > On FC12, Kernel 2.6.32.9-70.fc12.i686 > VirtualBox-3.1-3.1.4_57640_fedora12-1.i686 > > I created a vmdk for 185GB USB HD. > I created and configured a new machine "winxp" > with the vmdk I created earlier as the HD. > I inserted the windows CD in the drive. > I started the machine. I pressed F12 so > I could choose the medium to boot from. > I selected c (the CDROM). > I get > Fatal: Could read from the boot medium. System Halted. > Just to be sure the cdrom device was readable: > > $ ls -l /dev/sr0 > brw-rw-rw-+ 1 root cdrom 11, 0 2010-03-11 09:21 /dev/sr0 > $ ls -l /dev/cdrom /dev/dvd > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-03-11 09:21 /dev/cdrom -> sr0 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 2010-03-11 09:21 /dev/dvd -> sr0 > > The media is a Microsoft windows XP installation CD. > I can boot it up by itself on the real HW without problems. > > Let me know if you need more info.
Sounds like you just forgot to attach the physical CDROM drive to the VM. Go the the VM settings and attach the host CDROM drive to the VM. Kind regards, Frank -- Dr.-Ing. Frank Mehnert Sitz der Gesellschaft: Sun Microsystems GmbH, Sonnenallee 1, 85551 Kirchheim-Heimstetten Amtsgericht München: HRB 161028 Geschäftsführer: Thomas Schröder, Wolfgang Engels Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrates: Martin Häring
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