Thanks Dietrich! I'll give it a try as soon as I have the chance to. Good work! ;)
Ciao, Piero --- On 27/02/2007 15:32, Dietrich Bollmann wrote: > Ciao Piero :) > > I finally managed to put windows xp into the box :) > > The screen is horribly small and I couldn't figure out how to make it > bigger for the moment; also I didn't manage to make the virtual xp work > with my external USB CD drive. But these things should be minor > problems and easy to solve later... > > I assembled an installation image from some files downloaded from the > internet and the rescue stuff on the laptop's hard disk. At the end > everything is available and I wonder why the companies don't avoid all > these troubles by simply providing their clients with an installation > CD. The rescue stuff on the hard disk is a waste of space anyway. > But OK, probably some sales person proved that this is a way to even > make more money. > > I spend several hours trying all kind of things - and finally stumbled > over the page "How to Fresh Install Windows XP Pro without a Recovery > CD" at http://www.4saad.com/WhatsNew/Fresh_XP_Install/ which explaines > in a very easy way everything necessary. > > Following a slight variation of the instructions listed there I could > reinstall Windows from a selfmade iso image. > > Here some notes: > > - Step 1: I skipped step 1 as I left the original installation > untouched. I might erase it in the future as I probably do not use > it anyway. But until everything works inside of vbox there is no > need to erase and backup anything. > > - Step 2: I am using a Japanese Windows XP and therefor needed a > Japanese SP2 I could download from some MS page. But this probably > doesn't concern you... > > - Step 3: Worked as described on the page. > > - Step 4: I followed this step. But as I didn't burn the iso image on > a CD I could have skipped it also. > > - Step 5: The links for downloading the wxp10.zip packages do not work > anymore. But google gives lots of other places to download from. > > - Step 6: done as described on the page. > > - Step 7: I had to change the file access permissions before execution > of the command and used cygwin to do so. Beyond that everything > worked without any problem. > > - Step 8: I used the -b option (C:\bcd\bcd -b wxppro) in order to only > create the iso image. I didn't want it to be burned on a CD. I > also had to make C:\bcd\bcd.cmd and all commands in the C:\bcd\bin > directory executable before I could assemble the iso image. > > - Step 9: The product key in the file unattend.txt worked fine in my > case. > > After step 9 I rebooted into linux, started VirtualBox and made a new > virtual machine for my windows xp installation. I than mounted my > widows partition (In my case with the command `mount /dev/sda1 > /media/winc -t ntfs' - I before verified the partition and filesystem > with gparted) and made the new virtual machine boot from it (Settings > -> CD/DVD-ROM -> [v] Mount CD/DVD Drive -> [v] ISO Image File: /<path > to iso image>/bcd.iso . Before I copied the image to a more convenient > place and changed its permission to make it readable by the > VirtualBox). > > The installation was straightforward - and after deactivating the > "Mount from CD/DVD Drive" Setting I could reboot the virtual machine > into a new windows xp installation :) > > I hope these notes will help you to make use of your Windows copies - > of course only if you really can't avoid to do so :) > > Good luck, Dietrich _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
