[Discuss] Virtualbox

[Peter]

It's not a real problem.  It seems I got virtualbox working in Ubuntu
8.10.  I'll bring the WinME disk to the next meeting.  The problem with
the upgrade disk (apart from not being bootable) is that it wants to see
an earlier version on Windows during the installation process too, which
may be another problem.  What I really need is a normal WinME disk.  I
know ME was a bit of a dog for most, but I had good success with it in
those earlier days.

Peter P


kari at kckbiz.com wrote:
> You need to be able to boot off the install media.  The winMe disk should be bootable.  I would tell the virtual machine to access the cd directly.  It should be a setting for the cd drive within the virtual machine you set up.
>
> Kari
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> I can install from the CD/DVD drive.  The point was that what I wanted
> to install wasn't bootable.  Or am I missing something altogether
> different or which setting do you suggest?
>
> Peter P
>
> kari at kckbiz.com wrote:
>   
>> I was getting that also.
>>
>> Go into the settings and change the settings for the cd rom drive.
>>
>> Kari from Victoria
>>
>> ------Original Message------
>> From: Peter
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>> Subject: [Discuss] Virtualbox
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>> I installed Virtualbox in OpenSUSE 11.1 and also Ubuntu 8.10.  I kept
>> getting an error message, "FATAL: No bootable media found; system
>> halted", when attempting to install Windows ME.  
>>
>> The problem ended up being the fact that the version of WinME that I was
>> trying to boot was an upgrade and not bootable on its own.  The CD
>> 'auto-runs' but is not bootable.   An earlier version of windows or a
>> floppy is required.  Trying to boot the WinME start floppy works but it
>> does not show the modern CD drive. 
>>
>> Installing other OS's seems to work.
>>
>> I also tried VMware, which is more or less a 1 click install in Suse
>> 11.1, but it reported that I didn't have a good enough processor.  It
>> seems that an E2200 isn't enough.
>>
>> We talked about this at the last meeting, so I thought I would pass
>> along my findings. 
>>
>>
>> Peter P
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