On Fri, Mar 12, 2010 at 8:01 AM, JD <[email protected]> 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. > > Thanx for your help. > > JD
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