On 03/11/2010 10:45 PM, Alexey Eremenko wrote: > 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 >> > Try to configure via GUI > VM->Settings->System->Motherboard->Boot order > > > Just a minor correction to the error message. The FATAL message is
Fatal: Could not read from the boot medium. System Halted. I had missed the "not" Cheers, JD ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev _______________________________________________ Vbox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
