Alex Taylor wrote: > On Sat, 27 Aug 2011 05:37:22 UTC, Dushan Mitrovich<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Giving up on this, I went back to specifying 'Virtual Machine' for >> Hardware and 'Panorama' for video, resigned to having to enter the reg. >> key by hand. After that the Boot Option menu informed me that the >> (virtual) Disk 1 had no partition table and asked if it should fix the >> problem. After a 'Yes', it said 'The changes have been applied' and a >> re-boot would be necessary; pressing 'Close' would exit and re-boot. >> The standard eCS Shutdown occurred, claiming I could now press CAD to >> re-boot. >> >> VB's shortcut Cmd-Delete for sending a CAD sequence didn't work, but >> from the menu's File entry it did. I again got the installation Boot >> Option menu, followed by the eCS splash screen, then by a screen asking >> again to pick Easy or Advanced Installation, followed once again by the >> registration key screen. >> >> AHHHHRG - an endless loop! >> > I'm missing something here. What's "endless" about this loop? > > When you apply the changes in the disk checker, it reboots and you need > to rerun the install from the start. Naturally this involves entering > the reg. key again. It's unfortunate, but assuming everything checks > out this time around, this should be the last time you need to enter it. > > Oh, I'd jumped to conclusions. Having tried the install several times, and having to enter the reg. numbers each time, my frustration had boiled over. The second time around, as you said, the installation finished phase one, and re-booted.
Or rather, it tried to re-boot. After the splash screen and loading of various system files, it stopped at the video system and the CPU went to 100%. The last files loaded were vsvga.sys, gradd.sys, and vmanwin.sys. This the same stopping point, and pegged CPU, I saw in all the previous attempts that managed to finish phase one. > (BTW you can tell the installer to skip the disk check by selecting an > option in the preboot menu.) > > >> Any suggestions for what to try next would be appreciated. >> > I've never used VBox, but doesn't it have an option to mount a virtual > floppy or CD image? > > You could simply create a floppy disk image or even create a small CD > ISO file which contains your registration key file, then mount that in > VBox when the time comes. > > Yes, a friend, Chuck, uses a virtual floppy. I'd never used one before so wasn't familiar with how to create it. But I'll find out. And I guess a virtual CD would work the same way. Thanks for the suggestions. But it looks like the first problem is to figure out why none of the video systems will work. Maybe the VirtualBox forum will help. - Dushan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Special Offer -- Download ArcSight Logger for FREE! Finally, a world-class log management solution at an even better price-free! And you'll get a free "Love Thy Logs" t-shirt when you download Logger. Secure your free ArcSight Logger TODAY! http://p.sf.net/sfu/arcsisghtdev2dev _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community
