On Mon, Dec 07, 2020 at 01:01:20PM -0700, Brad Bell wrote: > I am having trouble getting the current version of windows (host and guest) > to boot the windows ISO file. I looked at > https://forums.virtualbox.org/viewtopic.php?f=6&t=93830#p452529 > But this does not seem to apply because I had no trouble creating a Linux > Guest using a Fedora 33 iso. > > I used a Fedora system to download the iso file from (simpler than using an > MS system) > https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-download/windows10ISO > Quoting from that page: > ' You can use this page to download a disc image (ISO file) that can be used > to install or reinstall Windows 10. The image can also be used to create > installation media using a USB flash drive or DVD.because when I use windows > I get a directory instead of an iso file.'
Right. The only ways to get an iso file are to download it on a non windows system, or to generate an iso under windows using the windows media creation tool. > > I now have a copy of the iso file in my virtual fedora system: > Downloads>ls -l Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso > -rw-r--r--. 1 bradbell bradbell 6221846528 Dec 7 09:18 > Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso > > I used a shared folder to copy it to my host windows system > Downloads>ls -l /share/Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso > -rwxrwx---. 1 root vboxsf 6221846528 Dec 7 09:29 > /share/Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso > > When I look at the file shared file on my windows host I see something like > this (I have removed some of the output) > D:\share>dir Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso > Directory of D:\share > 12/07/2020 09:29 AM 6,221,846,528 Win10_20H2_v2_English_x64.iso > 1 File(s) 6,221,846,528 bytes > > When I connect this as a optical disk to a virtual machine and try to boot I > get the following message: > FATAL: No bootable medium found! system halted. Is the iso file mountable on a linux or windows system? On a linux system, what does running: isoinfo -d -i path_to_iso_file.iso output? Is the guest system you're trying to install on configured to boot from the virtual DVD drive? Greg -- web site: http://www.gregn.net gpg public key: http://www.gregn.net/pubkey.asc skype: gregn1 (authorization required, add me to your contacts list first) If we haven't been in touch before, e-mail me before adding me to your contacts. -- Free domains: http://www.eu.org/ or mail dns-mana...@eu.org _______________________________________________ VBox-users-community mailing list VBox-users-community@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/vbox-users-community _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe: mailto:vbox-users-community-requ...@lists.sourceforge.net?subject=unsubscribe
