On 2/1/07, Manuel Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tino Scherrer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > Hello, > > is it possible to install Windows XP within VirtualBox on a linux host > > system, > if I only have the Windows XP > > recovery CDs? > > > > These CDs were delivered with my laptop and seem to contain some special XP > installation (probably > > tailored to this laptop?). If I use them for installation under vbox, > > nothing > happens. > > > > Is it worth putting some effort into finding out, what is going wrong? Or is > it impossible to get a working installation? > > > > Thanks > > Tino > > _______________________________________________________________________ > > Viren-Scan für Ihren PC! Jetzt für jeden. Sofort, online und kostenlos. > > Gleich testen! http://www.pc-sicherheit.web.de/freescan/?mc=022222 > > > > > I tried this too. Installing works fine for me, BUT when it comes to enter the > Product-Code I faced some difficulties. Since this code is dedicated > to my laptop, I was not able to register this recovery WinXP within VBox :-( > You may try searching the internet for "wga patch" to solve this problem.... > I don't think thats the same thing. I have one (two actually) of those "recovery CD" as well. It may depend on the manufacturer of your system, but I know mine is set so that it will only install on systems built by the same manufacturer. In other words, I can only use those Dell CDs on systems built by Dell. They have built some mechanism into their hardware to identify it as being built by Dell and when you start the install, the first thing it does is check for that. As a VM creates a virtual hardware system for the guest, the guest doesn't get access to that mechanism and can't verify the system was in fact manufactured by the designated manufacturer. Therefore it refuses to install at all.
Unfortunately, I don't expect this to ever work as different manufacturers may use different and varying means of identification which may change from time to time. Therefore is would be imposable for Vbox (or VMware or others) to build in reliable support to pass the signal along to the guests. That said, there may or may not be some way to hack your install CD to work on any system. That would likely be specific to your system and not related specifically to Vbox. Try searching the net for solutions. -- ---- Waylan Limberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
