Sent: 05/03/2007
From: jerry orlando
Message:I'm using a Dell Poweredge 2900 w/dual processors and 4mb of ram and windows
server 2003 standard.
The guest OS is windows server 2003 standard.
I've tried creating an .ISO image and placing it in the default location of
the virtual machine. When i point the system to it and turn on VM it goes to
a dos prompt and asks for a boot disk.
I've tried putting the .ISO image on a cd and pointing the VM to the cd.
But when i trun on the VM it doesn't do anything.
I
"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
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> What steps are you taking? What is the guest OS you want to install? How
> about some details?
>
> "jerry orlando" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >I need help in installing the guest OS. I've installed VM and created my
> > first virtual machine. But i'm having problems installing the guest OS.
> > I've
> > tried reading the documentation but i still can't get it to work. Can
> > someone
> > walk me thru it?
> >
> > thanks
> > jerry
> >
>
Sent: 05/03/2007
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:What steps are you taking? What is the guest OS you want to install? How
about some details?
"jerry orlando" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Show quoted text
>I need help in installing the guest OS. I've installed VM and created my
> first virtual machine. But i'm having problems installing the guest OS.
> I've
> tried reading the documentation but i still can't get it to work. Can
> someone
> walk me thru it?
>
> thanks
> jerry
>
Sent: 05/03/2007
From: "Charlie Russel - MVP" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:You need a _bootable_ ISO image. The original install media for Windows
Server 2003, in this case. Probably the simplest is to simply use the actual
Server CD and connect the VM's CD/DVD drive to your physical one on the
server and then just put the CD in the drive.
Think of your virtual machine as exactly like a real, physical machine. You
couldn't install Windows Server on a bare machine without a bootable CD, and
you can't do it on your VM machine either.
--
Charlie.
http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
"jerry orlando" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...
Show quoted text
> I'm using a Dell Poweredge 2900 w/dual processors and 4mb of ram and
> windows
> server 2003 standard.
> The guest OS is windows server 2003 standard.
> I've tried creating an .ISO image and placing it in the default location
> of
> the virtual machine. When i point the system to it and turn on VM it goes
> to
> a dos prompt and asks for a boot disk.
> I've tried putting the .ISO image on a cd and pointing the VM to the cd.
> But when i trun on the VM it doesn't do anything.
> I
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
>> What steps are you taking? What is the guest OS you want to install?
>> How
>> about some details?
>>
>> "jerry orlando" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>> news:(email address - cut out)...
>> >I need help in installing the guest OS. I've installed VM and created my
>> > first virtual machine. But i'm having problems installing the guest OS.
>> > I've
>> > tried reading the documentation but i still can't get it to work. Can
>> > someone
>> > walk me thru it?
>> >
>> > thanks
>> > jerry
>> >
>>
Sent: 05/03/2007
From: jerry orlando
Message:Thanks, that did it.
"Charlie Russel - MVP" wrote:
Show quoted text
> You need a _bootable_ ISO image. The original install media for Windows
> Server 2003, in this case. Probably the simplest is to simply use the actual
> Server CD and connect the VM's CD/DVD drive to your physical one on the
> server and then just put the CD in the drive.
>
> Think of your virtual machine as exactly like a real, physical machine. You
> couldn't install Windows Server on a bare machine without a bootable CD, and
> you can't do it on your VM machine either.
>
> --
> Charlie.
> http://msmvps.com/blogs/xperts64
>
> "jerry orlando" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > I'm using a Dell Poweredge 2900 w/dual processors and 4mb of ram and
> > windows
> > server 2003 standard.
> > The guest OS is windows server 2003 standard.
> > I've tried creating an .ISO image and placing it in the default location
> > of
> > the virtual machine. When i point the system to it and turn on VM it goes
> > to
> > a dos prompt and asks for a boot disk.
> > I've tried putting the .ISO image on a cd and pointing the VM to the cd.
> > But when i trun on the VM it doesn't do anything.
> > I
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> >> What steps are you taking? What is the guest OS you want to install?
> >> How
> >> about some details?
> >>
> >> "jerry orlando" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> >> news:(email address - cut out)...
> >> >I need help in installing the guest OS. I've installed VM and created my
> >> > first virtual machine. But i'm having problems installing the guest OS.
> >> > I've
> >> > tried reading the documentation but i still can't get it to work. Can
> >> > someone
> >> > walk me thru it?
> >> >
> >> > thanks
> >> > jerry
> >> >
> >>
>
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