On Sunday 16 March 2008 11:11:28 Rob Malpass wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Sean Gibbins" <sean@???>
> To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
> Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 11:05 AM
> Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Disk images and virtualisation
>
> > Rob Malpass wrote:
> >> Morning all
> >>
> >> Can anyone think of a reason why I'm getting disk errors when doing an
> >> install to a virtual machine when using the same install media I don't
> >> get errors doing a standard install (without virtualisation)? It
> >> beats me - but I'm still learning with VirtualBox. I've googled a
> >> few variations of VirtualBox+Slackware but not found anything.
> >
> > Have you mounted the cdrom at the Virtualbox admin console for that
> > instance?
> >
> > Still catches me out from time to time.
> >
> > Sean
>
> Yes - it's quite a bizarre error. The Slack installer's never been as
> user friendly as others (notably Ubuntu IMHO) so your first step is to
> fdisk the partitions, then format them and then install the software.
> Bear in mind that all of this comes off a ramdisk that the Slack CD sets up
> for you. The disk error actually comes during the package installation
> section of the install. As I say, I used exactly the same disk to do a
> simple install i.e. wipe an old machine's hdd (no virtualisation) and it
> works fine - so there's no error on the install media.
>
> Cheers
> Rob
Could it be the CD drive on the host PC not handling the cd disc very well??
When I installed my first guest onto my virtual box I got to 92% of the
installation and it bombed out complaining it could not see the CD drive?? I
simply deleted the relevant install from virtual box reinstalled without a
problem the second time. Have since added a second distro without a problem.
For the record the distros were, Mint 4 and OpenSuse KDE4
Tim
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