Re: [Hampshire] Disk images and virtualisation

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim" <xendistar@???>
To: "Hampshire LUG Discussion List" <hampshire@???>
Sent: Sunday, March 16, 2008 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Disk images and virtualisation


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

---End quote Tim---

It's something odd - because the iso's fine (in both senses that the
checksum's ok and indeed telling the guest to use the iso as its "CD drive"
works fine too).

But there seems nothing wrong with the host's CD drive - no errors before.

Cheers
Rob