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The dd command is the issue,it's not going to produce a valid image.<BR>
Youlre seeking 4096k and reading one block.<BR>
Just do dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myimage.iso<BR>
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On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:12 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080">Thanks, Andrew. I’ve been going this direction with no success. Here’s what I’ve done so far:</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080"> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/w2k3.iso bs=1024 seek=4096k count=1</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080">Edit config file /etc/xen/w2k3virt1</FONT></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080"> disk = [ ‘file:/xen/w2k3virt1,hda,w’, ‘file:/home/w2k3.iso,hdc:cdrom,r’, ]</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080">xm create –c w2k3virt1</FONT></FONT>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080"> Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">From:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Andrew Cathrow [mailto:acathrow@redhat.com] </FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Sent:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Saturday, December 02, 2006 6:05 AM</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">To:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Jimison, Ed</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Cc:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> fedora-xen@redhat.com</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Subject:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Re: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">Check the virtual machine settings and see if the CD is still configured.</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">For example if you're w2k iso is in /opt/disks then make sure you have something like the following</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">disk = [ 'file:/ .. your harddisk image ....', 'file:/opt/disks/w2k.iso,hdc:cdrom,r', ]</FONT><BR>
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<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:08 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote: </FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">I’ve been trying to install W2K on Fedora Core 6. I found a previous post that recommended using “Standard PC” and this helped me get past the original problem with a hung black screen. The next problem I’m running into is that once the Windows installer boots and begins the “Installing Windows” step, I immediately get this error window:</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Setup was unable to access files need to continue. This could be caused by an error on the CD Media or the CD is no longer present in the drive.</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Any advice?</FONT></FONT><BR>
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<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Thanks,</FONT></FONT><BR>
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