Im trying to install windows xp pro and i get this error when i try to edit it...
There is NO device in the tab where "Host CD/DVD Drive" is.I got the CD in.
please help.
No bootable medium found!! PLEASE PLEASE HELP!
No bootable medium found!! PLEASE PLEASE HELP!
Last edited by phornax on 3. Sep 2007, 18:36, edited 1 time in total.
I do not really understand what you mean.
The normal way for me to install WinXP Pro into the virtual machine is to put the Installation CD into the CD drive of the host and mount it thru VirtualBox GUI Settings... CD/DVD-ROM, Mount CD/DVD Drive, Host CD/DVD Drive <device>.
Then starting the VM an "press any key to boot from CD...". Then its going on the normal way.
The normal way for me to install WinXP Pro into the virtual machine is to put the Installation CD into the CD drive of the host and mount it thru VirtualBox GUI Settings... CD/DVD-ROM, Mount CD/DVD Drive, Host CD/DVD Drive <device>.
Then starting the VM an "press any key to boot from CD...". Then its going on the normal way.
yeah, but there is no device in the Device tab.The /dev/cdrom is not in /etc/fstab or mtab either.
Can i just add it there or what command should i use?
ls -al /dev/cd*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Sep 2 20:54 /dev/cdrom -> hda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Sep 2 20:54 /dev/cdrw -> hda
mount /dev/hda /dev/cdrom
mount: No medium found
Can i just add it there or what command should i use?
ls -al /dev/cd*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Sep 2 20:54 /dev/cdrom -> hda
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 3 Sep 2 20:54 /dev/cdrw -> hda
mount /dev/hda /dev/cdrom
mount: No medium found
Oohh...
this is not a Windows Guests problem. It may be a problem with your host operating system. I'm afraid we are off topic now. If so
you have to fix it without any attempts with VirtualBox.
Do you ever mount a data CD in your CD-ROM drive?
Do you saw its contents?
Do you have automount?
Maybe its already mounted and VirtualBox can't mount it again. What does mount shows you? Is there a mouted CD device? Something like
/dev/hda on /media/cdrom0 ... or so?
Then do
pumount /media/cdrom0 or pumount /dev/hda (if this works on your OS).
What can you find with dmesg | less regarding the CD device?
Devices named sr0: or scd0: or hdc: are typical here. The device /dev/cdrom is often only a symbolic link to one of these devices. As you show your /dev/cdrom is linked to /dev/hda. Put a normal data CD into your CD-ROM drive and try to mount it with
Try to use /dev/cdrom instead of /dev/hda.
If all of this works then I don't know at the moment what's wrong with your VirtualBox GUI. Please tell me what are your results. You can send a private message (it's off topic).
this is not a Windows Guests problem. It may be a problem with your host operating system. I'm afraid we are off topic now. If so
you have to fix it without any attempts with VirtualBox.
Do you ever mount a data CD in your CD-ROM drive?
Do you saw its contents?
Do you have automount?
Maybe its already mounted and VirtualBox can't mount it again. What does mount shows you? Is there a mouted CD device? Something like
/dev/hda on /media/cdrom0 ... or so?
Then do
pumount /media/cdrom0 or pumount /dev/hda (if this works on your OS).
What can you find with dmesg | less regarding the CD device?
Devices named sr0: or scd0: or hdc: are typical here. The device /dev/cdrom is often only a symbolic link to one of these devices. As you show your /dev/cdrom is linked to /dev/hda. Put a normal data CD into your CD-ROM drive and try to mount it with
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$ mkdir mnt
$ sudo mount /dev/hda mnt
or
$ sudo mount -t iso9660 /dev/hda mnt
$ sudo ls mnt
$ sudo umount mntIf all of this works then I don't know at the moment what's wrong with your VirtualBox GUI. Please tell me what are your results. You can send a private message (it's off topic).