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can not get udf formated disk to boot
Posted: 3. Mar 2009, 03:26
by linux_vbox_user
I have a udf formatted dvd that virtual box will not boot and when I view the disk, I see only a readme file. Is there a way to make the disk readable?
Re: can not get udf formated disk to boot
Posted: 3. Mar 2009, 21:03
by linux_vbox_user
Yes, it was the windows 7 beta iso burned to a dvd. I installed it on a fresh hard drive (works fine) and wanted to make a virtual machine. It was during the making of the virtual machine that I discovered the problem.
Re: can not get udf formated disk to boot
Posted: 6. Mar 2009, 20:53
by Sasquatch
Use the ISO if you still have it. UDF formatted, hmm, checking Google, a full UDF disk is not bootable. It has to have some form of ISO9660 file system on it to make it bootable. That's also why you see a README.TXT file, that is the ISO9660 part. Perhaps VB can't handle that. You really should use the ISO file instead.
Because this is about installing Windows, I'm moving it to Windows Guests.