Win2k Upgrade CD--installer doesn't see my Win98 CD

[timzak]

Just set up VirtualBox in Gutsy and started installing Win2k into it. Win2k is an upgrade CD so it does a CD check for a previous version. When I stick in my Win98 CD it won't recognize it, so I cannot progress in the installation.

Gutsy itself recognizes the Win98 disc, as it pops open a window of it's contents when I stick it in.

Any ideas on how I can get past this part. Both CDs are genuine, legally owned copies.

My next step is to try and install Win98, then upgrade it to Win2k from within, but I hate to not have a clean install. Any other suggestions are greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

[stefan.becker]

Best Approach always: Install minimal Win98. Then upgrade Guest to Win2K.

This way the old version is recognized as installed on HD.

[timzak]

Best Approach always: Install minimal Win98. Then upgrade Guest to Win2K.

This way the old version is recognized as installed on HD.

In that case, do I create a new VM as Win98, then install W98 and upgrade to W2k?

Or do I create the VM as W2k, install W98 first, then immediately upgrade to W2k?

Thank you.

[stefan.becker]

Second one.

[timzak]

Now that I am trying to install W98 first, VirtualBox is not seeing my boot floppy. A boot floppy is needed to install off the CD because the CD is not bootable. So I cannot install Win98 due to VB not seeing the floppy (I did set it as first in boot order), and I cannot install Win2k because it doesn't recognize my W98 CD during the upgrade compliance check.

Any new suggestions?

[stefan.becker]

You can try to make Images of both CDs.

=> dd if=/dev/hdc of=winXYZ.iso

Then you can try to handle the images instead of host drives.

[timzak]

=> dd if=/dev/hdc of=winXYZ.iso

Can you explain what that line of code means and how I implement it? I'm a fairly new Linux user, so I'm not sure what to do with that line.

Thank you for your help.

[Ingo]

With dd you can copy the raw data from the floppy or CD into a file and use that file as image. You can select using an image-file instead of a floppy/CD thru the VirtualBox GUI.

Code: Select all

$ dd --help
$ dd if=/dev/hdc of=CD.iso   # make CD iso image
$ dd if=/dev/fd0 of=floppy.img   # make floppy image

PS: You have to use this in a terminal window with a command line.

[Chemist69]

Just set up VirtualBox in Gutsy and started installing Win2k into it. Win2k is an upgrade CD so it does a CD check for a previous version. When I stick in my Win98 CD it won't recognize it, so I cannot progress in the installation.
Thanks.

Hi,
when the installer asks for the Win98 CD and you have inserted it, don't you just have to mount it by choosing Devices>Mount CD / DVD-ROM in the VBox window ?

[FrankVdb]

I know this is a bit off-topic but in a distant past I bought a copy of Microsoft Office. This was an upgrade version. When trying to install it on a PC without Office installed on it, I managed to get it installed by simply referring to the CD when it asked me to point to an existing installation. Incredible but true.