boot into Linux live CD from Windows boot (F12)

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Krischu
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boot into Linux live CD from Windows boot (F12)

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I have VB 5.0.26 running with a Windows 7 guest.

SAS-Port 0: windows7-disk1.vmdk (normal,80,03GB)
SAS-Port 1: [DVD]VBoxGuestAdditions.iso(55,54MB)
SAS-Port 2: [DVD]ubuntu-16.04.1-desktop-amd64.iso(1,41GB)

I can boot into Windows 7 fine but how can I choose to boot into the Ubuntu Live CD?

I tried to hit F12 at Windows Boot time and the boot load also exits into the Boot medium choice
but when I choose to boot CD it says "no bootable medium found or some such

Help appreciated,

Christoph
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Re: boot into Linux live CD from Windows boot (F12)

Post by BillG »

Why not simply create a new vm with a 64-bit Linux profile, release the guest additions, allocate the ubuntu ISO to port1 and boot the new vm.
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Krischu
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Re: boot into Linux live CD from Windows boot (F12)

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BillG wrote:Why not simply create a new vm with a 64-bit Linux profile, release the guest additions, allocate the ubuntu ISO to port1 and boot the new vm.
Because I want to access the Windows 7 NTFS
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Re: boot into Linux live CD from Windows boot (F12)

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Krischu wrote:when I choose to boot CD it says "no bootable medium found or some such
Is the DVD bootable to begin with? Did you check? Did you verify the checksums?
Oh, and please be more precise next time. "or some such" is not that ... helpful.
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Re: boot into Linux live CD from Windows boot (F12)

Post by Krischu »

socratis wrote:
Krischu wrote:when I choose to boot CD it says "no bootable medium found or some such
Is the DVD bootable to begin with? Did you check? Did you verify the checksums?
Oh, and please be more precise next time. "or some such" is not that ... helpful.
Thanks. Got it working. Removed the first CD SAS-Port 1: VboxGuestAdditions.iso and then it booted. Immediately the CD though.
I would have expected that it prefers to boot the Windows vmdk

Anyway. It works.

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Christoph
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