Virtualbox on XP Professional?

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drmoore1
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Virtualbox on XP Professional?

Post by drmoore1 »

I read where it said XP all service pack but does this include professional or not? Because I am getting:

Fatal: No bootable medium found. System halted!
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Post by Sasquatch »

It runs with every Windows, I have 2003 and XP running just fine. Is the cd/iso bootable? Check that first.
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Post by drmoore1 »

How can I check that?
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Post by Sasquatch »

You already have, VB doesn't boot it. If it's a CD then try to boot your computer with it. If it's an ISO file, open it with an ISO program, that will tell you if it's bootable or not. Are you also sure you mounted the disk properly?
Read the Forum Posting Guide before opening a topic.
VirtualBox FAQ: Check this before asking questions.
Online User Manual: A must read if you want to know what we're talking about.
Howto: Install Linux Guest Additions
Howto: Use Shared Folders on Linux Guest
See the Tutorials and FAQ section at the top of the Forum for more guides.
Try searching the forums first with Google and add the site filter for this forum.
E.g. install guest additions site:forums.virtualbox.org

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