Windows 2000 Server Guest Rebooting

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caynes_vb
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Windows 2000 Server Guest Rebooting

Post by caynes_vb »

Hey, I just have a quick question. During installation of Windows 2000 Server the system constantly reboots and repeats the installation process over and over. I have read in the manual that typing the following command VBoxManage setextradata VMNAME "VBoxInternal/Devices/piix3ide/0/Config/IRQDelay" 1 will resolve the issue. I am running Windows Server 2008, so I do not know where to run the command. In Linux, VBoxManage is an actual command but in Windows it is not. Does anybody know how I can introduce that delay on a Windows host?

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Re: Windows 2000 Server Guest Rebooting

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On windows VBoxManage is the same command, you run this on the Host.
caynes_vb
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Re: Windows 2000 Server Guest Rebooting

Post by caynes_vb »

I receive the following error when trying to execute that command in the command prompt.

C:\Users\Administrator>VBoxManage
'VBoxManage' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
operable program or batch file.
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Re: Windows 2000 Server Guest Rebooting

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Sigh.... run it from where VBox is installed.
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Re: Windows 2000 Server Guest Rebooting

Post by caynes_vb »

My bad...I blame that on laziness. The install worked fine. I will change the key back to zero, but just out of curiosity, how would I remove the key?
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Re: Windows 2000 Server Guest Rebooting

Post by vbox4me2 »

RTFM :!:
VBoxManage setextradata global|<uuid>|<name>
<key>
[<value>] (no value deletes key)
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