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ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:07
by rokit boy
Can somebody help me with this error? I'm running Win 7 Home Premium.
Anybody? BTW I am making a Vista OS.
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:08
by Perryg
Did you put the Vista install CD in the drive?
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:09
by rokit boy
Ok I think I know how to make it work but I need to know how to make an empty ISO file.
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:12
by rokit boy
A vista install cd? Huh?
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:19
by Perryg
VirtualBox allows you to install other operating systems but you must supply the actual installation media.
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:19
by rokit boy
Can somebody give me a full tutorial on how to make a Vista Virtual OS on virtualbox 4.1.8?
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:20
by rokit boy
Perryg wrote:VirtualBox allows you to install other operating systems but you must supply the actual installation media.
Can i use a ISO file for that? Then mount it and that become my disc?
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:21
by Perryg
Yes but licensing issues still apply.
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:23
by rokit boy
So How can I make an empty ISO file which Will have 20GB free space and act as a disc for mah virtualPC?
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:31
by rokit boy
Ok I done this, Made a new VHD file and used it as my hard drive for my virtual os, IT SAYS VERR_NOT_SUPPORTED! It took 20gb of mah memory and now its just, poof.
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 19:33
by Perryg
Do you have the installation media for what ever it is you are wanting to install?
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 21:06
by rokit boy
Can somebody please post a full tutorial from somewhere? I can't find one!
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 6. Feb 2012, 21:10
by Perryg
Its a simple question, but for some reason you never answer it. Do you have the actual install media or not?
If you do not you will never get it to work because you must provide the software to install.
Re: ERROR: No bootable medium found...
Posted: 7. Feb 2012, 12:07
by mpack
Full tutorial:
1. Make ISO copy of your Vista install CD.
2. While not running, mount ISO copy in VM drive, making sure VM is set to use ISO (not a host drive).
3. Settings: make sure CD is enabled and comes first in the boot order for the VM.
4. Start the VM and follow your nose from there.
Apart from the (optional) step of starting with an ISO image, the procedure for installing an operating system on a virtual PC is the same as for doing it on a physical PC.