Xp error when installing operating system

[mickiete]

After 9 hours of installing/uninstalling, and reinstalling old versions I am at the point of giving up. All goes well until I try to instal the operating system, then I get the following as in the picture.


Has anyone got a fix for this please.

Mick

[loukingjr]

Minimum information needed for assistance.

[mickiete]

Sorry for the lack of info.

VB 4.3.28 r100309
VirtualBox_Extension_Pack-4.3.28-100309 installed

HOST
Xp pro sp3 32bit
Ram:2gb
HD:C 300gb 160 free
HD:F 500gb 51gb free

GUEST
Windows 98SE
Ram:512mb
HD:2gb

Have tried both CD and ISO to install, but always get the same error.

I have installed windows virtual pc and that's worked ok, so I know the ISO file is ok.

Here is the log file:

[mpack]

The log ends as soon as the VM tries to boot from the CD, so the obvious suspicion is that there might be something wrong with the CD image.

Where did this Win98 ISO come from?

[mickiete]

Off my disk, but I did try to install from the cd aswell with no luck, but Windows Virtual Pc installed both fine.

mick

[mickiete]

For some reason it started working, no idea why.

[mpack]

Well, if the bad memory reference is random, perhaps it just lucked onto a valid address. That's fine, since you only need it to get through the install process then you can unmount the CD.

In fact it's common practice with Win98 installations to copy the CD contents to a hdd folder, and run it from there. Win98 frequently requests the setup CD to be reinserted, so installing from an hdd folder means you'll never be bothered by that prompt.