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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / February 2008What file system (format) has guest at initial stage?
After creating the vm and before installing OS what is the file system in that partition? If there is none, why I am not able to boot to A:/prompt using my bootable CD I created many years ago? Jack > After creating the vm and before installing OS what is the file system in > that partition? There isn't one, there isn't even a partition until you create one. > If there is none, why I am not able to boot to A:/prompt using my bootable > CD I created many years ago? No idea. You're going to have to provide some more detail here.  SignaturePaul Adare MVP - Virtual Machines http://www.identit.ca Long computations that yield zero are probably all for naught. >After creating the vm and before installing OS what is the file system in >that partition? There is none, the hard drive is unpartitioned and unformatted. >If there is none, why I am not able to boot to A:/prompt using my bootable >CD I created many years ago? >Jack I don't know. Maybe it's related to your CD tool? SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. > After creating the vm and before installing OS what is the file system in > that partition? None, just like a brand new hard drive. > If there is none, why I am not able to boot to A:/prompt using my bootable > CD I created many years ago? > Jack Don't know, it works for me. It works for you because you do not have SATA hard drive. I do have SATA harddrive and IDE DVD disk. Jack >> After creating the vm and before installing OS what is the file system in >> that partition? [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Don't know, it works for me. > It works for you because you do not have SATA hard drive. > I do have SATA harddrive and IDE DVD disk. [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > > > Don't know, it works for me. Wrong. I have SATA hard drive and IDE DVD. I was told that SATA hard drive is a culprit. My CDROM uses IDE drivers which are not compatible with SATA. Does it sound pausable? Thanks, Jack > After creating the vm and before installing OS what is the file system in > that partition? > If there is none, why I am not able to boot to A:/prompt using my bootable > CD I created many years ago? > Jack You can test the functionality of your virtual floppy drive and see if the virtual machine can see and boot from the A: drive by downloading a virtual floppy from http://vpc.essjae.com/. Download the "Windows 98 ready VMC and VFD" to your host. Capture the vfd with the virtual floppy drive in the vm and reset from the Action Menu. That will at least answer your question about booting from the A: drive. >I was told that SATA hard drive is a culprit. > My CDROM uses IDE drivers which are not compatible with SATA. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> bootable CD I created many years ago? >> Jack >I was told that SATA hard drive is a culprit. >My CDROM uses IDE drivers which are not compatible with SATA. [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> CD I created many years ago? >> Jack I doubt it. SATA on the host is irrelevant to booting inside a VM. SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. |
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