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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / March 2008Virtual PC won't boot - PXE boot
I am trying Virtual PC for the first time. My PC has a 2.6 ghz processor with 512 mb of RAM on XP Pro. I went through the setup process and basically chose the defaults. When I start it, it looks like it's trying to boot from the NIC, as if it can't find the hard drive. I have absolutely no clue here. What could be wrong? Thanks When you first boot a new VPC the hard disk is blank, just like a brand new hard metal machine. If it cannot find a floppy or CD to boot from it will try to boot from the network. What OS do you plan to run in the vm? What media do you plan to install it from? If your host only has 512mb of RAM you do not have much to spare for a vm to use. >I am trying Virtual PC for the first time. My PC has a 2.6 ghz processor >with 512 mb of RAM on XP Pro. [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Thanks I guess I needed to do some reading first. I want to run XP on the vm machine. I have an XP CD. I was thinking it was going to use my existing OS somehow. How do I install XP to a virtual HD? > When you first boot a new VPC the hard disk is blank, just like a brand > new hard metal machine. If it cannot find a floppy or CD to boot from it [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] >> >> Thanks Just the same way as on a hard metal machine. Load the CD and boot it up. From the virtual machine window, check that it is set to use the CD drive on the host, then reset the vm. >I guess I needed to do some reading first. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> >>> Thanks >I guess I needed to do some reading first. > >I want to run XP on the vm machine. I have an XP CD. I was thinking it was >going to use my existing OS somehow. How do I install XP to a virtual HD? You have to add RAM to your machine. The RAM you need for the virtual machine (=guest) for running XP is minimum 256 Mb and that leaves only 256 for your host system, which is really not much. Get yourself a couple og Gb of RAM and then you are better off. To install an OS on a virtual machine is exactly like on a real machine, throw in the OS install media (CD or DVD) in the optical drive and reset the virtual machine. It will now boot off the media and display the install prompts normally (but inside of the guest window on your host PC). Bo Berglund I am just "playing". If I get more serious about this, I'll buy more RAM. Or, if having only 512mb of RAM is the cause of my problem, I'll buy more... but it sounds like that isn't the case. Keep in mind, I know absolutely nothing about this. I don't find any documentation on the Virtual PC 2007 web page. When you say "reset the vm", I assume you mean that I do that after I've started it, and then click on the Action dropdown menu. When I do that, it appears to reset but, it just does the same thing over again, it's trying to boot from the NIC. It doesn't attempt to boot from the CD drive. How do I correct that? Thanks >>I guess I needed to do some reading first. >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Bo Berglund >I am just "playing". If I get more serious about this, I'll buy more RAM. >Or, if having only 512mb of RAM is the cause of my problem, I'll buy more... >but it sounds like that isn't the case. > >Keep in mind, I know absolutely nothing about this. I don't find any >documentation on the Virtual PC 2007 web page. Documentation for VPC is almost exclusively through VPC's help. There are other sites, including mine, that have more detailed info on stuff that's not covered in VPC's help.  SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. Ok, I got it. I noticed the message at startup that allowed me to get into the BIOS setup, and changed the boot order so it would hit the CD drive. Thanks. >>I guess I needed to do some reading first. >> [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > Bo Berglund >> I guess I needed to do some reading first. >> [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > minimum 256 Mb and that leaves only 256 for your host system, which is > really not much. Are you kidding? Windows XP runs fine and fluidly on 128 MB RAM, and the implemented minimum is 64 MB. Do not guess but just READ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! >I guess I needed to do some reading first. > [quoted text clipped - 21 lines] >>> >>> Thanks >I guess I needed to do some reading first. > >I want to run XP on the vm machine. I have an XP CD. I was thinking it was >going to use my existing OS somehow. How do I install XP to a virtual HD? Details on installing OSes in VPC are in my TechRef PDf at my site...in my sig. SignatureCheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft. >I guess I needed to do some reading first. > >I want to run XP on the vm machine. I have an XP CD. I was thinking it was >going to use my existing OS somehow. How do I install XP to a virtual HD? Maybe this may be of help: http://www.goodells.net/virtualpc/index.htm Bo Berglund > If your host only has 512mb of RAM you do not have much to spare for a > vm to use. Since Windows XP runs fine with 128 MB, still having 40 MB left, there' plenty of memory left. |
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