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Windows Forum / Virtual PC / June 2008cant share my VHD with a colleague
I built a Server 2003 R2 VHD with MOSS on it and it runs fine on my machine. I gave a copy of the vhd and vmc files to a colleage who wants to explore a little MOSS development and everytime he tries to start the VPC, the Server 2003 gets part way through the start up and then reboots he did a new virtual machine from an Existing Virutal Hard Disk and also tried Adding an Existing VM from the vmc file. Either way, Windows Server (in the VM) just keeps rebooting. Any ideas? I had one experience like that from a zipped copy. I never got it to run when I woke it up (unzipped) and had to do a new (unzipped) archive copy. >I built a Server 2003 R2 VHD with MOSS on it and it runs fine on my >machine. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Any ideas? From "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:41:36 -0600 : >I had one experience like that from a zipped copy. I never got it to run >when I woke it up (unzipped) and had to do a new (unzipped) archive copy. That's interesting. VMPlayer/appliances had their fedora 9 zipped as "F7" (something I had not seen before, though WinRAR hopped right on it). It was collapsed by 80%. I tried another VM this morning and regular RAR collapsed it to 55%, and rar zip ('best' mode) could only manage about 42%. I would have expected a variation due to data density but i felt that this was more than expected. FACE >>I built a Server 2003 R2 VHD with MOSS on it and it runs fine on my >>machine. [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] >> >> Any ideas? Did you compact it first? > From "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net>, in > microsoft.public.virtualpc on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:41:36 -0600 : [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>> >>> Any ideas? No I didnt compact it. I can copy it as is to another directory on my machine and create a new VM from it in that directory without compacting, but I will compact it and have my buddy try again. Thanks MB > Did you compact it first? > [quoted text clipped - 29 lines] > >>> > >>> Any ideas? Compacting is not the same as compressing (zipping). I assume you know that. Compacting is not necessary but try avoiding compressing to see if that resolves for you. > No I didnt compact it. I can copy it as is to another directory on my > machine and create a new VM from it in that directory without compacting, [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >> >>> >> >>> Any ideas? From "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 21:01:58 -0600 : >Compacting is not the same as compressing (zipping). I assume you know >that. Compacting is not necessary but try avoiding compressing to see if >that resolves for you. Yes, i realized that quickly with the google search on the subject. Just as a test, I compressed (RAR) a Dos 6.22 VM last night, uncompressed it, renamed the .vmc and .vhd and added it as a new VM under MS VPC 2007. The VM and its applications worked fine. I will probably continue the test with win 98 to get higher up the MS food chain. I can understand defragging it first. (Michael was the one who had the problem with compressing/decompressing VMs.) FACE >> No I didnt compact it. I can copy it as is to another directory on my >> machine and create a new VM from it in that directory without compacting, [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] >>> >>> >>> >>> Any ideas? From "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:36:27 -0600 : >Did you compact it first? I am unsure what you mean here.......... Please enlighten. FACE >> From "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net>, in >> microsoft.public.virtualpc on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 14:41:36 -0600 : [quoted text clipped - 27 lines] >>>> >>>> Any ideas? >>Did you compact it first? > > I am unsure what you mean here.......... > Please enlighten. http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GZEZ_en-GBGB252GB252&q=VHD+compact&meta=  SignatureMark Rae ASP.NET MVP http://www.markrae.net From "Mark Rae [MVP]" <mark@markNOSPAMrae.net>, in microsoft.public.virtualpc on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 23:08:55 +0100 : >>>Did you compact it first? >> >> I am unsure what you mean here.......... >> Please enlighten. > >http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&rlz=1T4GZEZ_en-GBGB252GB252&q=VHD+compact&meta= Thanks. FACE Compacting is the process of reducing the .vhd's size on the host by elimating the excess file space no longer in use inside the vm but not yet freed back to the host file system. Basically you defrag inside the vm to sort the free space, pre-compact with the .iso file for that provided with VPC to zero out the free space, and then edit the .vhd with the Virtual Machine Editor to remove the zeroed out free space on the host. It doesn't change the amount of disk space in use as seen by the OS in the vm but it does release (sometimes a lot) of host file space. > From "Colin Barnhorst" <c.barnhorst@comcast.net>, in > microsoft.public.virtualpc on Thu, 26 Jun 2008 15:36:27 -0600 : [quoted text clipped - 43 lines] >>>>> >>>>> Any ideas? |
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