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Cannot install VHP under VirtualPC 2007

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 02/04/2008
From: Robert Stokes
Message:

We're setting up a machine for testing different software scenarios. Host
system is Vista Home Premium. Win2K and XP Home have been installed as a
virtual disks fine but when we try to install VHP it is unable to find a hard
disk to install upon.

It suggests trying to find device drivers for the disk but I've pointed it
back to the Vista install CD to no avail.

Anyone else had this or got any pointers?

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Re: Cannot install VHP under VirtualPC 2007

Sent: 02/04/2008
From: Robert Stokes
Message:

Trying to create a new VHP virtual machine. We've done the virtual machines
for 2000 and XP without problem but everytime we try to install Vista (even
tried Vista Business) it goes through the initial setup process but then when
it gets to the stage of identifying the hard disk to begin installing the
files, it reports that there are no hard drives available and give us an
option to load a device driver file.

--
Rascom I.T. Limited
www.rascom-it.co.uk

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

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> Are you creating a new virtual machine for VHP or you trying to install all
> these systems on the same vm? If you create a new vm with its own virtual
> hard drive there should be no problem. You don't give many details but why
> don't you have a vm for each of the guest operating systems you are testing
> on?
>
> You do not install device drivers in the guest for devices in the host. A
> guest has its own emulated devices and you install drivers by installing the
> virtual machine additions.
>
> "Robert Stokes" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
> news:(email address - cut out)...
> > We're setting up a machine for testing different software scenarios. Host
> > system is Vista Home Premium. Win2K and XP Home have been installed as a
> > virtual disks fine but when we try to install VHP it is unable to find a
> > hard
> > disk to install upon.
> >
> > It suggests trying to find device drivers for the disk but I've pointed it
> > back to the Vista install CD to no avail.
> >
> > Anyone else had this or got any pointers?
>

Re: Cannot install VHP under VirtualPC 2007

Sent: 02/04/2008
From: Robert Stokes
Message:

Found it.
Seems tVPC hadn't created the disk image properly. It was showing as listed
and had been created but wasn't letting me write to it.
Deleted old one and created new one, all fine now.

--
Rascom I.T. Limited
www.rascom-it.co.uk

"Colin Barnhorst" wrote:

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Re: Cannot install VHP under VirtualPC 2007

Sent: 02/04/2008
From: "Colin Barnhorst" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

Are you creating a new virtual machine for VHP or you trying to install all
these systems on the same vm? If you create a new vm with its own virtual
hard drive there should be no problem. You don't give many details but why
don't you have a vm for each of the guest operating systems you are testing
on?

You do not install device drivers in the guest for devices in the host. A
guest has its own emulated devices and you install drivers by installing the
virtual machine additions.

"Robert Stokes" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Show quoted text

> We're setting up a machine for testing different software scenarios. Host
> system is Vista Home Premium. Win2K and XP Home have been installed as a
> virtual disks fine but when we try to install VHP it is unable to find a
> hard
> disk to install upon.
>
> It suggests trying to find device drivers for the disk but I've pointed it
> back to the Vista install CD to no avail.
>
> Anyone else had this or got any pointers?

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