[gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Gavin Seddon]

Hi, I have vm 5.5 running.But, when I try and inst guest os and 'power
on' the inst. cd doesn't boot.  Can anyone suggest help?
cheers.
Gavin.
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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
UK




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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Thierry de Coulon]

On Saturday 24 June 2006 15.01, Gavin Seddon wrote:
> Hi, I have vm 5.5 running.But, when I try and inst guest os and 'power
> on' the inst. cd doesn't boot.  Can anyone suggest help?
> cheers.
> Gavin.
> --
> Dr Gavin Seddon
> Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
> University of Manchester
> Oxford Road
> M13 9PL
> UK

Hello,

Did you make sure your vm is setup to boot from the CD? If I remeber well it 
is not so by default.

Thierry

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Gavin Seddon]

Hi,
Thanks.  It doesn't boot if I pick '/dev/cdrom' either.  I get the black
screen with the progress bar then nothing.  TThanks.
btw.  The cd is ok.
gavin.


  On Sat, 2006-06-24 at 15:51 +0200, Thierry de Coulon wrote:
> On Saturday 24 June 2006 15.01, Gavin Seddon wrote:
> > Hi, I have vm 5.5 running.But, when I try and inst guest os and 'power
> > on' the inst. cd doesn't boot.  Can anyone suggest help?
> > cheers.
> > Gavin.
> > --
> > Dr Gavin Seddon
> > Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
> > University of Manchester
> > Oxford Road
> > M13 9PL
> > UK
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Did you make sure your vm is setup to boot from the CD? If I remeber well it 
> is not so by default.
> 
> Thierry
> 
> -- 
> Stupidity is like a fractal; universal and infinitely repetitive.
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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Thierry de Coulon]

On Sunday 25 June 2006 11.46, Gavin Seddon wrote:
> Hi,
> Thanks.  It doesn't boot if I pick '/dev/cdrom' either.  I get the black
> screen with the progress bar then nothing.  TThanks.
> btw.  The cd is ok.
> gavin.

Hi,

You should perhaps give me more details.

Just out of my memory, here are the two things I sometime forgot to check and 
that gave me the same problem:

a) remeber vmware is a virtual pc. While booting press [F2] to get to the 
"Virtual BIOS" and check that booting from CD is selected.

b) if /dev/cdrom does not work, try /dev/hdc or whatever your CD really is. 
Oh, and make sure that a box saying something like "legacy emulation" is 
checked, otherwise it won't boot from the CD as far as I remember.

Thierry
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Peter Humphrey]

On Sunday 25 June 2006 12:09, Thierry de Coulon wrote:

> Oh, and make sure that a box saying something like "legacy emulation"
> is checked, otherwise it won't boot from the CD as far as I remember.

I found just the opposite - that all sorts of things broke if I had legacy 
emulation switched on, but worked normally with it off.

Gavin, which vmware is this? Vmware-server, perhaps?

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Gavin Seddon]

Hi,
this is vmware-workstation.  When I power in it starts.  I get the
vmware progress bar.  It says 'examining hardware'.  Then there is an
error that I cannot see and it all starts again.

The cd will boot if I try and inst. on my machine as the 1ary os.
Gavin
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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
UK




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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Peter Humphrey]

On Wednesday 28 June 2006 12:17, Gavin Seddon wrote:

> this is vmware-workstation.  When I power in it starts.  I get the
> vmware progress bar.  It says 'examining hardware'.  Then there is an
> error that I cannot see and it all starts again.

That sounds different from vmware-server, which I'm more familiar with. I 
don't think I can help here, I'm afraid. Sorry.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[David Ameiss]

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Gavin Seddon wrote:
> Hi,
> this is vmware-workstation.  When I power in it starts.  I get the
> vmware progress bar.  It says 'examining hardware'.  Then there is an
> error that I cannot see and it all starts again.
>
> The cd will boot if I try and inst. on my machine as the 1ary os.
> Gavin
>   
I've had intermittent problems reading from the "real" cd drive,
especially during boot of a virtual machine. I usually rip the CD to an
ISO image, then specify the image file using "Use ISO Image" rather than
the physical drive.

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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Richard Fish]

On 6/28/06, Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> Hi,
> this is vmware-workstation.  When I power in it starts.  I get the
> vmware progress bar.  It says 'examining hardware'.  Then there is an
> error that I cannot see and it all starts again.

What is it that you are trying to boot?

Have you double checked that the VMWare BIOS is set to boot from CD
first?  (hit F2 when you see the progress bar to enter the VMWare BIOS
setup).

-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Gavin Seddon]

yes I checked this.

I'll try the iso.


On Wed, 2006-06-28 at 09:22 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 6/28/06, Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > this is vmware-workstation.  When I power in it starts.  I get the
> > vmware progress bar.  It says 'examining hardware'.  Then there is an
> > error that I cannot see and it all starts again.
> 
> What is it that you are trying to boot?
> 
> Have you double checked that the VMWare BIOS is set to boot from CD
> first?  (hit F2 when you see the progress bar to enter the VMWare BIOS
> setup).
> 
> -Richard
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Dr Gavin Seddon
Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
UK




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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Richard Fish]

On 6/29/06, Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> yes I checked this.

Ok.  What is it that you are trying to boot?

-Richard
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Re: [gentoo-amd64] vmware not booting install cd

[Gavin Seddon]

Hi,
It is Windos xp, so I can use a dell pocket pc.  I would also be able to
upgrade my cellular phone to one that doesn't require Gnokii.
Thanks.
GavinO




n Thu, 2006-06-29 at 09:48 -0700, Richard Fish wrote:
> On 6/29/06, Gavin Seddon <gavin.m.seddon@manchester.ac.uk> wrote:
> > yes I checked this.
> 
> Ok.  What is it that you are trying to boot?
> 
> -Richard
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Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Manchester
Oxford Road
M13 9PL
UK




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