Unable to boot VM from either CD/DVD or ISO

[atownley]

I've just downloaded and installed VMware Workstation 6.0 on openSUSE 10.2 and am now trying to install WinXPproSP2 from my MSDN DVD.

No matter what I've tried, I can't seem to get the VM to boot from either the DVD drive (/dev/hda) or even an ISO image that I extracted from the DVD. I've read many of the other posts on having this problem, but none of the suggestions are working for me.

Any ideas? (and I thought this would be simpler than trying to configure Xen...)

I've also tried to boot from the windows.iso image that came with the vmware installation with no success. I've also moved CD-ROM to the first item in the boot order.

I'm also not a complete novice to VMware, but it was 2000-2002 when I used it last. While it has a fancier UI, it seems essentially the same.

Any assistance would be most appreciated.

Thanks in advance,

ast

Configuration:

$ cat *.vmx

#!/opt/vm/vmware/bin/vmware

config.version = "8"

virtualHW.version = "6"

scsi0.present = "TRUE"

memsize = "512"

MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"

ide0:0.present = "TRUE"

ide0:0.fileName = "/opt/vm/vmware/instances/ast/winxp1/winxp1.vmdk"

ide0:0.mode = "independent-persistent"

ide1:0.present = "TRUE"

ide1:0.autodetect = "FALSE"

ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"

floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE"

floppy0.autodetect = "TRUE"

ethernet0.present = "TRUE"

ethernet0.wakeOnPcktRcv = "FALSE"

usb.present = "TRUE"

ehci.present = "TRUE"

sound.present = "TRUE"

sound.fileName = "-1"

sound.autodetect = "TRUE"

svga.autodetect = "TRUE"

pciBridge0.present = "TRUE"

isolation.tools.hgfs.disable = "TRUE"

displayName = "Windows XP Professional"

guestOS = "winxppro"

nvram = "Windows XP Professional.nvram"

deploymentPlatform = "windows"

virtualHW.productCompatibility = "hosted"

RemoteDisplay.vnc.port = "0"

tools.upgrade.policy = "useGlobal"

floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0"

ethernet0.addressType = "generated"

uuid.location = "56 4d 31 82 11 ef b7 bb-48 8c de ae ed 80 ab c9"

uuid.bios = "56 4d 31 82 11 ef b7 bb-48 8c de ae ed 80 ab c9"

ide0:0.redo = ""

pciBridge0.pciSlotNumber = "17"

scsi0.pciSlotNumber = "16"

ethernet0.pciSlotNumber = "32"

sound.pciSlotNumber = "33"

ehci.pciSlotNumber = "34"

ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:80:ab:c9"

ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0"

ide1:0.fileName = "/opt/media/software/windows/winxpsp2.iso"

ide1:0.exclusive = "FALSE"

$ uname -a

Linux myhost 2.6.18.8-0.3-default #1 SMP Tue Apr 17 08:42:35 UTC 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux

[atownley]

Nevermind...

Apparently, something I did when I restarted vmware again allowed it to work correctly. I have no idea what happened or what changed, but it is now installing from the ISO for WinXPSP2.

Very strange...

[stevecs]

Actually, I'm having the same problem here (host is Ubuntu 7.04) can't get vmware to grab the cdrom at all. tried rebooting re-doing the vmware-config et al. No luck. Really pulling at my hair on this one.

[stevecs]

Well just tried the same thing (complete re-install of the host from last test w/ 64bit 7.04 now trying it under 32bit 7.04 for the host) same problem, vmware 6 build 45731 will not boot a CD or image at all. boots my older images without a problem but nothing will get it to boot a cd for a new install of a guest. Tried win98SE, winME, winXP, win2000 cd's all of which worked for my original disks that I installed under vmware 5 but under vmware 6 won't bootstrap them at all (yes cdrom boot is first in boot order and have tried an iso image of the discs as well as pointing directly to the drive both legacy mode on & off).

System this is on is a Dell D820 laptop.

[stevecs]

Well, just re-loaded 6.10 32bit and it now works, very strange.

[gfb1]

Having a similar problem with demo version of VMWare Ws 6.0 and OpenSuSE 10.2.

Installation starts from cd but, after the first screenshots, system hangs.

To "unlock" it, I discovered that unplugging any USB device works and this message appears:

The specified device appears to be claimed by another driver (usb-storage) on the host operating system which means that the device may be in use. To continue, the device will first be disconnected from its current driver.

Well... Neither CD, nor HD are on usb ports.

No way to boot from ISO images, too.

Any clues?

Thank you

[gfb1]

Nevermind...

Reloaded the rpm and now it works.

Quite strange, indeed.