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Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-07-2008 at 11:17 AM

ok so i finally made my virtual machine, i insert my Ubuntu 7.10 live cd and run VMware Player. It starts up, but for some reason it cant find the bootable disc. i have put the disc on both DVD and CD and i have tried putting them in different drives but it keeps giving me the same error. see screenie for the error...

[Image: VM_not_working.jpg]

PS. i know i have made alot of threads about this subject lately and im sorry if i have annoyed anyone, its just these forums are my biggest source of computer and general help :)


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by ShawnZ on 02-07-2008 at 11:23 AM

is it set to boot from CDs in the bios?


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-07-2008 at 11:26 AM

on my actual computer no, i'll try that the report back


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by ShawnZ on 02-07-2008 at 11:29 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
on my actual computer no, i'll try that the report back

no, in the VM
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-07-2008 at 11:36 AM

well thats the thing i cant find the option in the vm that allows me to set boot from cd


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by ShawnZ on 02-07-2008 at 11:38 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
well thats the thing i cant find the option in the vm that allows me to set boot from cd

it's in the bios!
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-07-2008 at 11:41 AM

the VM loads too quickly at the start and i cannot get into the bios
like it says in the screenie apparently its booting from Intel E1000 but i cant get into setup quick enough to change this...


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by ShawnZ on 02-07-2008 at 11:43 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
the VM loads too quickly at the start and i cannot get into the bios

well that's where you change the boot order...
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-07-2008 at 11:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
the VM loads too quickly at the start and i cannot get into the bios

well that's where you change the boot order...
yes i realise that but it loads to quickly for me to change it, is there anything else i can do?
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by ShawnZ on 02-07-2008 at 11:47 AM

quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
the VM loads too quickly at the start and i cannot get into the bios

well that's where you change the boot order...
yes i realise that but it loads to quickly for me to change it, is there anything else i can do?

click faster?
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-07-2008 at 11:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
quote:
Originally posted by ShawnZ
quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
the VM loads too quickly at the start and i cannot get into the bios

well that's where you change the boot order...
yes i realise that but it loads to quickly for me to change it, is there anything else i can do?

click faster?
i have about 1/2 a second to click the mouse button to focus on the vm and press F12 at the same time. it just does not work
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by ShawnZ on 02-07-2008 at 12:02 PM

well... try harder


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Matti on 02-07-2008 at 07:52 PM

Well, I know that in Virtual PC (Microsoft), you can choose to use a physical disc drive (CD / DVD) for the virtual drive of your virtual machine. It seems that there's some sort of drop-down menu in VMWare too... are you sure that's set to the correct "real" drive?


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-07-2008 at 08:33 PM

in the drop down menu there is no option to change the boot sequence


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Supersonicdarky on 02-07-2008 at 08:42 PM

if you don't have anything on the vm yet, it should go to cd after checking the vhd (unless disabled for some reason in bios)


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by MeEtc on 02-07-2008 at 08:46 PM

When the virtual machine boots, press Ctrl-Alt-Ins to send a Ctrl-Alt-Del command. This will reboot VM Player, and bring you back to the BIOS page...
[Image: vmplayer_boot.png]
Then just press F2 to change it permanently ;)


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-08-2008 at 07:47 AM

quote:
Originally posted by MeEtc
When the virtual machine boots, press Ctrl-Alt-Ins to send a Ctrl-Alt-Del command. This will reboot VM Player, and bring you back to the BIOS page...
[img]
Then just press F2 to change it permanently ;)
have u actually tried this cus when i tried it it made no difference

EDIT: i actually went into the bios and changed the boot sequence but it still boots from Intel E1000 (and yes i did save before exiting setup)

EDIT 2: I now have screenie showing you i have changed the boot sequence but it still boots from Intel E1000

[Image: VM_not_working_2.jpg]
[Image: VM_not_working.jpg]
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-08-2008 at 09:57 AM

cos your doing it all wrong enable  legacy emulation then open your vmx file(in notepad) and specfiy a drive letter

code:
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "e:"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ide1:1.present = "TRUE"
ide1:1.fileName = "i:"
ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-08-2008 at 01:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by xen0h
cos your doing it all wrong enable  legacy emulation then open your vmx file(in notepad) and specfiy a drive letter

code:
ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Windows XP Professional.vmdk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "e:"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"
ide1:1.present = "TRUE"
ide1:1.fileName = "i:"
ide1:1.deviceType = "cdrom-raw"


nope didnt work, still boots from Intel E1000. does anyboody have any idea why it refuses to change boot sequence?
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jesus on 02-08-2008 at 02:18 PM

Try disabling the VM's ethernet device.
If that doesn't work, try loading a liveCD iso instead of inserting a physical disc (if that's an option on VMware Player, Ive only used VMware Workstation)


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-08-2008 at 08:31 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
quote:
Originally posted by MeEtc
When the virtual machine boots, press Ctrl-Alt-Ins to send a Ctrl-Alt-Del command. This will reboot VM Player, and bring you back to the BIOS page...
[img]
Then just press F2 to change it permanently ;)
have u actually tried this cus when i tried it it made no difference

EDIT: i actually went into the bios and changed the boot sequence but it still boots from Intel E1000 (and yes i did save before exiting setup)

EDIT 2: I now have screenie showing you i have changed the boot sequence but it still boots from Intel E1000

[Image: VM_not_working_2.jpg]
[Image: VM_not_working.jpg]

the boot sequence is fine it's fact that it's not detecting a cd in the drive.

it's exactly what happened to me,
post your vmx file & drive letters & i'll give it a go

RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-08-2008 at 10:09 PM

ok my optical drive letter is D:

Download VMX


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-09-2008 at 12:34 AM

try this one

this one is another one some setting may be a tiny bit different but it's more likely to work


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-10-2008 at 05:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by xen0h
try this one

this one is another one some setting may be a tiny bit different but it's more likely to work
zomg thank you so much it worked.

btw the reason why i didnt reply earlier was because i was on holiday in Phillip Island
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-10-2008 at 06:15 AM

np told you, you were doing it wrong that one was done using notepad and vmware workstation,

is it ok with every1 if i take them off the webserver?

wdz if you read this, plz allow vmx file uploads and i'll happily upload a copy


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-10-2008 at 06:58 AM

fine with me i saved them on my computer.
thanks for helping me xen0h


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-10-2008 at 07:04 AM

that's what the comunity's for
thanx for repping me :)


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-10-2008 at 07:46 AM

quote:
Originally posted by xen0h
that's what the comunity's for
thanx for repping me :)
np u deserve it
anyway i cant seem to change the screen resolution of the vm, when i change it and i click ok, nothing happens but it thinks it has changed resolution
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-10-2008 at 08:28 AM

yeah for the first time today that happened with my xp vm it used to be auto adjusting if i find a fix i'll post it here

[edit: change the resolution and that fixes it but i'm sure i had an auto adjusting one at some point]


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-10-2008 at 11:06 AM


quote:
Originally posted by xen0h
yeah for the first time today that happened with my xp vm it used to be auto adjusting if i find a fix i'll post it here

[edit: change the resolution and that fixes it but i'm sure i had an auto adjusting one at some point]
na when i change the resolution it just stays the same, but the vm thinks it has changed
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-10-2008 at 11:18 AM

oh damn seems to fix it in xp vms but only until the screen is resized again


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-10-2008 at 11:40 AM

ok dw it just fixed itself when i restarted vm
but now i cant seem to add visual effects, it says they cannot be enabled


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-10-2008 at 05:14 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
ok dw it just fixed itself when i restarted vm
but now i cant seem to add visual effects, it says they cannot be enabled
this migh possibly be to the fact that vms have no graphics card,. but I could be wrong
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Mike on 02-10-2008 at 05:32 PM

quote:
Originally posted by xen0h
this migh possibly be to the fact that vms have no graphics card,. but I could be wrong
VMs obviously emulate a graphics card, otherwise, you wouldn't see anything :P
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jesus on 02-10-2008 at 07:56 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rm rulz
ok dw it just fixed itself when i restarted vm
but now i cant seem to add visual effects, it says they cannot be enabled
IIRC VMware does not emulate a 3D graphics card, so some effects (eg. aero) might not be available.
For the resolution problem, do you have VMware Tools installed inside the vm?
RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-11-2008 at 07:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mike
quote:
Originally posted by xen0h
this migh possibly be to the fact that vms have no graphics card,. but I could be wrong
VMs obviously emulate a graphics card, otherwise, you wouldn't see anything :P

could emulate a graphics processor considering the capablity of it doesn't quite live up to a graphics card
& it probally was vmtools that adjusted the res but I haven't installed them on this one...
how bout you rm installed vm tools?

RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-11-2008 at 10:42 AM

if by rm u mean remove, i havent actually installed any extra tools to be removed


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Jarrod on 02-11-2008 at 10:46 AM

I was actually refering to you, lol , I fail @ punctuation, in vm player is there something to install vmtools ?


RE: Virtual Machine Problem by Th3rmal on 02-11-2008 at 11:01 AM

quote:
Originally posted by xen0h
I was actually refering to you, lol , I fail @ punctuation, in vm player is there something to install vmtools ?
o lol i got abit confused reading you post so i took my best assumption.

Umm not that i know of, i know you can install vmware player inside linux but i havent seen any vmware tools as yet. i'll keep you posted..