The dd command is the issue,it''s not going to produce a valid image.
Youlre seeking 4096k and reading one block.
Just do dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myimage.iso
On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:12 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:> Thanks, Andrew. I’ve been going this direction with no success. Here’s
> what I’ve done so far:
>
>
>
> 1. Copy CD ISO to Fedora system
>
> dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/w2k3.iso bs=1024 seek=4096k count=1
>
>
>
> 1. Edit config file /etc/xen/w2k3virt1
>
> disk = [ ‘file:/xen/w2k3virt1,hda,w’,
> ‘file:/home/w2k3.iso,hdc:cdrom,r’, ]
>
> 1. xm create –c w2k3virt1
>
> Error: Disk image does not exist: /home/w2k3.iso
>
>
>
>
>
> ______________________________________________________________________
>
> From: Andrew Cathrow [mailto:acathrow@redhat.com]
> Sent: Saturday, December 02, 2006 6:05 AM
> To: Jimison, Ed
> Cc: fedora-xen@redhat.com
> Subject: Re: [Fedora-xen] W2K CD installation error on guest
>
>
>
>
>
> Check the virtual machine settings and see if the CD is still
> configured.
> For example if you''re w2k iso is in /opt/disks then make sure you
have
> something like the following
>
>
> disk = [ ''file:/ .. your harddisk image ....'',
> ''file:/opt/disks/w2k.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'', ]
>
>
> On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:08 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:
>
> I’ve been trying to install W2K on Fedora Core 6. I found a previous
> post that recommended using “Standard PC” and this helped me get past
> the original problem with a hung black screen. The next problem I’m
> running into is that once the Windows installer boots and begins the
> “Installing Windows” step, I immediately get this error window:
>
>
>
> Setup was unable to access files need to continue. This could be
> caused by an error on the CD Media or the CD is no longer present in
> the drive.
>
>
>
> Any advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Ed Jimison
>
>
>
>
> >
> > --
> > Fedora-xen mailing list
> > Fedora-xen@redhat.com
> > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen
>
>
> --
>
> Andrew Cathrow
> Red Hat, Inc.
>
> (678) 733 0452 - Mobile
> (404) 437 6178 - Home Office
>
> acathrow@redhat.com
>
>
>
>
>
--
Andrew Cathrow
Red Hat, Inc.
(678) 733 0452 - Mobile
(404) 437 6178 - Home Office
acathrow@redhat.com
--=-uYigWfZKTn7YCE+dHl/Y
Content-Type: text/html; charset=utf-8
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 TRANSITIONAL//EN">
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;
CHARSET=UTF-8">
<META NAME="GENERATOR" CONTENT="GtkHTML/3.12.1">
</HEAD>
<BODY LINK="#0000ff">
The dd command is the issue,it''s not going to produce a valid
image.<BR>
Youlre seeking 4096k and reading one block.<BR>
Just do dd if=/dev/cdrom of=myimage.iso<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
On Mon, 2006-12-04 at 10:12 -0800, Jimison, Ed wrote:
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000080">Thanks,
Andrew. I’ve been going this direction with no success.
Here’s what I’ve done so
far:</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080"> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<OL TYPE=1>
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080">Copy CD ISO to Fedora
system</FONT></FONT>
</OL>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080">
dd if=/dev/cdrom of=/home/w2k3.iso bs=1024 seek=4096k
count=1</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080"> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<OL TYPE=1>
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080">Edit config file
/etc/xen/w2k3virt1</FONT></FONT>
</OL>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080">
disk = [ ‘file:/xen/w2k3virt1,hda,w’,
‘file:/home/w2k3.iso,hdc:cdrom,r’,
]</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<OL TYPE=1>
<LI TYPE=1 VALUE=1><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080">xm create –c
w2k3virt1</FONT></FONT>
</OL>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080">
Error: Disk image does not exist:
/home/w2k3.iso</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000080"> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<DIV ALIGN=center>
<HR>
</DIV>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000">From:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT
COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Andrew Cathrow
[mailto:acathrow@redhat.com] </FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000">Sent:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT
COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Saturday, December
02, 2006 6:05 AM</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000">To:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT
COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Jimison,
Ed</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000">Cc:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT
COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2">
fedora-xen@redhat.com</FONT></FONT><BR>
<B><FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000">Subject:</FONT></FONT></B><FONT
COLOR="#000000"><FONT SIZE="2"> Re: [Fedora-xen]
W2K CD installation error on guest</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">Check the virtual machine settings and
see if the CD is still configured.</FONT><BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">For example if you''re w2k iso
is in /opt/disks then make sure you have something like the
following</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">disk = [ ''file:/ .. your
harddisk image ....'',
''file:/opt/disks/w2k.iso,hdc:cdrom,r'',
]</FONT><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000">On Fri, 2006-12-01 at 15:08 -0800,
Jimison, Ed wrote: </FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000">I’ve been trying to install W2K on Fedora
Core 6. I found a previous post that recommended using “Standard
PC” and this helped me get past the original problem with a hung black
screen. The next problem I’m running into is that once the Windows
installer boots and begins the “Installing Windows” step, I
immediately get this error window:</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000"> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Setup
was unable to access files need to continue. This could be caused by an error on
the CD Media or the CD is no longer present in the
drive.</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000"> </FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Any
advice?</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000">Thanks,</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Ed
Jimison</FONT></FONT><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BR>
<BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE>
<PRE>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000"> </FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT
COLOR="#000000">--</FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000">Fedora-xen
mailing list</FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A
HREF="mailto:Fedora-xen@redhat.com">Fedora-xen@redhat.com</A></FONT></FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2"><FONT COLOR="#000000"><A
HREF="https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen">https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-xen</A></FONT></FONT>
</PRE>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"
WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"
WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD>
<PRE>
<FONT SIZE="2"> </FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2">--</FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2"> </FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2">Andrew Cathrow</FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2">Red Hat, Inc.</FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2"> </FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2">(678) 733 0452 - Mobile</FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2">(404) 437 6178 - Home Office</FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2"> </FONT>
<FONT SIZE="2"><A
HREF="mailto:acathrow@redhat.com">acathrow@redhat.com</A></FONT>
</PRE>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
<BR>
<FONT COLOR="#000000"> </FONT><BR>
<BR>
<BR>
</BLOCKQUOTE>
<TABLE CELLSPACING="0" CELLPADDING="0"
WIDTH="100%">
<TR>
<TD>
<PRE>
--
Andrew Cathrow
Red Hat, Inc.
(678) 733 0452 - Mobile
(404) 437 6178 - Home Office
<A
HREF="mailto:acathrow@redhat.com">acathrow@redhat.com</A>
</PRE>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</BODY>
</HTML>
--=-uYigWfZKTn7YCE+dHl/Y--