vmware: wont boot from bootable CD

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nitemare2u · Post by **nitemare2u** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 3:57 am

OK heres the problem:

-I put the CD in (Gentoo LiveCD Universal 2004.2) - it IS bootable.
-start vmware ( modules already loaded)
-start my virtual machine
-wait a minute: then it says:

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No bootable CD, floppy, or hard disk was detected. To install an operating system, insert a bootable CD or floppy and restart the virtual machine by clicking the Reset button.

I'm trying to use /dev/hdd because /mnt/cdrom doesnt work - it says its not a cd device - so i go to the source its mounted from (dev/hdd) - and now i need a bootable CD - even tho i have one IN THE CD-DRIVE - and i dont know what to do now.

Also I have used an ISO file - the Gentoo Minimal 2004.2 one. That didnt work either..

How do i fix this?

radonsg · Post by **radonsg** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 4:26 am

did u try choosing "Legacy emulation" under dvd/cdrom setting inside vmware?

nitemare2u · Post by **nitemare2u** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:23 am

yes - i have tried multiple combinations of options

radonsg · Post by **radonsg** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:31 am

wat distro host machine on? If also gentoo, cdrom is under /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 instead of /dev/cdrom

nitemare2u · Post by **nitemare2u** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 11:47 am

unfortunately - there is no /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 in my computer , its /dev/hdd. Refer to my other post: http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic.php?t=245412

oh and btw, host is gentoo guest is Windows XP Home

radonsg · Post by **radonsg** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 1:38 pm

maybe u sld try ripping the cd into a image onto your harddisk & try to boot from there

bhaputi · Post by **bhaputi** » Mon Nov 01, 2004 5:10 pm

I am having the exact same problem, and have tried all of the above stuff, all of which did not work. Anyone have any ideas?

Marrekau117 · Post by **Marrekau117** » Sun Nov 07, 2004 11:29 pm

This problem is fixed in the rc2 of vmware 4.5.2 resync the package list and do emerge -U vmware-workstation this wil fix the problem

pYrania · Post by **pYrania** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 8:42 pm

Marrekau117 wrote:This problem is fixed in the rc2 of vmware 4.5.2 resync the package list and do emerge -U vmware-workstation this wil fix the problem

I can't confirm this.
I'm trying to install W2k Server since some hours, but vmware doesn't recognise the medium within the cdrom drive.
Booting from an ISO image doesn't work either.
Running 4.5.2 build 8848, revision 2

zambizzi · Post by **zambizzi** » Wed Jan 26, 2005 7:35 am

I'm having the same problem, I can't get it to boot from the cdrom. I manually entered /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 (which exists on my system) and it still gives me the message that it can't boot.

I'm using vmware 4.5.2 build 4488 (r2) and the 2.6.10-gentoo-r6 kernel.

I got a warning after running it the first time telling me that my kernel was newer than vmware expected and it may not run correctly, so I'm assuming this is why it doesn't work?

Should a bug report be supported to the devs perhaps?

-v

Hammett · Post by **Hammett** » Sun Feb 13, 2005 9:50 pm

exact same problem here. VMware can't find the bootable CD.

Hammett · Post by **Hammett** » Tue Feb 22, 2005 11:22 pm

Updated vmware-workstation from r2 to r5, and still can't recognise bootable CD or iso image on the HDD.

LeTene · Post by **LeTene** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 10:16 am

Had the same problem and solved it by going into the BIOS setup (hit F2 on VM startup), going to the Boot section and moving the CD-ROM choice to the top of the list, then Exit & Save Settings.

Hammett · Post by **Hammett** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 12:44 pm

W00t!!!!

It is working!!! many thanks dude!!! I owe you one

overdozed · Post by **overdozed** » Thu May 26, 2005 12:15 pm

still no success :(

I got a winXP64 iso that boots, but vmware doesnt see my amd64 3200 as 64bit processor so it doesnt install it.
with win2k and winME id didnt work not for the cd nor for the isos I created.

VMware Workstation 5.0 on amd64~
2.6.11 gentoo-dev kernel
plextor cd/RW and some noname quad speed rom

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PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
Operating System not found

pretty lost on this.

xcesar · Post by **xcesar** » Sun Mar 26, 2006 2:49 pm

same problem here...

xcesar · Post by **xcesar** » Tue Mar 28, 2006 1:26 am

Gentleman [and ladies too]

I don't know what happened, but i uninstalled vmware-workstation and installed vmware-player. Played with for some time and then uninstalled the player, re-installed workstation and it worked!!

However, I did not understand what happened here...

vmware: wont boot from bootable CD

vmware: wont boot from bootable CD

yep, me too.