Parallels Desktop for Mac build 3106 Beta 3 is available for download.

Dec 29, 2006, 01:22 PM #1
SlapheadMedia Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	That was a fast fix, good work. Unfortunately for me, I still get 'Unable to open disk image Boot Camp' after 20 seconds of wait and the windows partition HD disappearing. :(

Dec 29, 2006, 01:49 PM

macguyincali
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Originally Posted by macguyincali

First of all, gentlemen:

Parallels is a great tool and you guys have done a great job updating it constantly and meeting your users' needs.

I seem to have run into a problem with my version upon updating to this last beta (it actually started with the previous beta released a few weeks ago).

I uninstalled BootCamp tools in XP (when booted into XP) and then rebooted into OS X and tried starting up the BootCamp disk in Parallels. It seems to work every other time. The times it doesn't work, the entire computer freezes up and I have to do a hard reset (hold down power button for 5 seconds) to get my computer back. It tends to happen when I have to restart the Parallels XP machine (installing software, etc.). A screen has come up a few times:

Checking file system on c: The type of the file system is NTFS. One of your disks needs to be checked for consistency. You may cancel the disk check, but it is strongly recommended that you continue. To skip disk checking, press any key within 10 seconds(s).

When this appears, the countdown stops at 7 or 6 or so and then the entire system freezes up. CTRL-ALT-DEL won't work and only the mouse pointer can move.

Any thoughts on this?

I am still having the freezing problem. I reinstalled Beta 3 (seems that I was operating on Beta 2) and then opened my BootCamp XP in Parallels (already uninstalled Parallels tools booted into XP). A message informed me that Parallels would be updating software and not to do anything. It went into the black screen after performing some sort of update and then froze the system. Any thoughts?

Dec 29, 2006, 01:55 PM #3
eric_dz Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	Keyspan USB I notice that the Keyspan USP 19HS still does not work. When should we expect for this to work?

Dec 29, 2006, 02:02 PM #4
Mathew Burrack Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 17	Issues with keyboard input on 3106 So first of all, since this is my first post: I love your product, thank you for making it! Now, sadly, for the problem :~) I updated to 3106, and coincidentally my win2000 image that I've been using got corrupted (I don't think that's your fault, separate issue). I've been using it instead of my XP boot camp install under Parallels because, as of the latest upgrade to Parallels, XP has been needing me to re-authenticate over the phone, and it takes forever to get through on hold with MS. Anyway, with my win2k image corrupted, I had no choice, so I started up the XP boot option... Notes: 1. It popped up a message for a while that said not to do anything while Parallel Tools were updated, even though I don't think that could ever complete since I couldn't log in without authenticating. It eventually disappeared, so I didn't think much of it, until... 2. I tried typing in my serial # again, which contains a Z, but every character worked until I tried to type the Z, at which point it just wouldn't take it in. I've discoverd that the Z, A, S, L, M and N keys will not actually register in the window (go figure, that means I could almost put my serial # in, very maddening). No beep, no anything--it's as if I just didn't hit the key. Other keys work just fine. I've tried turning off remapping in preferences, as well as plugging in an external keyboard (on a MacBook Pro here), with no difference. Problem is, I can't activate my XP install now because I can't get my serial # in. I'm going to try creating a new 2k image now, but since this is for my work, obviously getting up and running again asap is important (I know, I know, should've made a backup of my image, sigh). Any help would be appreciated. I filed a report through Parallels Desktop, but thought this might be quicker....thanks!!

Dec 29, 2006, 02:02 PM

Mathew Burrack
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Issues with keyboard input on 3106

So first of all, since this is my first post: I *love* your product, thank you for making it!

Now, sadly, for the problem :~) I updated to 3106, and coincidentally my win2000 image that I've been using got corrupted (I don't think that's your fault, separate issue). I've been using it instead of my XP boot camp install under Parallels because, as of the latest upgrade to Parallels, XP has been needing me to re-authenticate over the phone, and it takes forever to get through on hold with MS. Anyway, with my win2k image corrupted, I had no choice, so I started up the XP boot option...

Notes: 1. It popped up a message for a while that said not to do anything while Parallel Tools were updated, even though I don't think that could ever complete since I couldn't log in without authenticating. It eventually disappeared, so I didn't think much of it, until...

2. I tried typing in my serial # again, which contains a Z, but every character worked until I tried to type the Z, at which point it just wouldn't take it in. I've discoverd that the Z, A, S, L, M and N keys will not actually register in the window (go figure, that means I could *almost* put my serial # in, very maddening). No beep, no anything--it's as if I just didn't hit the key. Other keys work just fine. I've tried turning off remapping in preferences, as well as plugging in an external keyboard (on a MacBook Pro here), with no difference.

Problem is, I can't activate my XP install now because I can't get my serial # in. I'm going to try creating a new 2k image now, but since this is for my work, obviously getting up and running again asap is important (I know, I know, should've made a backup of my image, sigh).

Any help would be appreciated. I filed a report through Parallels Desktop, but thought this might be quicker....thanks!!

Dec 29, 2006, 01:13 PM #5
mark.burton Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 20	After downloading the new Beta with Safari, the DMG package will not mount. Downloading with Firefox worked fine. Thanks for the new Beta Parallels!

Dec 29, 2006, 01:13 PM #6
bhagiratha Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 31	I just upgrade to this new build but when I start Parallels, I get a message that I need to uninstall Paralles tools for boot camp. But each time I boot to my windows partition I am not able to use the keyboard on my macbook pro. Is there another way I can do this uninstall? or is there a way to repair this windows boot menu using a windows disk. thanks

Dec 29, 2006, 01:22 PM #7
BlueSkyISdotCOM Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 67	I'm not getting a valid DMG using Safari or Firefox.

Dec 29, 2006, 01:36 PM #8
MrMacMan Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 1	Looks intresting. I love being a beta tester but -- As a new customer I have a boxed 1940 version of the application. I have recentally downloaded the 1970 version (but not this new beta apparently) and I want to know where i can find the 'version history' aka the features that are being constantly worked on and revamped. I can see several pages with 'new features' but this is all relative they could be from an earlier version or new to this specific beta... ect, can someone link me to a version history? thanks much

Dec 29, 2006, 01:36 PM

MrMacMan
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Looks intresting.

I love being a beta tester but --
As a new customer I have a boxed 1940 version of the application. I have recentally downloaded the 1970 version (but not this new beta apparently) and I want to know where i can find the 'version history' aka the features that are being constantly worked on and revamped.

I can see several pages with 'new features' but this is all relative they could be from an earlier version or new to this specific beta... ect, can someone link me to a version history? thanks much

Dec 29, 2006, 01:59 PM #9
Hugh Watkins Senior Member Join: Jul 2006 Posts: 976	3 failed downloads "unable to mount disk image" Hugh W __________________ http://snaps4.blogspot.com/ photographs and walks in Copenhagen GENEALOGE http://hughw36.blogspot.com/ MAIN BLOG

Dec 29, 2006, 04:34 PM #10
outlawrocketman Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 12	Creating bootcamp partition from Parallels VM image? Hi, just download 3106. I'd been running Beta 2 as a VM within MacOS X. The DMG download went well (using foxfire), the parallels tools upgrade went well too. Now that the licensing issue has been solved I'd like to try using the same bits in bootcamp and in parallels. My question is, is there a standard / supported way to take the nice image I've built in parallels and move it to bootcamp so I can use the bits both ways? Thanks much.

Dec 29, 2006, 04:34 PM

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outlawrocketman
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Creating bootcamp partition from Parallels VM image?

Hi, just download 3106. I'd been running Beta 2 as a VM within MacOS X. The DMG download went well (using foxfire), the parallels tools upgrade went well too.

Now that the licensing issue has been solved I'd like to try using the same bits in bootcamp and in parallels. My question is, is there a standard / supported way to take the nice image I've built in parallels and move it to bootcamp so I can use the bits both ways? Thanks much.

Dec 29, 2006, 04:51 PM #11
rjgebis Senior Member Join: Apr 2006 Posts: 177	So far so good. No major problems. Only thing is that CPU usage when idle is still around 30 on both cores. This is on MBP 17" 2G RAM, 640 for Windows XP and 768 for Parallels

Dec 29, 2006, 04:59 PM #12
djchem Junior Member Join: Aug 2006 Posts: 7	Ubuntu resolution Looks like this has sorted the resolution problems out. I can now get full screen at 1280x800 on my Macbook. Rest looks good but I would still love some linux tools. Keep up the good work.:)

Dec 29, 2006, 05:03 PM #13
verloren Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 7	Another Mirror D/L'd direct from Parallels, but had to rename it because of problems with '%20's in the name. http://www.twoseat.com/temp/Parallels_3106.dmg -v-

Dec 29, 2006, 05:38 PM #14
riccto Junior Member Join: Jun 2006 Posts: 7	Another mirror. Will leave it up for a day or two. http://www.oratot.com/beta3/Parallel...p3106Macen.dmg RT

Dec 29, 2006, 06:10 PM #15
Little Neddy Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 4	Coherence a problem...again I have updated to 3106; again coherence has disappeared. Any suggestions?

Dec 29, 2006, 09:32 PM

#16

pgolden
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Why is my Windows XP window so small?

Just updated to the new Beta from 1970 and it seems to work well, except for one problem. The XP "desktop" now seems to be surrounded by about an inch wide black border. It's like watching a non HD program on an HD channel. It's annoying because I'm running this on a MacBook with a 13" screen already, so I don't need the window to be even smaller.

I'm sure it's an easy fix, but I tried making various changes and couldn't fix it.

I love this product, by the way. It's let me return to the Mac - my first (computer) love.

Thanks in advance, and happy New Year!

Patrick

P.S. I've attached a screen shot of what it looks like.

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Dec 29, 2006, 09:41 PM #17
Little Neddy Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 4	Extra volumes Others may have worked this out already, but if you put as one of your shared folders /volumes all mounted volumes on your computer can be read! Awsome!

Dec 30, 2006, 11:40 PM #18
scottD Junior Member Join: Dec 2006 Posts: 3	Can't get BootCamp partition to work I installed XP Pro in a new BootCamp partition set up on a new Macbook Pro. The BootCamp version works fine and I've applied all the MS updates to it. Then I downloaded 3106 Beta 3 and got a trial license to do some evaluation. I created a new virtual machine, per the instructions, and set it to use the BootCamp partition. When I try to start it up, it get the message "Unable to open disk image Boot Camp" I've tried a number of times to generate a virtual machine that works but always get the same result. This is a clean installation which never had Parallels Tools installed. The Users manual that came with Beta 3 says you need to install Parallels Tools for Boot Camp (page 172) but I can't find it and the release message at the start of this thread makes it sound like that is not necessary with Beta 3. Is this correct? One other thing is that I haven't activated the BootCamp XP installation yet (I'm still playing around with Parallels and VMWare Fusion to see how I want to set this machine up and which virtualization software I want to buy). Don't know if that matters or not. Any ideas why I can't get this to work? This is the first Parallels installation I've tried on this machine. If there is anything else I can check or any further information that would help to diagnose the problem, let me know.

Dec 30, 2006, 11:40 PM

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scottD
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Can't get BootCamp partition to work

I installed XP Pro in a new BootCamp partition set up on a new Macbook Pro. The BootCamp version works fine and I've applied all the MS updates to it. Then I downloaded 3106 Beta 3 and got a trial license to do some evaluation. I created a new virtual machine, per the instructions, and set it to use the BootCamp partition. When I try to start it up, it get the message
"Unable to open disk image Boot Camp"
I've tried a number of times to generate a virtual machine that works but always get the same result. This is a clean installation which never had Parallels Tools installed. The Users manual that came with Beta 3 says you need to install Parallels Tools for Boot Camp (page 172) but I can't find it and the release message at the start of this thread makes it sound like that is not necessary with Beta 3. Is this correct?
One other thing is that I haven't activated the BootCamp XP installation yet (I'm still playing around with Parallels and VMWare Fusion to see how I want to set this machine up and which virtualization software I want to buy). Don't know if that matters or not.
Any ideas why I can't get this to work? This is the first Parallels installation I've tried on this machine. If there is anything else I can check or any further information that would help to diagnose the problem, let me know.

Dec 31, 2006, 12:35 AM

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phybersplice
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Originally Posted by scottD

I have been playing for hours upon hours with 3106 and XP on a Bootcamp Partition on my macbook pro c2d 2.33 / 2gig with the internal 120GB HDD.

I had setup XP using Fat32. I always got this error that you mentioned.
I checked in /Windows/DriverCache for sp2.cab and driver.cab. They existed there.

The only thing I could think of was to convert from Fat32 to NTFS.

I booted up into Native Bootcamp with XP. I went to the command prompt and typed

convert c: /fs:ntfs

Said yes to the prompts and rebooted back into Native Bootcamp XP.

The drive converted to NTFS, and then I booted back into MacOS.
I ran Parallels, and it worked!!
I then had a huge issue of installing the parallels tools, but that's another story.
I'm still not entirely satisfied with 3106.

I don't get it though.
1970 worked fine on a virtual boot file. Beta 1 worked fine with Bootcamp for me with fat32.
Beta 2 worked as well. As soon as I upgraded to Beta 3, all hell broke loose.

I even went as far as to Wipe out all partitions on the internal drive, and reinstall MacOSX and XP on Bootcamp.
I installed 3106 from scratch, and nothing but problems.

It seems that 3106 does not like Fat32 at all.

Dec 30, 2006, 04:02 PM #20
koreth Junior Member Join: Nov 2006 Posts: 10	Parallels Tools auto-upgrade failed I installed the new beta and booted XP; it offered to upgrade Parallels Tools, and I clicked OK. In the middle of the upgrade, Parallels crashed. However, when I rebooted XP again and clicked Cancel on the upgrade dialog, I was able to manually uninstall Parallels Tools, reboot, and manually install the new version without any hitches. Coherence works on my second monitor now (hooray!) but hotsyncing my Treo 650 is still a no-go (XP sees the USB device but the Hotsync Manager never fires up.)

Dec 30, 2006, 04:02 PM

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koreth
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Parallels Tools auto-upgrade failed

I installed the new beta and booted XP; it offered to upgrade Parallels Tools, and I clicked OK. In the middle of the upgrade, Parallels crashed.

However, when I rebooted XP again and clicked Cancel on the upgrade dialog, I was able to manually uninstall Parallels Tools, reboot, and manually install the new version without any hitches.

Coherence works on my second monitor now (hooray!) but hotsyncing my Treo 650 is still a no-go (XP sees the USB device but the Hotsync Manager never fires up.)

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