Boot Camp and Parallels problems

I'm receiving errors when I try to link Parallels to my NTFS boot camp installation:

Code:

Windows could not start because of a computer disk hardware configuration problem. Could not read from the selected boot disk. Check boot path and disk hardware. Please check the Windows documentation about hardware disk configuration and your hardware reference manuals for additional information.

This is XP SP2 Corporate, and was deployed by Altiris. It works fine in boot camp.

Adding additional profiles to the boot.ini sector allows me to choose a disk, but no partitions work. The boot.ini is as follows:

Code:

[boot loader]
timeout=30
default=multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS
[operating systems]
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Microsoft Windows XP Professional" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(3)\WINDOWS="Parallels" /fastdetect /noexecute=optin

Again, things work fine in Boot Camp. Relevant entry from the Parallels log is as follows:

Code:

[20.08.2008]-[17:42:45.173]: find_bsd_win_parts: Win partition disk0s3 is not removable
[20.08.2008]-[17:42:45.180]: Open: use default partition "disk0s3"
[20.08.2008]-[17:42:45.186]: Open: connected partition disk0s3
[20.08.2008]-[17:42:51.519]: MakeMbr: adding to mbr partition (1348878376, 116270752)
[20.08.2008]-[17:42:51.526]: carbon_unmount_vol: unmounting volume Untitled

 

Did you added external or internal disk to Mac, try to unplug it

 

There are no external drives, and this is an iMac, so no additional internal either. Boot Camp resides on another partition on the internal drive of the iMac.

 

Copy/paste command bellow in Terminal, and let me know output

for n in `diskutil list |grep -v /| grep disk | awk '{ print $NF }'`; do diskutil info $n; done; diskutil list

 

Same issue

I'm having the exact same issue. I have Windows Server 2003 X64 installed via bootcamp on the same 500 gb HDD that Leopard is running on, partitioned 50% Leopard 50% Server 03. Bootcamp will boot into Server 2003 just fine, however Parallels will not boot into Server and gives me the same error as the posted above noted.

I am running Parallels v 3.0 and followed the Parallels/bootcamp instructions verbatim from the manual.

I ran the command in terminal that you recommend and received the following output (going to have to use 2 posts as the content is too long to post in just this message):

Device Identifier: disk0
Device Node: /dev/disk0
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1 Media

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: GUID_partition_scheme
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 465.8 Gi (500107862016 B) (976773168 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: Yes
Internal: Yes
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported
Device Location: "Bay 1"

Device Identifier: disk0s1
Device Node: /dev/disk0s1
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: EFI system partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: EFI
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 200.0 Mi (209715200 B) (409600 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 1"

Device Identifier: disk0s2
Device Node: /dev/disk0s2
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Customer

Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Mount Point: /
File System: Journaled HFS+
Journal size 40960 KB at offset 0x1038e000
Owners: Enabled

Partition Type: Apple_HFS
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: C0C51B61-708E-3A3F-B5E7-E60CFA7CEBB3

Total Size: 232.9 Gi (250047627264 B) (488374272 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 212.7 Gi (228371808256 B) (446038688 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 1"

Device Identifier: disk0s3
Device Node: /dev/disk0s3
Part Of Whole: disk0
Device / Media Name: Untitled

Volume Name:
Mount Point:
File System: NTFS

Partition Type: Microsoft Basic Data
Bootable: Is bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: B88F9DCC-748F-428E-AC83-971B83102559

Total Size: 232.6 Gi (249716260864 B) (487727072 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 1"

Device Identifier: disk1
Device Node: /dev/disk1
Part Of Whole: disk1
Device / Media Name: WDC WD5000AAKS-41YGA1 Media

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: GUID_partition_scheme
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 465.8 Gi (500107862016 B) (976773168 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: Yes
Internal: Yes
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported
Device Location: "Bay 2"

Device Identifier: disk1s1
Device Node: /dev/disk1s1
Part Of Whole: disk1
Device / Media Name: EFI System Partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: EFI
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 200.0 Mi (209715200 B) (409600 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 2"

Device Identifier: disk1s2
Device Node: /dev/disk1s2
Part Of Whole: disk1
Device / Media Name: Untitled

Volume Name: Macintosh HD
Mount Point: /Volumes/Macintosh HD
File System: HFS+
Owners: Enabled

Partition Type: Apple_HFS
Bootable: Not bootable, can be made bootable if reformatted
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified
Volume UUID: 6B5E9452-4228-3E0F-8376-6BEC834AD526

Total Size: 465.4 Gi (499763888128 B) (976101344 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 465.3 Gi (499644301312 B) (975867776 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 2"

Device Identifier: disk1s3
Device Node: /dev/disk1s3
Part Of Whole: disk1
Device / Media Name: Microsoft reserved partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: Microsoft Reserved
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 128.0 Mi (134217728 B) (262144 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 2"

Device Identifier: disk2
Device Node: /dev/disk2
Part Of Whole: disk2
Device / Media Name: Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 Media

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: GUID_partition_scheme
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 931.5 Gi (1000204886016 B) (1953525168 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: Yes
Internal: Yes
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported
Device Location: "Bay 3"

 

Device Identifier: disk2s1
Device Node: /dev/disk2s1
Part Of Whole: disk2
Device / Media Name: EFI System Partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: EFI
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 200.0 Mi (209715200 B) (409600 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 3"

Device Identifier: disk2s3
Device Node: /dev/disk2s3
Part Of Whole: disk2
Device / Media Name: LDM metadata partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: Microsoft LDM Metadata
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 1024.0 Ki (1048576 B) (2048 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 3"

Device Identifier: disk2s2
Device Node: /dev/disk2s2
Part Of Whole: disk2
Device / Media Name: Microsoft reserved partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: Microsoft Reserved
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 127.0 Mi (133169152 B) (260096 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 3"

Device Identifier: disk3
Device Node: /dev/disk3
Part Of Whole: disk3
Device / Media Name: Hitachi HDS721010KLA330 Media

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: GUID_partition_scheme
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 931.5 Gi (1000204886016 B) (1953525168 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: Yes
Internal: Yes
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported
Device Location: "Bay 4"

Device Identifier: disk3s1
Device Node: /dev/disk3s1
Part Of Whole: disk3
Device / Media Name: EFI System Partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: EFI
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 200.0 Mi (209715200 B) (409600 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 4"

Device Identifier: disk3s2
Device Node: /dev/disk3s2
Part Of Whole: disk3
Device / Media Name: Microsoft reserved partition

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: Microsoft Reserved
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: SATA
SMART Status: Verified

Total Size: 128.0 Mi (134217728 B) (262144 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: No
Ejectable: No
Whole: No
Internal: Yes
Device Location: "Bay 4"

Device Identifier: disk5
Device Node: /dev/disk5
Part Of Whole: disk5
Device / Media Name: Apple UDIF read-only compressed (zlib) Media

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: Apple_partition_scheme
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: Disk Image
SMART Status: Not Supported

Total Size: 45.4 Mi (47636480 B) (93040 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: Yes
Ejectable: Yes
Whole: Yes
Internal: No
OS 9 Drivers: No
Low Level Format: Not Supported

Device Identifier: disk5s1
Device Node: /dev/disk5s1
Part Of Whole: disk5
Device / Media Name: Apple

Volume Name:
Mount Point:

Partition Type: Apple_partition_map
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: Disk Image
SMART Status: Not Supported

Total Size: 31.5 Ki (32256 B) (63 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: Yes
Ejectable: Yes
Whole: No
Internal: No

Device Identifier: disk5s2
Device Node: /dev/disk5s2
Part Of Whole: disk5
Device / Media Name: DiscRecording 3.1.4f7

Volume Name: Firefox
Mount Point: /Volumes/Firefox
File System: HFS+
Owners: Disabled

Partition Type: Apple_HFS
Bootable: Not bootable
Media Type: Generic
Protocol: Disk Image
SMART Status: Not Supported
Volume UUID: 454A1748-F326-34C6-95F3-AA05BD5A18C8

Total Size: 45.4 Mi (47603712 B) (92976 512-byte blocks)
Free Space: 0.0 B (0 B) (0 512-byte blocks)

Read Only: Yes
Ejectable: Yes
Whole: No
Internal: No

/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *465.8 Gi disk0
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk0s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 232.9 Gi disk0s2
3: Microsoft Basic Data 232.6 Gi disk0s3
/dev/disk1
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *465.8 Gi disk1
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk1s1
2: Apple_HFS Macintosh HD 465.4 Gi disk1s2
3: Microsoft Reserved 128.0 Mi disk1s3
/dev/disk2
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *931.5 Gi disk2
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk2s1
2: Microsoft LDM Metadata 1024.0 Ki disk2s3
3: Microsoft Reserved 127.0 Mi disk2s2
/dev/disk3
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: GUID_partition_scheme *931.5 Gi disk3
1: EFI 200.0 Mi disk3s1
2: Microsoft Reserved 128.0 Mi disk3s2
/dev/disk5
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: Apple_partition_scheme *45.4 Mi disk5
1: Apple_partition_map 31.5 Ki disk5s1
2: Apple_HFS Firefox 45.4 Mi disk5s2

 

64 bit edition OSes are not supported in Parallels Desktop version 3

 

So what do we do?

Reinstall with 64 bit? (I didn't see that option in my install sequence)
Run a soon to be released beta version of parallels?