Can I use Windows XP SP2?

Discussion in 'Installation and Configuration of Parallels Desktop' started by lizzysaur, Oct 11, 2008.

  1. lizzysaur

    lizzysaur Bit poster

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    I put in the disk for windows xp service pack 2 and then it said;
    boot from hard drive... failed.
    boot from cd/dvd-rom drive... failed.
    boot from floppy drive..
    non- system disk or disk error
    replace and press any ket when ready

    then if i tried anything else it would just repeat the same thing over and over again.
    what am i doing wrong?


    :/
     
  2. John@Parallels

    John@Parallels Forum Maven

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    As you can see it fails to detect CD
    Check following:
    1. Boot sequence is set to CD-ROM - COnfiguration Editor- Configuration - Options - Booting
    2. Try to create ISO image and specify it in COnfiguration Editor- Configuration- CD/DVD-ROM 1

    To create ISO
    1. Insert CD/DVD source

    2. Start Terminal from Applicatins/Utilities, you can then determine the device that is you CD/DVD drive using the following command:

    $ drutil status
    Vendor Product Rev
    MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835E GAND

    Type: DVD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1
    Cur Write: 8x DVD Sessions: 1
    Max Write: 8x DVD Tracks: 1
    Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
    Space Free: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB
    Space Used: 364:08:27 blocks: 1638627 / 3.36GB / 3.13GiB
    Writability:
    Book Type: DVD-ROM

    3. Umount the disk with the following command:

    $ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1
    Disk /dev/disk1 unmounted

    4. Create the ISO file with the dd utility (may take some time):

    $ dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso bs=2048
     
  3. lizzysaur

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    I tried what you told me and in the terminal after i typed Vendor Product Key it said,
    Vendor: command not found.
    I just ignored it and kept going and it said this;
    Macintosh:~ DiN0x3$ MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835E GAND
    -bash: MATSHITA: command not found
    Macintosh:~ DiN0x3$
    Macintosh:~ DiN0x3$ DVD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1
    -bash: DVD-ROM: command not found
    Macintosh:~ DiN0x3$ Cur Write: 8x DVD Sessions: 1
    -bash: Cur: command not found
    Macintosh:~ DiN0x3$ Max Write: 8x DVD Tracks: 1
    -bash: Max: command not found
    Macintosh:~ DiN0x3$ Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0/ 0.00MB/ 0.00MiB
    -bash: Overwritable:: command not found
    Macintosh:~ DiN0x3$




    i just gave up after that.
     
  4. John@Parallels

    John@Parallels Forum Maven

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    You do not need to paste every command
    only those after $
     

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