My wife was working on her Mini Mac and a nag screen popped up about a Parallels update. After seeing it several times, she decided to "update". I can't tell the exact steps she went through since I didn't watch her. She told me when she clicked on the update option, it said the computer would have to reboot (apparently in this situation, that really meant Windows 7 and Parallels would have to close.)
The update started and was about half way down the update list to the point where it said "insert a null disk" or words to that effect. This is where I came into the picture as she asked me for a null disk. I haven't a clue as to what that meant. I had to do a hard exit from the installer. I then closed OS-X, rebooted to OS-X and then tried to do the same update. This time it just froze without asking for a null disk.
Anyone know what's going on here?
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I did solve the problem above by doing a reboot of OS-X and then running the update again from within OS-X. I think my wife may have not shut down Parallels completely before attempting to run the update.
Still, I'm interested in what the "null disk" request was about.
The update started and was about half way down the update list to the point where it said "insert a null disk" or words to that effect. This is where I came into the picture as she asked me for a null disk. I haven't a clue as to what that meant. I had to do a hard exit from the installer. I then closed OS-X, rebooted to OS-X and then tried to do the same update. This time it just froze without asking for a null disk.
Anyone know what's going on here?
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I did solve the problem above by doing a reboot of OS-X and then running the update again from within OS-X. I think my wife may have not shut down Parallels completely before attempting to run the update.
Still, I'm interested in what the "null disk" request was about.
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