[RESOLVED] Problem with start install in Virtual PC

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HenrykD
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Re: Problem with start install in Virtual PC

Post by HenrykD » 2011/07/14 05:43:06

[quote]
andrea wrote:
It's a VirtualPC problem with big isos.[/quote]

You have absolutely right.
I removed some packets from ISO image file and recompiled to 3.5GB capacity.
Than installer starts up under Virtual PC.
Thank you for help.

Please mark this thread as RESOLVED.

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Re: [RESOLVED] Problem with start install in Virtual PC

Post by pschaff » 2011/07/14 13:03:18

Done.

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[RESOLVED] Problem with start install in Virtual PC

Post by William » 2011/07/16 14:22:42

[quote]
HenrykD wrote:
[quote]
andrea wrote:
It's a VirtualPC problem with big isos.[/quote]

You have absolutely right.
I removed some packets from ISO image file and recompiled to 3.5GB capacity.
Than installer starts up under Virtual PC.
Thank you for help.

Please mark this thread as RESOLVED.[/quote]

How did you "removed some packets from ISO image file and recompiled to 3.5GB capacity"? Like HenrykD, I am also attempting to install a CentOS 6 VM on a Windows Server host. I am limited to using the ISO because CentOS 6 doesn't yet have any CD-sized ISOs (that I have found) and the server in question does not have a DVD drive (and adding one is not an option).

Thank you.

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Re: P[RESOLVED] roblem with start install in Virtual PC

Post by pschaff » 2011/07/16 14:41:21

Please just Reply or trim quotes. Quoting an entire message to no good purpose is detrimental to the signal-to-noise ratio of the fora.

I will not attempt a tutorial on rebuilding ISO images with selective deletions, nor do I consider that a very robust approach unless done very carefully. Instead, I would suggest doing a network or hard-disk install, either of which should be pretty easy to accomplish with a VM. See the [url=http://docs.redhat.com/docs/en-US/Red_Hat_Enterprise_Linux/6/html/Installation_Guide/index.html]Installation Guide[/url] for details.

Another alternative would be to switch to a better virtualization environment.

As we have already succeeded in hijacking this [RESOLVED] thread, please ask any additional questions in a fresh Topic, linking to this one if required for context.

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Re: [RESOLVED] Problem with start install in Virtual PC

Post by William » 2011/07/16 14:49:49

Nevermind; I decided to mount the CentOS 6 DVD image in the host (Windows Server 2003) using DAMEON Tools Light (free) and attach the virtual DVD to the guest VM. That seems to be working great, so I don't need to edit the ISO any longer.

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