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"Use physical drive <x>" not available

Source: microsoft.public.virtualpc
Sent: 10/20/2008
From: Mark
Message:

I am running VPC 2007 SP1 on Windows Vista SP1. I am trying to create a
Windows Server 2008 guest and have a DVD available in Drive F:. From the host
machine I can browse this DVD just fine but when I invoke the guest I have
created, the â€œUse physical Drive Fâ€ option is grayed out.

Iâ€™ve been hunting around and found references to AutoPlay and other factors
that might result in this being grayed out - but I havenâ€™t located any
explanation that fixed the issue for me.

What are the possible reasons that this option would be grayed out? FWIW, I
have two DVD drives in the machine (Drive E: is the other one) and both are
grayed out.

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Re: "Use physical drive <x>" not available

Sent: 10/21/2008
From: Bo Berglund <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Mon, 20 Oct 2008 13:55:01 -0700, Mark
<(email address - cut out)> wrote:

Don't know why and it *is* annoying. But:
Workaround:
- Create an ISO file from the DVD (you can use WinImage for this)
- Capture the ISO file as the disk on the guest when started
- Reset the guest from the top menu

Now it should boot from the ISO media and start the installation.

This method of installation is much quicker too (if you don't count
the time to make the ISO).

--

Bo Berglund (Sweden)

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>I am running VPC 2007 SP1 on Windows Vista SP1. I am trying to create a
>Windows Server 2008 guest and have a DVD available in Drive F:. From the host
>machine I can browse this DVD just fine but when I invoke the guest I have
>created, the “Use physical Drive F” option is grayed out.
>
>I’ve been hunting around and found references to AutoPlay and other factors
>that might result in this being grayed out - but I haven’t located any
>explanation that fixed the issue for me.
>
>What are the possible reasons that this option would be grayed out? FWIW, I
>have two DVD drives in the machine (Drive E: is the other one) and both are
>grayed out.

Re: "Use physical drive <x>" not available

Sent: 10/21/2008
From: "Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

On Tue, 21 Oct 2008 15:01:22 -0400, "Bob Campbell" <(email address - cut out)>
wrote:

Huh, I've not run into this since VPC was udpated to fix the 2.2GB
limit.
How is not having a feature a bug?

--
Cheers,
Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
http://vpc.essjae.com/

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>"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
>news:(email address - cut out)...
>> Don't know why and it *is* annoying. But:
>> Workaround:
>> - Create an ISO file from the DVD (you can use WinImage for this)
>> - Capture the ISO file as the disk on the guest when started
>> - Reset the guest from the top menu
>
>VPC has had this bug forever. The guest will not see a DVD in the host
>drive, but it will see a CD in the same drive. This, the "no USB" and the
>flaky "shared drives" issue are the most glaring and embarrassing bugs in
>VPC.

Re: "Use physical drive <x>" not available

Sent: 10/21/2008
From: "Bob Campbell" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Bo Berglund" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

VPC has had this bug forever. The guest will not see a DVD in the host
drive, but it will see a CD in the same drive. This, the "no USB" and the
flaky "shared drives" issue are the most glaring and embarrassing bugs in
VPC.

Show quoted text

> Don't know why and it *is* annoying. But:
> Workaround:
> - Create an ISO file from the DVD (you can use WinImage for this)
> - Capture the ISO file as the disk on the guest when started
> - Reset the guest from the top menu

Re: "Use physical drive <x>" not available

Sent: 10/21/2008
From: "Bob Campbell" <(email address - cut out)>
Message:

"Steve Jain [MVP]" <(email address - cut out)> wrote in message
news:(email address - cut out)...

Not seeing DVDs in the drive is a bug, not "not having a feature".

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> Huh, I've not run into this since VPC was udpated to fix the 2.2GB
> limit.
> How is not having a feature a bug?

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