vista installation on virtual machine

Hi,
I'm using MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 to build a lab of Vista machines. With the FEB CTP release, I was able to install Vista, Longhorn on Virtual Machines. But since the latest builds ( greather than 5308), I'm not able to install the OS on a VMs anymore. After the first reboot, Vista hangs ( 100% CPU) after prompting for username and computer name. Lonhorn server crashes during the first reboot once the installation is complete. I think the machine check error is something ending with 7E
Have you got any success with Vista/LH in a VM so far ( after FEB CTP)?
Thanks /Dung

Works great in Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Virtual PC 2004 is crap though.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Dung" wrote in message

Hi,
I'm using MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 to build a lab of Vista machines. With the FEB CTP release, I was able to install Vista, Longhorn on Virtual Machines. But since the latest builds ( greather than 5308), I'm not able to install the OS on a VMs anymore. After the first reboot, Vista hangs ( 100% CPU) after prompting for username and computer name. Lonhorn server crashes during the first reboot once the installation is complete. I think the machine check error is something ending with 7E
Have you got any success with Vista/LH in a VM so far ( after FEB CTP)?
Thanks /Dung

Many thanks for the information. Can you share the VM config? Is it a SCSi disk or IDE disk? How big is the disk? What is the RAM config of the VM? Also is it an upgrade or a fresh installation? /Dung
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message

Works great in Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Virtual PC 2004 is crap though.
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--: Original message follows :-- "Dung" wrote in message Hi,
I'm using MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 to build a lab of Vista machines. With the FEB CTP release, I was able to install Vista, Longhorn on Virtual Machines. But since the latest builds ( greather than 5308), I'm not able to install the OS on a VMs anymore. After the first reboot, Vista hangs ( 100% CPU) after prompting for username and computer name. Lonhorn server crashes during the first reboot once the installation is complete. I think the machine check error is something ending with 7E
Have you got any success with Vista/LH in a VM so far ( after FEB CTP)?
Thanks /Dung

I have succesfully installed later builds of Windows Vista in Virtual PC 2004 Service Pack 1. I too had the horrid CPU usage after setup completed and OOBE (the User Name and Password creation screen) launched, I had to use the keyboard to tab through the entires and enter my data accordingly. Using the mouse would almost instantly cause it to lock up. Virtual Server 2005 R2 additions were installed after a complete installation and made a decent improvement but not as noticable as previous builds (5270, 5308, etc).
Have a nice day! :-)
-- Kristan M. Kenney http://www.digitalfive.org
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"Dung" wrote in message

Hi,
I'm using MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 to build a lab of Vista machines. With the FEB CTP release, I was able to install Vista, Longhorn on Virtual Machines. But since the latest builds ( greather than 5308), I'm not able to install the OS on a VMs anymore. After the first reboot, Vista hangs ( 100% CPU) after prompting for username and computer name. Lonhorn server crashes during the first reboot once the installation is complete. I think the machine check error is something ending with 7E
Have you got any success with Vista/LH in a VM so far ( after FEB CTP)?
Thanks /Dung

Vista Beta 2 on VS2005 - SLOW ! Longhorn - better
I had trouble installing until i removed my SCSI drive, install on IDE then add a SCSI drive to the VMC
I use a basic, 512MB, IDE VM (You'll probably want more then 512, trust me)
Hope this helps
"Dung" wrote:

Many thanks for the information. Can you share the VM config? Is it a SCSi disk or IDE disk? How big is the disk? What is the RAM config of the VM? Also is it an upgrade or a fresh installation? /Dung
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Works great in Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Virtual PC 2004 is crap though.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Dung" wrote in message Hi,
I'm using MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 to build a lab of Vista machines. With the FEB CTP release, I was able to install Vista, Longhorn on Virtual Machines. But since the latest builds ( greather than 5308), I'm not able to install the OS on a VMs anymore. After the first reboot, Vista hangs ( 100% CPU) after prompting for username and computer name. Lonhorn server crashes during the first reboot once the installation is complete. I think the machine check error is something ending with 7E
Have you got any success with Vista/LH in a VM so far ( after FEB CTP)?
Thanks /Dung

I'm also having trouble installing Beta 2 under Virtual Server R2. No obviousl problem mounting/using the ISO image, but the installation has issues.
First, it some 18 hours to do the initial installation. Then, the first time the install rebooted, it gave me an error message about bootmgr missing. Startup repair can't fix it. Command prompt/diskpart only shows the DVD.
Best guess, it's because I chose to use SCSI instead of IDE disk. Probably needed to load the VM SCSI drive during installation. Not sure how...
-- Ken Wallewein K&M Systems Integration
"Or Tsemah" wrote:

Vista Beta 2 on VS2005 - SLOW ! Longhorn - better
I had trouble installing until i removed my SCSI drive, install on IDE then add a SCSI drive to the VMC
I use a basic, 512MB, IDE VM (You'll probably want more then 512, trust me)
Hope this helps
"Dung" wrote:
Many thanks for the information. Can you share the VM config? Is it a SCSi disk or IDE disk? How big is the disk? What is the RAM config of the VM? Also is it an upgrade or a fresh installation? /Dung
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Works great in Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Virtual PC 2004 is crap though.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Dung" wrote in message Hi,
I'm using MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 to build a lab of Vista machines. With the FEB CTP release, I was able to install Vista, Longhorn on Virtual Machines. But since the latest builds ( greather than 5308), I'm not able to install the OS on a VMs anymore. After the first reboot, Vista hangs ( 100% CPU) after prompting for username and computer name. Lonhorn server crashes during the first reboot once the installation is complete. I think the machine check error is something ending with 7E
Have you got any success with Vista/LH in a VM so far ( after FEB CTP)?
Thanks /Dung

Tried to reply to this, got an error message any the whole posting was toasted. I HATE it when crappy software blows away my work without even trying to save it!
-- Ken Wallewein K&M Systems Integration
"Or Tsemah" wrote:

Vista Beta 2 on VS2005 - SLOW ! Longhorn - better
I had trouble installing until i removed my SCSI drive, install on IDE then add a SCSI drive to the VMC
I use a basic, 512MB, IDE VM (You'll probably want more then 512, trust me)
Hope this helps
"Dung" wrote:
Many thanks for the information. Can you share the VM config? Is it a SCSi disk or IDE disk? How big is the disk? What is the RAM config of the VM? Also is it an upgrade or a fresh installation? /Dung
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Works great in Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Virtual PC 2004 is crap though.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Dung" wrote in message Hi,
I'm using MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 to build a lab of Vista machines. With the FEB CTP release, I was able to install Vista, Longhorn on Virtual Machines. But since the latest builds ( greather than 5308), I'm not able to install the OS on a VMs anymore. After the first reboot, Vista hangs ( 100% CPU) after prompting for username and computer name. Lonhorn server crashes during the first reboot once the installation is complete. I think the machine check error is something ending with 7E
Have you got any success with Vista/LH in a VM so far ( after FEB CTP)?
Thanks /Dung

I had a similar problem installing Vista Beta 2 on Virtual Server 2005 R2 with a SCSI virtual disk. The initial installation completed, apparently successfully (after about 18 hours!), but the initial reboot complained about bootmgr missing.
Repairing didn't help. Opening the command prompt and running diskpart, no sign it could even see the SCSI disk. Tried a repair loading the 2003 SCSI shunt drivers; it loaded them, but no help seeing the disk. Tried re-installing and feeding it the shunt drivers from the .vfd via the Load Driver option in the "where do you want to install Windows" screen. It just said no device drivers were found; wouldn't let me tell it where to look. Gotta wonder about that.
So much for SCSI.
Tried to switch the SCSI disk to IDE, it wouldn't let me because its max size was 256MB, max for IDE is 127.5.
So now I'm re-installing from scratch on IDE.
BTW, I tried to post this via the Vista forum's web interface. It just vomplained about some mysterious error and blew away everything I'd typed. I HATE IT when stupid, poorly designed user interfaces blow away my work.
No wonder I prefer NNTP.
/kenw
Or Tsemah wrote:

Vista Beta 2 on VS2005 - SLOW ! Longhorn - better
I had trouble installing until i removed my SCSI drive, install on IDE then add a SCSI drive to the VMC
I use a basic, 512MB, IDE VM (You'll probably want more then 512, trust me)
Hope this helps
"Dung" wrote:
Many thanks for the information. Can you share the VM config? Is it a SCSi disk or IDE disk? How big is the disk? What is the RAM config of the VM? Also is it an upgrade or a fresh installation? /Dung
"Zack Whittaker" wrote in message Works great in Virtual Server 2005 R2 - Virtual PC 2004 is crap though.
-- Zack Whittaker » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: www.msblog.org » Vista Knowledge Base: www.vistabase.co.uk » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, Ghandi, my mother or my cat. Glad we cleared that up!
--: Original message follows :-- "Dung" wrote in message Hi,
I'm using MS Virtual Server 2005 R2 to build a lab of Vista machines. With the FEB CTP release, I was able to install Vista, Longhorn on Virtual Machines. But since the latest builds ( greather than 5308), I'm not able to install the OS on a VMs anymore. After the first reboot, Vista hangs ( 100% CPU) after prompting for username and computer name. Lonhorn server crashes during the first reboot once the installation is complete. I think the machine check error is something ending with 7E
Have you got any success with Vista/LH in a VM so far ( after FEB CTP)?
Thanks /Dung