Can't read VMADDITIONS.ISO from Dos
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From: David Walker on 25 Sep 2006 20:20 Does anyone have any idea why this doesn't work: - Install Virtual PC 2004 - Attach your real floppy drive as the A drive - Boot any DOS disk (from Windows 98, for example, but I have tried several). You're now running MS-Dos ... you can TYPE A:AUTOEXEC.BAT for example - Select Action/Install or Update Virtual Machine Additions from the Virtual PC menu. It attaches the VMADDITIONS.ISO image as my CD-Rom, which is E: for me. - Try to run anything from the Dos folder in the CD-Rom drive letter that Virtual PC attached. You can't. Even trying to TYPE E:\AUTORUN.INF doesn't work. Trying to COPY E:\DOS \CDROM.SYS NUL: doesn't work. A DIR on the disk is the only thing that works. Any idea why? Thanks. David Walker
From: Steve Jain on 25 Sep 2006 21:12 On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:20:49 -0700, David Walker <None(a)none.com> wrote: >Does anyone have any idea why this doesn't work: > >- Install Virtual PC 2004 > >- Attach your real floppy drive as the A drive > >- Boot any DOS disk (from Windows 98, for example, but I have tried >several). You're now running MS-Dos ... you can TYPE A:AUTOEXEC.BAT for >example > >- Select Action/Install or Update Virtual Machine Additions from the >Virtual PC menu. It attaches the VMADDITIONS.ISO image as my CD-Rom, which >is E: for me. > >- Try to run anything from the Dos folder in the CD-Rom drive letter that >Virtual PC attached. You can't. > >Even trying to TYPE E:\AUTORUN.INF doesn't work. Trying to COPY E:\DOS >\CDROM.SYS NUL: doesn't work. A DIR on the disk is the only thing that >works. > >Any idea why? > >Thanks. > >David Walker Yes, I've responded to you in 2 other threads. There's no need to keep reposting the same questions. -- Cheers, Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP http://vpc.essjae.com/ I do not work for Microsoft.
From: DWalker on 26 Sep 2006 17:02
Steve Jain <noreply.-@-.essjae.com> wrote in news:7ivgh2tbieh2jpgm7vfdrfqtve07v4bvpc(a)4ax.com: > On Mon, 25 Sep 2006 17:20:49 -0700, David Walker <None(a)none.com> > wrote: > >>Does anyone have any idea why this doesn't work: >> >>- Install Virtual PC 2004 >> >>- Attach your real floppy drive as the A drive >> >>- Boot any DOS disk (from Windows 98, for example, but I have tried >>several). You're now running MS-Dos ... you can TYPE A:AUTOEXEC.BAT >>for example >> >>- Select Action/Install or Update Virtual Machine Additions from the >>Virtual PC menu. It attaches the VMADDITIONS.ISO image as my CD-Rom, >>which is E: for me. >> >>- Try to run anything from the Dos folder in the CD-Rom drive letter >>that Virtual PC attached. You can't. >> >>Even trying to TYPE E:\AUTORUN.INF doesn't work. Trying to COPY >>E:\DOS \CDROM.SYS NUL: doesn't work. A DIR on the disk is the only >>thing that works. >> >>Any idea why? >> >>Thanks. >> >>David Walker > > Yes, I've responded to you in 2 other threads. There's no need to > keep reposting the same questions. > Sorry, I thought I was narrowing down some related but slightly different problems. My apologies. I appreciate the info. |