Longhorn Build 5048 and Virtual PC

Published 18 May 05 07:58 PM | russnem

I'm wondering if anyone else out there is having the same problem I am.

I received the 5048 Longhorn bits today and whenever (I've tried three times) I attempt to install them to a new, fresh Virtual PC and Virtual disk the thing errors out at the point at which I attempt to select the volume on which to install. The Virtual PC boots from the CD so installation starts right away, and the only available volume listed has a big red circle with a line through it. I've tried creating a new volume, formatting the volume, and even switching from a dynamic VHD to a static size VHD and the same behavior happens.

Anybody have any advice on this?

Comments

# Russ said on May 18, 2005 11:18 PM:

I found the solution to this. Apparently there's a bug in the setup application for the 5048 build that prevents installation on virtual disks that are not partitioned (and possibly not formatted).

All you have to do is grab a VHD file from any other one of your Virtual PCs, copy it to a new file, and then set up the Longhorn Virtual PC to point to that VHD. You can totally format the hard disk.

# Scott Swigart said on May 23, 2005 01:47 PM:

Thanks for the tip.

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