Re: Finding W2K was Re: La Machine Est Morte, Vive La Machine!

[Bill Troop billtroop@xxxxxxxx]

Kari, I totally take your extremely significant point that you can
have no way of knowing what went into someone's pre-packaged ISO.
That is an enormous risk and I really don't know why I am blithely
willing to take it. But I and others have found the available ISOs
easier to work with. I'm willing to bet that Harry's SCSI driver
problem would go away if he tried installing from the ISO I mentioned.


At 22/07/2014 16:19, you wrote:
> Bill,
>
> ISOs are a great way to speed up processing when working with
> virtual machines, but there is nothing wrong with genuine CDs, and
> they do work as is. That said, it is a good idea to make an ISO out
> of a CD for speeding things up. I have installed my VBox W2K from a
> CD and added the MS updates the normal way. There is nothing very
> special about virtual machines, one should deal with them just as if
> they were the real thing. The virtual machine is your new computer,
> it should be set up just like one. Check the (virtual) hardware,
> configure it, if necessary, and have suitable drivers ready for it
> when installing. Nothing more, nothing less.
>
>
> I do not find a prepackaged ISO very appealing. You do not know
> exactly how they have been built.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> Kari Eveli
> LEXITEC Book Publishing (Finland)
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> 22.7.2014 16:13, Bill Troop wrote:
> > In my experience, everyone who has tried to install a VM OS from a
> > CD has come close to success but ultimately failed. What works --
> > easily -- are the commonly available ISOs. I am inclined to think
> > that the SCSI issue is a red herring that will disappear when you
> > go to an ISO.