Opened 12 years ago
Closed 12 years ago
#10393 closed defect (worksforme)
REGRESSION: can't install windows 7 on a VM from host CD/DVD drive: misses driver
| Reported by: | matteo sisti sette | Owned by: | |
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| Component: | DVD | Version: | VirtualBox 4.1.10 |
| Keywords: | Cc: | ||
| Guest type: | Windows | Host type: | Linux |
Description
I have created a VM on a Linux host in VB 4.1.10 and selected Windows 7 64bit as the machine type. I have created a vdi for the hard disk and attached the host's CD/DVD driver as the CD/DVD driver for the VM.
I have a Windows 7 64bit genuine installation DVD. I start the VM and try to install windows from this DVD, but within the first steps of the installation process it says that it is missing a driver for the CD/DVD unit, and asks me to browse for a driver that of course I don't have and that it cannot find in the installation DVD itself.
Note that I had previously installed the very same OS from this very same installation DVD on a VM on the very same host, with a previous version of VB.
So there is some regression that is preventing the guest Windows system to recognize the DVD drive.
Change History (4)
comment:1 by , 12 years ago
comment:2 by , 12 years ago
Which version of VirtualBox did you use before when this installation worked well? I never saw such a report about a missing driver somewhere else, sorry for asking, but are you sure that you are using an original Microsoft installation DVD?
comment:3 by , 12 years ago
| priority: | blocker → major |
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comment:4 by , 12 years ago
| Resolution: | → worksforme |
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| Status: | new → closed |
No response, closing. Feel free to reopen if you can provide more information.
Could you please attach log file?