Re: Can't install Windows 7

2012-05-04 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Just to follow up on my own email of a month ago about not being able to install from dvd and/or use the DVD from the guest OS on VirtualBox: > On Sa.,  7. Apr. 2012 23:26:04 CEST, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > > > Hi again, > > > > Trying to install windows 7 from the DVD, I keep getting the fol

Re: Can't install Windows 7

2012-04-08 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi Bernhard, > > > > So there should not be a permission problem.  The DVD drive is fine, > > and the DVD is fine. > > Either follow http://wiki.freebsd.org/VirtualBox on how to correctly setup > cd/dvd passthrough or create a disk image from /dev/cd0 with dd and use that > in vbox. I did fo

Re: Can't install Windows 7

2012-04-07 Thread Bernhard Fröhlich
On Sa.,  7. Apr. 2012 23:26:04 CEST, Scott Ballantyne wrote: > Hi again, > > Trying to install windows 7 from the DVD, I keep getting the following > error: > > -- > Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows7. > > Cannot open host device '/dev/cd0' for r

Can't install Windows 7

2012-04-07 Thread Scott Ballantyne
Hi again, Trying to install windows 7 from the DVD, I keep getting the following error: -- Failed to open a session for the virtual machine Windows7. Cannot open host device '/dev/cd0' for readonly access. Check the permissions of that device (VERR_ACCESS_DENIED). Resul