On Mar 11, 2009, at 05:48, Andreas Höschler wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to install Windows 2003 Server on vbox from an iso image on > machine B in a remote location. I have the Windws CD at location A. My > idea was to create an iso image from the cd, scp this iso file to the > remote location and then configure vbox to boot from this iso image. > However, I have no idea how to create an iso from a cd under > Solaris. I > am currently trying > > /etc/init.d/volmgt stop > dd if=/dev/rdsk/c0t1d0s2 of=/burn/some.iso > > but am not sure whether the thus created iso will work. This command > takes ages to execute. I can see the file /burn/some.iso growing > but at > a very slow rate. I am at 103 MBytes after half an hour. :-( > > Will the above approach work or do I need to do anything else? Hints > are greatly appreciated! > I've done the above, not with dd, but with cat or cp. When finished, I could verify the checksum of the extracted .iso matched that of the original .iso from which I burned the CD. But only if I burned the CD with Mac Disk Utility or Windows; if I burned it with Solaris 8 cdrw, I got read errors trying to regenerate the .iso. I can also extract a .iso and verify the checksum with Windows ImgBurn or Mac cp, but it's a delicate operation to unmount but not eject the CD -- apparently Mac OS won't allow a low-level read of a mounted FS.
The performance might be because of adverse default blocking by dd. -- gil _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
