Machine: PowerBook, 1 GHz G4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB HDD, Superdrive
(DVD-R/CD-RW)

Virtual Machine: 128 MB

OS attempting to install: WIN98SE

Everytime I open the virtual machine, I receive the following error
message:

OS not found
Install an OS on this hard drive

I cannot seem to get the OS to load from the optical drive. Despite
some references in help files, the CD does not autocapture. I am
getting it to capture by dragging and dropping the Mac desktop icon
onto the VPC CD icon. I have checked the VPC CD settings and it is
indeed set to boot from CD. I have tried it with the standard IDE
configuration checked and unchecked. I have tried restarting VPC
several times.

Any suggestions?

In my advice the error message is clear enough : there is simply no bootable
system on your virtual hard drive, so you need one. Windows 98 is not a CD
bootable system. So you'll have to launch your virtual PC from another disk.
If you haven't previously created a bootable "system disk", you can download
one from http://www.bootdisk.com/

Create a disk image with the "Disk Images" application (make sure you
created a "MS-DOS" formatted one), drag it to the floppy icon on the bottom
of the Virtual PC window and then Virtual PC will consider it as a standard
floppy...


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spacer1[at]comcast.net wrote :

> Machine: PowerBook, 1 GHz G4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB HDD, Superdrive
> (DVD-R/CD-RW)
>
> Virtual Machine: 128 MB
>
> OS attempting to install: WIN98SE
>
> Everytime I open the virtual machine, I receive the following error
> message:
>
> OS not found
> Install an OS on this hard drive
>
> I cannot seem to get the OS to load from the optical drive. Despite
> some references in help files, the CD does not autocapture. I am
> getting it to capture by dragging and dropping the Mac desktop icon
> onto the VPC CD icon. I have checked the VPC CD settings and it is
> indeed set to boot from CD. I have tried it with the standard IDE
> configuration checked and unchecked. I have tried restarting VPC
> several times.
>
> Any suggestions?

Thanks for you help. Progress is being made. I have now moved on to
a new error message, "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and
press any key when ready."

My mac doesn't have an any key. ;-)

Seriously, at least something changed. I will keep trying with other
boot disks and I guess I can dig up my WIN95 disks and try those too.

Thanks again,
Spacer1

Bernard Rey <rey.b[at]mvps.org> wrote in message news:<BB8A3119.97F6%rey.b[at]mvps.org>...
> In my advice the error message is clear enough : there is simply no bootable
> system on your virtual hard drive, so you need one. Windows 98 is not a CD
> bootable system. So you'll have to launch your virtual PC from another disk.
> If you haven't previously created a bootable "system disk", you can download
> one from http://www.bootdisk.com/
>
> Create a disk image with the "Disk Images" application (make sure you
> created a "MS-DOS" formatted one), drag it to the floppy icon on the bottom
> of the Virtual PC window and then Virtual PC will consider it as a standard
> floppy...
>
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------
> Please reply to the newsgroup, and within the same thread.
> Merci de répondre au groupe, et dans l'enfilade.
>
> --
> Bernard Rey - Toulouse / France
> MVP - Macintosh
>
> spacer1[at]comcast.net wrote :
>
> > Machine: PowerBook, 1 GHz G4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB HDD, Superdrive
> > (DVD-R/CD-RW)
> >
> > Virtual Machine: 128 MB
> >
> > OS attempting to install: WIN98SE
> >
> > Everytime I open the virtual machine, I receive the following error
> > message:
> >
> > OS not found
> > Install an OS on this hard drive
> >
> > I cannot seem to get the OS to load from the optical drive. Despite
> > some references in help files, the CD does not autocapture. I am
> > getting it to capture by dragging and dropping the Mac desktop icon
> > onto the VPC CD icon. I have checked the VPC CD settings and it is
> > indeed set to boot from CD. I have tried it with the standard IDE
> > configuration checked and unchecked. I have tried restarting VPC
> > several times.
> >
> > Any suggestions?

spacer1[at]comcast.net wrote :

> Thanks for you help. Progress is being made. I have now moved on to
> a new error message, "Non-System disk or disk error. Replace and
> press any key when ready."
>
> My mac doesn't have an any key. ;-)

Yes you have: this message means you should strike any key on your keyboard.
But the message you get indicates you are still trying to boot on a
systemless disk.


> Seriously, at least something changed. I will keep trying with other
> boot disks and I guess I can dig up my WIN95 disks and try those too.

Yes, find a boot disk or create one. If you have a virtual PC running
Windows95, you can create a bootable disk. As mentioned earlier, create an
Image Disk (using the Image Disk Utility in Mac OS X) and make sure it is
"MS-DOS" formatted. Then drag it to the floppy icon at the bottom of the VPC
Windows. Then, inside your W95 VPC, Right-click on the floppy icon and pick
the "Foramt..." item from the contextual menu. Check the "Copy the system
files" check box and run it. This will create a bootable floppy. Shut down
your W95 VPC.

Now relaunch you blank Virtual PC leaving hte floppy "inside", this time
your PC should boot and prompt you vith the usual "C:\>" Type "E:" and then
the <Enter> key, it should then prompt "E:\>", now type "Install.exe" and it
should then start installing Windows 98 from the CD...



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>
> Bernard Rey <rey.b[at]mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:<BB8A3119.97F6%rey.b[at]mvps.org>...
>> In my advice the error message is clear enough : there is simply no bootable
>> system on your virtual hard drive, so you need one. Windows 98 is not a CD
>> bootable system. So you'll have to launch your virtual PC from another disk.
>> If you haven't previously created a bootable "system disk", you can download
>> one from http://www.bootdisk.com/
>>
>> Create a disk image with the "Disk Images" application (make sure you
>> created a "MS-DOS" formatted one), drag it to the floppy icon on the bottom
>> of the Virtual PC window and then Virtual PC will consider it as a standard
>> floppy...
>>
>>
>> ---------------------------------------------------------
>> Please reply to the newsgroup, and within the same thread.
>> Merci de répondre au groupe, et dans l'enfilade.
>>
>> --
>> Bernard Rey - Toulouse / France
>> MVP - Macintosh
>>
>> spacer1[at]comcast.net wrote :
>>
>>> Machine: PowerBook, 1 GHz G4, 512 MB RAM, 60 GB HDD, Superdrive
>>> (DVD-R/CD-RW)
>>>
>>> Virtual Machine: 128 MB
>>>
>>> OS attempting to install: WIN98SE
>>>
>>> Everytime I open the virtual machine, I receive the following error
>>> message:
>>>
>>> OS not found
>>> Install an OS on this hard drive
>>>
>>> I cannot seem to get the OS to load from the optical drive. Despite
>>> some references in help files, the CD does not autocapture. I am
>>> getting it to capture by dragging and dropping the Mac desktop icon
>>> onto the VPC CD icon. I have checked the VPC CD settings and it is
>>> indeed set to boot from CD. I have tried it with the standard IDE
>>> configuration checked and unchecked. I have tried restarting VPC
>>> several times.
>>>
>>> Any suggestions?