Issue in Installing New VM Machine
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@Lakshmana If the CD is bootable can you simple Boot into the LiveCD environment, and learn from there?
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@Lakshmana said:
@scottalanmiller I need to convert the Bootable CD into ISO format
You did not read what I wrote. ISO format and Bootable CD are the same thing. ISO 9660 is the technical name for a bootable CD or DVD. Every bootable CD you have is ISO format, that is what allows the computer to read it.
I provided the command to turn your ISO format CD into an ISO file above.
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@DustinB3403 said:
@Lakshmana If the CD is bootable can you simple Boot into the LiveCD environment, and learn from there?
Because he does not have a working CD or DVD drive on his own system.
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I thought he said the drive was working....
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My Desktop installed with Windows 7.I need to test in Laptop since the testing to be done in my laptop I go for the VMware Workstation.
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@DustinB3403 My Laptop DVD drive is not working.My Desktop DVD drive is working.
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Any Great Ideas to work for this issue
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Do you have a home or office network?
Or even a USB drive?
If so I'd recommend copying the Bootable Disc to your desktop and then writing it to a USB drive.
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@Lakshmana said:
My Desktop installed with Windows 7.I need to test in Laptop since the testing to be done in my laptop I go for the VMware Workstation.
Doesn't matter what YOUR desktop is as you will be doing the transfer on your friend's system.
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Rufus is a rather small download at 843 Kb.
Copy the ISO from the Disc, and write it to a USB drive using rufus.
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@DustinB3403 said:
If so I'd recommend copying the Bootable Disc to your desktop and then writing it to a USB drive.
This entire thread is about him trying to figure out how to copy it to his desktop.
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I am in Home.I have tried to copy the whole CD contents to my pendrive and tried to boot from the Pendrive and it does not work
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@DustinB3403 said:
Rufus is a rather small download at 843 Kb.
Copy the ISO from the Disc, and write it to a USB drive using rufus.
You are solving a problem that he does not have and makes no sense. There is no need to talk about USB sticks or writing anywhere. The part he needs help with is the part you are glossing over. It's getting the ISO file to the desktop that is the issue. Why would he want a bootable USB stick for VMware Workstation?
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I have tried to copy to my desktop and tried to boot it does not works and also tried in my laptop also.
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@scottalanmiller From what he's saying here Scott is that his DVD drive on his laptop doesn't work, which is where he's running VMWare from to test ISO's.
He needs to get the media off of the DVD and onto a USB or boot over PXE for his laptop.
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@Lakshmana said:
I am in Home.I have tried to copy the whole CD contents to my pendrive and tried to boot from the Pendrive and it does not work
Of course, because you can't copy a filesystem, it doesn't work that way. Nothing there to make it bootable. You need to image it.
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@DustinB3403 said:
@scottalanmiller From what he's saying here Scott is that his DVD drive on his laptop doesn't work, which is where he's running VMWare from to test ISO's.
He needs to get the media off of the DVD and onto a USB or boot over PXE for his laptop.
He needs to get it converted to a file rather than a DVD. Making a bootable USB doesn't help the situation.
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@DustinB3403 said:
He needs to get the media off of the DVD and onto a USB or boot over PXE for his laptop.
PXE? That's a remote boot system over the network! He just needs to copy the file like any normal person. Sneakernet, over the LAN, whatever. Let's solve his issue first before going down other rabbit holes.
