Re: Extracting "precompact"... DONE!

Evanapp's problem includes Virtual PC not displaying files of the
expected type in an "Open..." dialogue box.

Steve, what possibilities are there for Virtual PC not recognising a
candidate file?

I have not had problems in this regard, so because I cannot see the
problem, it makes it that much more difficult to resolve. Maybe
knowing more about why Virtual PC would possibly exclude
ISO files from view would be a good insight.

Which dawns the question to Evanapp... are you sure the ISO got
copied over properly? Like, have you checked the file sizes between
the ISO image in the Virtual PC 2004 installation directory and the
copy you made in your Shared Folder?

Here's another overkill tactic... make a new hard disk image file
using Virtual PC's Disk Assistant, format it for FAT32, and
after rebooting Windows to accept the new disk drive, copy
the ISO image file to the new drive.

Then, shut down the virtual PC, and using the "PC Settings..."
command, select the new disk you made and copied the ISO
image to, and click "Mount". The disk should be visible as an
MS-DOS volume on the Macintosh desktop, and you should be
able to copy the ISO image from that filesystem to any place
you choose on the Macintosh filesystem using the Finder.

Then... continue to get Virtual PC to attach the ISO image file
as a CD-ROM disc when you next reboot your virtual PC and
take it from there.


--
-- tonza.


"Steve Jain" <essjae-No@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:hl2cb11nrinlasp27gr4a4acc0bqf3kam5@xxxxxxxxxx
> On Sun, 19 Jun 2005 16:53:01 -0700, "Evanapp"
> <Evanapp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
>>No luck! The image already comes with the ".iso" suffix, and fiddling with
>>the file exchange settings doesn't help. VPC just doesn't seem to see the
>>image, or at least to recognize it as a disk image. Steve Jain wants me to
>>drag it onto VPC's CD-ROM icon, and the pop-up prompt that comes when you
>>mouse over the icon suggests that you should be able to do so, but I
>>haven't
>>been able to figure out how to do it. I've even tried mounting the image
>>on
>>the Mac, opening it, sharing the resulting "PRECOMACT" folder, and trying
>>to
>>open the file "precompact.exe" in the Virtual Machine. But then I just get
>>the message "precompact.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close."
>>
>>I hate to give up on your approach, 'cause it sounds kind of neat, and it
>>may be my last chance to avoid simply throwing away the virtual machine
>>and
>>starting over. But I'm running out of things to do. Could the precompactor
>>simply be incompatible with VPC 6.1 and/or OS 9.2.2?. Though even then
>>you'd
>>think you could at least capture the disk image. Any further ideas, or
>>does
>>anyone else have a thought?
>>
>>Evanapp
>
> Drag the ISO image to the cd-rom icon on the VPC Toolbar, not inside
> to Windows.
>
> Look at the bottom of the VPC window, you'll see a bunch of different
> icons.The 2nd one from the left is the cd-rom, it will be grayed out
> if no cd is mounted. Drag the ISO image to that and release it. This
> will mount it.
>
> What OS are you running in VPC and trying to use precompactor on?
>
>
> --
> Cheers,
> Steve Jain, Virtual Machine MVP
> Website: http://www.essjae.com
> "This posting is provided "AS IS" with
> no warranties, and confers no rights.
> You assume all risk for your use.
> I am not am employee of Microsoft."


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