From: "Bruce Rossi" Received: from [192.168.100.201] (HELO mail.2rosenthals.com) by 2rosenthals.com (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.1.16) with ESMTP id 2433833 for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:34:31 -0400 Received: from secmgr-va.randr ([192.168.200.201] helo=mail2.2rosenthals.com) by secmgr-ny.randr with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.43) id 1OGeM1-0001rL-Qi for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:34:31 -0400 Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com ([66.111.4.25]:53257) by mail2.2rosenthals.com with esmtps (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1OGeLz-0007Pj-1L for virtualized_ecs_users@2rosenthals.com; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:34:27 -0400 Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.internal [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7650BF8007 for ; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:34:14 -0400 (EDT) Received: from web7.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.216]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Mon, 24 May 2010 16:34:19 -0400 X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020201.4BFAE2D3.0162:SCFEO30006,ss=1,fgs=0 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:from:to:mime-version:content-transfer-encoding:content-type:in-reply-to:references:reply-to:subject:date; s=smtpout; bh=a92vzQd1Eb9dbRK3olqITT7CUnI=; b=E9903FCv6KOAO1lfvCcHvDqSzWriYiFyJyjZyVjA30vdgeSzEcwaVhlF4pg+/wJ3aYK677zaDS9Os4mFfuXnu9gBj9o1D5ofe7WnIhwSXhvYshnZW3BpYtL9m88lfkeoKnV8YXLvbKqkyXh2HU78gMc76liu7XP5g8VsAPPgt4Q= Received: by web7.messagingengine.com (Postfix, from userid 99) id 50C0D16CD4C; Mon, 24 May 2010 16:34:14 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <1274733254.2847.1376677863@webmail.messagingengine.com> X-Sasl-Enc: 3Mw9UloHicrNJ2XE0eJOgfffJA/YMVf7Hg/ZJ+rVIhNG 1274733254 To: "Virtualized eCS Users Mailing List" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" X-Mailer: MessagingEngine.com Webmail Interface In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: mgr.d2d@fastmail.com.au Subject: Re: [Virtualized eCS] Cannot load reg-key - eCS2.0rc7, VirtualBox3.2, wind7 on ThinkpadT510 Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 06:34:14 +1000 On Mon, 24 May 2010 15:55 -0400, "Steve Crutchfield" wrote: > I tried (briefly) yesterday to install the 2.0 GA in Virtual Box. The > installation failed during Step 1. It may have been related to the > following problem: I've noticed that if I detach the mouse from the > virtual machine during installation, things can go seriously awry and > the installation crashes. I'll try tonight leaving the mouse attached > to the VM and see what happens. That's no good. From the Quick Installation Guide for eCS 2.0 GA that Mike O'Conner sent me, it seemed as if it was optimised for VirtualBox. Oh well, just need to wait for the experts to have a go & plot a path. > For what it's worth, ECS 2.0 GA installed in a VM with VMWare Fusion 3 > on a iMac running Snow Leopard. However, the I had to go into the > opening menus and select the installation option of modern hardware > with ACPI instead of the default option of install in a virtual machine. > If I installed using "virtual machine," the installation program would > hang while loading the driver pcibus.snp. Good news. At least one virtual environment works. I'll try to convince my "flash dude" of a son to sully his MacBook Pro by installing eCS onto it. Unlikely though. > Bruce Rossi wrote: > > "Up late, waiting for a woman that may never come" & she hasn't She didn't arrive so I'm off to bed. It's 6:30AM here. Cheers -- Regards, Bruce Rossi mgr DOT d2d SAFE at URLfastmail.com.au