I have MBR and 3 partitions thus:
$ diskutil list
/dev/disk0
#: TYPE NAME SIZE IDENTIFIER
0: FDisk_partition_scheme *298.1 Gi disk0
1: Apple_HFS OSX 100.1 Gi disk0s1
2: DOS_FAT_32 ETC 100.0 Gi disk0s2
3: Windows_NTFS 98.0 Gi disk0s3
the FAT one is there so I can have data which both the Windows and OSX partitions can both see.
XP is installed on the last partition.
If I reformat the FAT partition with say HFS, then parallels works with bootcamp automatically.
If I have it formatted with FAT, then I have manually edit the pvs file and put in the disk data (which I did).
But it simply doesnt work!!!
I notice that as parallels is starting the VM, the desktop icon for the XP NTFS partion (called helpfully "Untitled" - anyone know how to change it?), disappears for a couple of seconds, just as the above error message comes up.
So parallels appears to be unmounting the drive, then complaining that the drive cannot be accessed, then remounting it.
Also odd, is that if I reformat my middle partition to HFS, to get it working (until I can find a solution to this problem), the XP home drive is f, not c!!! No idea how that happened. All I did was boot the mac from XP CD, and install XP as normal on the last (3rd) partition.
Anyone else got the same problem?
Its a MBPro, 1 internal HD, nothing external, XP SP2.
Here is the mount output:
/dev/disk0s1 on / (hfs, local, journaled)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local)
fdesc on /dev (fdesc, union)
map -hosts on /net (autofs, automounted)
map auto_home on /home (autofs, automounted)
/dev/disk0s2 on /Volumes/ETC (msdos, asynchronous, local, noowners)
/dev/disk0s3 on /Volumes/Untitled (ntfs, local, read-only, noowners)
Here is my complete PVS file:
[System]
Boot = c
Parallels VM Name = bootXP
VM Id = {60023b10-b2dc-4ae2-a516-cdec8c59530f}
VM Description =
OS Type = 135
Memory = 916
Video Memory = 16
Memory block size = 10
Acceleration level = 2
Enable write-back disk cache = 1
VT-x support = 1
Start auto = 0
AutoShutdown = 0
Start full screen = 21
Start dashmode = 0
Start full screen warning = 1
PC Speaker enable = 1
Window Mode = 0
Multi frame = -1
Guest Tools Status = 2
[Shared folders]
Shared folders enabled = 1
Sharing enabled = 0
Shared folders count = 0
[Video]
Video resolutions enabled = 1
Video resolutions count = 0
[Coherence]
Show taskbar = 1
Relocate taskbar = 0
Exclude Dock = 1
Multiple displays = 0
[IDE devices]
Disk 0:0 enabled = 1
Disk 0:0 = 1
Disk 0:0 media = 1
Disk 0:0 connected = 1
Disk 0:0 image = Boot Camp;disk0s3
Disk 0:0 cylinders = 0
Disk 0:0 heads = 0
Disk 0:0 sectors = 0
Disk 0:1 enabled = 1
Disk 0:1 = 2
Disk 0:1 media = 1
Disk 0:1 connected = 1
Disk 0:1 image = Default CD/DVD-ROM
Disk 1:0 enabled = 0
Disk 1:0 = 0
Disk 1:1 enabled = 0
Disk 1:1 = 0
[Floppy disks]
Floppy 0 enabled = 1
Floppy 0 = 1
Floppy 0 image = /Library/Parallels/Tools/vmtools.fdd
Floppy 0 connected = 0
[Serial ports]
COM1 enabled = 0
COM1 = 0
COM2 enabled = 0
COM2 = 0
COM3 enabled = 0
COM3 = 0
COM4 enabled = 0
COM4 = 0
[Parallel ports]
LPT1 enabled = 0
LPT1 = 0
LPT2 enabled = 0
LPT2 = 0
LPT3 enabled = 0
LPT3 = 0
[Sound]
Sound enabled = 1
Sound = 1
Sound connected = 1
Sound device = Default Audio
Mixer device = Default Audio
[Network]
Network enabled = 1
Network = 3
Network connected = 1
Adapter No = 0
Adapter name = Default Adapter
Adapter type = 4
Port = 0x00000300
IRQ = 3
MAC address = 0061b216fea2
Network2 enabled = 0
Network2 = 0
Network3 enabled = 0
Network3 = 0
Network4 enabled = 0
Network4 = 0
Network5 enabled = 0
Network5 = 0
[Usb]
USB enabled = 1
USB = 1
USB autoconnect = 0
Last edited: Jul 27, 2008
