Okay, so I loaded everything up, Parallels is good, and XP pro started the installation. Everything looks normal, except... Setup will complete in approximately: 39 minutes It's said this for about two hours now. The text is transitioning, telling me about all the fantabulous features of XP. The little green squares in the bottom right are moving like they're supposed to. Just 39 more minutes now... and 39 more after that... What's going on? Thanks in advance, /<3 Kara
Steps to try: 1, Custom installation as described in Parallels Desktop for Mac user guide from http://www.parallels.com/en/download/file/doc/Parallels_Desktop_for_Mac_User_Guide.pdf on page 67 2. Disable Intel-VTx support and Hardware accelertion All this assumes that CD is normal also you can try ISO image 1. Insert CD/DVD source 2Start Terminal from Applicatins/Utilities, you can then determine the device that is you CD/DVD drive using the following command: $ drutil status Vendor Product Rev MATSHITA DVD-R UJ-835E GAND Type: DVD-ROM Name: /dev/disk1 Cur Write: 8x DVD Sessions: 1 Max Write: 8x DVD Tracks: 1 Overwritable: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB Space Free: 00:00:00 blocks: 0 / 0.00MB / 0.00MiB Space Used: 364:08:27 blocks: 1638627 / 3.36GB / 3.13GiB Writability: Book Type: DVD-ROM 3. Umount the disk with the following command: $ diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk1 Disk /dev/disk1 unmounted 4. Create the ISO file with the dd utility (may take some time): $ dd if=/dev/disk1 of=file.iso bs=2048 5. Test the ISO image by mounting the new file (or open with Finder): $ hdid file.iso
I have a problem when I tried to install Windows XP last night - as well as the issue encountered by Karanime, I got the following error message: svchost.exe - Application error: the instruction at "0x77f5215c" referenced memory at "0x00000000". The memory could not be "written". Click on ok to terminate the program. & I had no option but to do so .... any ideas? I will also try the above for Custion installation, as I'd tried setting it up as "Express". Thanks. cybertwit
