"no boot device available press enter to continue"

Hello I am new to parallels and I am trying to get parallels working for Windows 2008 Server. It gives me an error and unable to proceed. Any help on how I get this working.

Thanks,
Subrato

 

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What is your host OS? What is your guest OS?
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My host OS is XP and my guest OS is Windows 2008 Server beta 3.

 

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Check the boot order in Parallels configuration.
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I checked the boot order. First is the CD-ROM. I tried the iso image as well as loading the image on virtual drive and using it. Nothing worked.

 

maybe....

Check what parallels sees as your cd rom device. If is not seeing your actual drive then that could be a problem.

Another thing it could be is that your copy of 2008 server is either not supported/recognized by parallels, or the cd is not bootable because it's some less-than-retail copy of the cd.

My two cents...

David

 

You should check that your win2008 cd is bootable, and set guest os type to Vista in VM configuration.

 

Ynot I tried to follow what you mentioned in your post. But I still am not able to proceed. Still shows up the same message. Also I have checked the iso image. Its bootable.