Suse 10.2 +Parallels 2.2 +Dell Latitude D820

Had not problem installing Parallels on the above system, but now I try to open the virtual machine, it comes up with

There is no operating system installed in the virtual machine.
Please do the following:

1. Click the Power Off button to stop the virtual machine.
2. Insert the installation CD with your operating system into the CD-ROM drive of your computer.
3. Click the Power On button to start the virtual machine again.
4. Wait while installation program starts and follow on-screen instructions.

Consult the following sources for more details:
- Quick Start Guide, How to Build a Windows XP Virtual Machine topic (select Help->Quick Start Guide in menu);
- Online Help, Managing Virtual Machines->Installing Guest OS section (select Help->Contents in menu).

If I edit configuration, use real cdrom is greyed out and use image is checked.

CDROM works fine in Linux and Windows (Presently dual boot). Why cannot parallels see it?

CDROM is /dev/sr0 and /dev/sg1. Change the permissions as mentioned on the forum for both devices to no avail.

Here is the output of the hardware info from yast on the subject.

13: udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD__RW_ND_6650A'
block.minor = 0 (0x0)
storage.requires_eject = true
info.capabilities = { 'storage', 'block', 'storage.cdrom' }
storage.bus = 'scsi'
storage.cdrom.support_media_changed = true
storage.removable.media_available = true
storage.cdrom.hddvdr = false
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.resmgr.method_names = { 'Grant', 'Revoke' }
info.category = 'storage'
info.product = 'DVD+-RW ND-6650A'
storage.drive_type = 'cdrom'
storage.hotpluggable = false
storage.physical_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27c4_scsi_device_lun0_0'
storage.vendor = '_NEC'
storage.media_check_enabled = true
storage.cdrom.read_speed = 4234 (0x108a)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_names = { 'Eject', 'CloseTray' }
storage.cdrom.dvd = true
storage.removable.media_size = 633614336ull (0x25c43000ull)
block.is_volume = false
storage.firmware_version = '102C'
storage.cdrom.bdre = false
block.storage_device = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD__RW_ND_6650A'
info.addons = { 'hald-addon-storage' }
info.parent = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/pci_8086_27c4_scsi_device_lun0_0'
storage.cdrom.dvdplusr = true
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.resmgr.method_signatures = { '', '' }
storage.size = 0ull (0x0ull)
storage.cdrom.write_speed = 4234 (0x108a)
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_signatures = { 'as', 'as' }
block.device = '/dev/sr0'
info.callouts.add = { 'hal-resmgr' }
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_argnames = { 'extra_options', 'extra_options' }
storage.cdrom.cdr = true
storage.no_partitions_hint = true
storage.cdrom.bdr = false
storage.removable = true
storage.lun = 0 (0x0)
info.vendor = '_NEC'
storage.cdrom.dvdram = false
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrwdl = false
storage.cdrom.write_speeds = { '4234', '3528', '2822', '1764', '1411', '706' }
storage.cdrom.dvdr = true
info.interfaces = { 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage', 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage', 'org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.resmgr' }
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.Storage.method_execpaths = { 'hal-storage-eject', 'hal-storage-closetray' }
storage.model = 'DVD+-RW ND-6650A'
info.udi = '/org/freedesktop/Hal/devices/storage_model_DVD__RW_ND_6650A'
info.callouts.remove = { 'hal-resmgr' }
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrdl = true
storage.cdrom.bd = false
storage.cdrom.hddvdrw = false
block.major = 11 (0xb)
resmgr.class = 'cdrom'
linux.hotplug_type = 3 (0x3)
storage.cdrom.cdrw = true
storage.cdrom.dvdplusrw = true
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.resmgr.method_argnames = { '', '' }
linux.sysfs_path = '/sys/block/sr0'
storage.cdrom.dvdrw = true
storage.automount_enabled_hint = true
linux.sysfs_path_device = '/sys/block/sr0'
storage.cdrom.hddvd = false
org.freedesktop.Hal.Device.resmgr.method_execpaths = { 'hal-resmgr-grant', 'hal-resmgr-revoke' }

Is there any way to link parallels and the cdrom or am I SOL on the D820? Did not have this problem with Inspiron 8500.

Art

 

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Try editing your .pvs file and look for this line:

Disk 0:1 image=/dev/hdc

And change it to look like:

Disk 0:1 image=/dev/sr0

Make sure the next line in the file looks like:

Disk 0:1 connected=1

And the three lines before look like:

Disk 0:1 enabled=1
Disk 0:1=2
Disk 0:1 media=1
.

 

That done it. Thanks

Art

 

afore, thaks for report. Seems we missed something in detection procedure.