boot error message

[navin]

Hi ,
In the process of creating virtual machine ..
when we try to boot and install from OS on the virtual machine ..it is not booting /installing from dvd .here is the error message. what does this mean...is it not seeing the virtual dvd? or what.appreciate your help much in advance
Thanks
Press Any Key to interrupt Autoboot
\EFI\BOOT\AUTO ==> boot :IINSTALL
Seconds left till autoboot - 0
AUTOBOOTING...Couldn't read ELF header.

loading failed

HPUX>

[Torsten.]

Hi,

I guess the image is mounted, but not bootable. Looks like the system is attempting to boot from the (virtual) DVD.

How did you create the image?

I successfully did it with this command:
dd if=/dev/rdsk/ of=/image.iso bs=2k

It takes a while, but it's working.

[Torsten.]

Hi,

I guess the image is mounted, but not bootable. Looks like the system is attempting to boot from the (virtual) DVD.

How did you create the image?

I successfully did it with this command:
dd if=/dev/rdsk/ of=/image.iso bs=2k

It takes a while, but it's working.

[navin]

It is a install dvd (1) shipped with the server.
Thanks

[Torsten.]

To use an ISO image is much faster during install .. please post

# hpvmstatus -P your_vm -v

[navin]

# hpvmstatus
[Virtual Machines]
Virtual Machine Name VM # OS Type State # vCPUs # Devs # Nets Memory
==================== ===== ======= ======== ======= ====== ====== ===========
host1 4 HPUX On 2 4 1 4 GB

Thanks

[Torsten.]

The full command like suggested above, please.

[Tim Nelson]

Navin,

Any solution to this.

Just ran into the same issue..

Have loaded Virtual guests before but now running into same problem.

hpvmmodify -P guest1 -a dvd:scsi::disk:/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0

( c0t0d0 is device for DVD )

[Duncan Edmonstone]

What version of VM software and what DVD image?

In the early days of VMs There were cases where the DVD image contained a compressed kernel and the VM software didn't know how to deal with a compressed kernal (but I think this was all fixed with v2 of VMs)

HTH

Duncan

[Tim Nelson]

Duncan,

Let me open a new thread ... one moment please.

[Tim Nelson]

Please disregard... With my new order, HP shipped a really really old version ( i.e. 1.2 )

GEEEEEZZZZZZZZ... ( *#*@&%&^#%! )

Thanks anyway Duncan...