Hi , newbie , trying to install Windows XP SP3 as a new VM but its saying it cant find the hdd.

I know i need to install the sata drivers or change it so i knows the hdd is there.

Please can someone help , im sure its something simple i need to do.

 

Change your image boot file to IDE not Sata for XP.  Once you have it installed and running then add a second drive as SATA and then add the Sata drivers to XP.  Then you can switch your boot image drive to Sata if you want.  Personally I would use virtio not Sata or IDE but with XP I always start with IDE.

 

So set " Primary vDisk Bus:" to IDE and try it.

 

Edited October 26, 20178 yr by BobPhoenix

Thanks for the reply , how do i set this?

2 hours ago, StuartF said:

Thanks for the reply , how do i set this?

 

When you edit the the VM within Unraid, you should see a vdisk option. You can change the controller there.

thanks , ive changeded the xml to

 

 <disk type='file' device='disk'>
      <driver name='qemu' type='raw' cache='writeback'/>
      <source file='/mnt/user/domains/Windows XP/vdisk1.img'/>
      <target dev='hdc' bus='ide'/>
      <boot order='1'/>
      <address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>
    </disk>

 

but im now getting

Execution Error

internal error: process exited while connecting to monitor: 2017-10-27T10:39:59.113846Z qemu-system-x86_64: -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=2,drive=drive-ide0-0-2,id=ide0-0-2,bootindex=1: Can't create IDE unit 2, bus supports only 2 units
2017-10-27T10:39:59.113901Z qemu-system-x86_64: -device ide-hd,bus=ide.0,unit=2,drive=drive-ide0-0-2,id=ide0-0-2,bootindex=1: Device initialization failed.

delete this line from the XML and let unRAID create a new one.

<address type='drive' controller='0' bus='0' target='0' unit='2'/>

 

What Tuftuf meant was that you can set IDE in the GUI.  You don't need to edit the XML.  If that is what you did then delete the VM without deleting the image file and then setup from scratch again but select your existing image file and change the type to IDE.

Edited October 27, 20178 yr by BobPhoenix

Thanks for the help but i must be being thick , tried removing the line to recreate and it still did not work , also cant find where to change the type to ide when creating a new image with existing vdisk.

 

Turn on  Advanced on VM's GUI and edit the primary vDisk like the following graphic:

Thanks for the help , new it had to be something daft. Thanks all