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Error: "Guest OS has been shut down" While Trying to Install Windows 2000
Details
While I am trying to install a Windows 2000 guest operating
system, the installation hangs and I see a dialog box that tells me
the guest operating system has shut down.
Solution
This problem has been seen in situations where the virtual
machine is configured with two SCSI drives and the user has changed
the boot order in the BIOS configuration, moving the CD-ROM from
third to second in the boot order.
You can work around the problem.
Log into the console
operating system - at the server or with a Telnet client - as a
user who has rights to modify the files in this virtual
machine's directory.
Change to the directory where
the virtual machine's configuration file is stored.
Remove the file nvram.
rm nvram
Start the guest operating
system installation again. When the initial BIOS screen appears,
click inside the remote console window, then press the ESC
key.
A boot menu appears. Choose
the CD-ROM drive.
The installation should
proceed normally.
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