Orcas Install Problem

After some major frustration I finally got Virtual Server 2005 going on my Windows 2003 Server. I followed the instructions to the letter on the Microsoft web site for installing Orcas. Problem is, while I have Virtual Server going with the appropriate base image, I don't see anything for Orcas... I am clueless here...

Anyone know what is wrong? Are the instructions leaving something out?

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# 1

Hi,

I'm facing the same problem. And I know many having the same problem..

s_ruchit at 2007-9-5 >

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# 2

Count me as one of those with nothing to show for a very frustrating download and install process. Evem over high speed cable, the download took most of a day. The installation instructions were flawed and incomplete, and to top things off, No visual studio what so ever!!

Copying and reposting the previous month's instructions are a bad idea especially when they don't work!

TerryDowning at 2007-9-5 >

# 3

Hi,

Now it's clear, that this is a majorly faced problem by all of us. So now wat?

are we heading towards a resolution?

cant we have , what they've commited!

I guess everybody's gone thru the scott guthrie's blog

thanks..

good day..

s_ruchit at 2007-9-5 >

# 4

Out of dheer frustration, I decided I'd start all over again. I deleted the extracted images and re-extracted the images and decide I would follow the instructions to the letter where I could. Here is what worked for me. Changes to the base Instructions are in Red below: Items 1-7 are pretty straight forward and no changes were required. Changes begin at Item 8.

Instructions

To install, follow these instructions in the exact order shown

Download and install Virtual PC 2004 SP1 (or Virtual Server 2005 R2 )
Download the Base image (one-time only): Save the self-extracting base image VSCTPBase.exe and extract to a folder on your computer. This base contains the Operating system and is common to all "Orcas" CTPs.
Click the Download button on this page to download all parts of the Visual Studio Code Name Orcas January CTP. The first part is a self-extracting EXE and will prompt for the other parts.
Click on the self extracting VSJan2007CTP.exe to extract the file. Extract the file to the same folder as the base. This file contains all the new VS content and will change from CTP to CTP. You will need to read and accept the EULA before extraction proceeds.
Launch the Virtual PC Console using Start|Programs|Microsoft Virtual PC.
Click the New button to launch the “New Virtual Machine Wizard”.
Navigate to the Options page and select "Add An existing Virtual Machine" radio button.
Click the Browse button and navigate to the location you extracted the files to and select VSODec2006CTP.vmc image The actual image name extratced to my machine is VSDec2006CTP.vmc and it seems to be working fine.
You will be prompted for the location of the base image and you should point to the Base01.vhd that you extracted earlier and click OK You MAY NOT be prompted for the location of the base image. If you are not prompted, DO NOT make any changes!
Clear the “When I finish, open settings” checkbox and click OK. This is very Important! If you do make any changes here, the whole install could fail leaving you to start all over! I found that whenever I made any changes at this point my problems would start.
Select the new image entry and click Start At this point you May be prompted for the correct location of the base image. Browse to the location you extracted Base01.vhd and click OK
To logon to the machine, click on Action Menu (Shortcut: Right Alt+Del) on the VPC console and use the credentials above. If the password P2ssw0rd does not work, then delete your extracted images and start over! P2ssw0rd is the correct password for the image downloaded through this link! You should not have to activate this image. If you are prompted to activate this image, then it is installed incorrectly, Delete the extracted images and start over!

See Readme document for important notices and information about the CTP.

Read any additional documentation available regarding WPF, LINQ, or any other CTP related items you may have been working with prviously. The team is working on intgrating these things into one CTP, but it's not all there yet. Remember this is CTP software and not even worthy of being called Beta, features will come and go as the CTPs evolve.

I hope these modified instructions help someone else out there. At least I can play with the future stuff now.

Terry

TerryDowning at 2007-9-5 >

# 5

Here are more detailed instructions for using the Orcas Jan CTP:

After you have downloaded both the Orcas Base Image and all eight files of the differencing image to your local machine, you can launch the differencing image on your Virtual PC or Virtual Server and logon using the credential below: