[Tfug] Virtualization problem

[Robert Hunter]

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On Mon, Dec 29, 2008 at 04:40:09PM +0800, Matthew Patenaude wrote:
> Howdy out there!
> 
> It seems as if no matter what virtualization scheme I try, I always end up
> with the CD booting and then the screen going black and then a blue screen
> coming up with a message that says session3_initialization_failed.
> 
> I am trying to run XP virtualized on Ubuntu 8.10 and am having no success at
> all. I have tried with Virtual Box, and with KVM/Virt-manager, both have the
> same result. Any ideas?

Some quick googling indicates that the "session3_yada_yada" error is
specific to the XP installer.  How confident are you that the CD or
CD-drive are not the cause of your problem?  If the error is occurring
before anything is written to disk, you could safely* test booting
directly from the CD.

Other things you could try:

1. Verify the checksum of the ISO image.
2. Look for kernel messages that indicate I/O errors with the CD drive.
3. Install from a known good ISO image (assuming you can obtain one).

*You may want to do a backup beforehand, just to be safe. ;-)

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