mikrotik-3.0rc8.iso failed to boot under MS Virtual PC 2004/2007, here’s console log:
Uncompressing Linux… Ok, booting the kernel.
Loading drivers
ERROR: could not load module kernel/drivers/ide/pci/cmd64x.ko: file not found
ERROR: could not load module kernel/drivers/ide/pci/rz1000.ko: file not found
ERROR: could not load module kernel/drivers/ide/pci/via82cxxx.ko: file not found
ERROR: could not load module kernel/drivers/ide/pci/cs5530.ko: file not found
ERROR: could not load module kernel/drivers/ide/pci/sc1200.ko: file not found
ERROR: could not load module kernel/drivers/ide/pci/generic.ko: file not found
Looking for harddrives…
Found harddrive as IDE Primary master (disk C)
FATAL ERROR: Bad package -0.0
Press ENTER to reboot
Boot ok with burned CD, under MS Virtual PC or over bare metal.
v2.9.48 and previous v2.9 point releases boot and work fine in virtual pc, hope v3.0 to work as good.
3.0rc8.iso worked fine in virtual pc when it was burned into physical CD and mapped to physical CD-ROM.
it failed with messages shown in the root post when CD drive was mapped to .iso file.
is it in the ‘supported hardware’ list?
as said above, it worked when install in certain (more physical) way but didn’t in another (more virtual) way. it is in “supported hardware list” in my view.
I suspect your CD emulation was not correct, if it worked on a physical medium
you may be right.
more, tested file mikrotik-2.9.48.iso in CD emultaion mode just fine.
there appeared something in mikrotik-3.0rc8.iso (and rc7/rc6, maybe earlier rc’s, as well) that is different from mikrotik-2.9.48.iso that MS Virtual PC 2004/2007 doesn’t like.