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Topic: GParted live CD fails to boot in Hyper-V VM

Trying to boot GParted 0.5.0-3.iso (and all other versions above 0.3.4-11) results in a blinking cursor - and nothing else.

The latest GParted version which has some output is 0.3.4-11:

"grub> _"

It is a new standard Hyper-V VM with only the CD-ISO image mounted and booting from CD.

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Re: GParted live CD fails to boot in Hyper-V VM

From reading the following wikipedia page, it appears that Hyper-V is not fully supported for GNU/Linux.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hyper-V#Linux_support

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Re: GParted live CD fails to boot in Hyper-V VM

RHEL and SuseLinux are booting with no problem using GRUB. There are many reports about other distros running successfully.

So, I don't see why GParted should not?

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Re: GParted live CD fails to boot in Hyper-V VM

GParted Live is based on Debian GNU/Linux.  Can you boot other Debian live CDs or Ubuntu Live CDs in Hyper-V?

5 Reply by rosch (edited by rosch 2009-12-08 21:58:55)

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Re: GParted live CD fails to boot in Hyper-V VM

debian-live-502-i386-standard.iso boots perfectly.

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Re: GParted live CD fails to boot in Hyper-V VM

rosch wrote:

debian-live-502-i386-standard.iso boots perfectly.

Did you mean you can not see the isolinux boot menu like this?
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screens/ … t_menu.png

BTW, GParted live 0.5.0-3 is based on Debian Sid, so maybe there is something regression...

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Re: GParted live CD fails to boot in Hyper-V VM

BTW, how about give virtualbox 3.x a try? I am sure it works.

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Re: GParted live CD fails to boot in Hyper-V VM

stevenshiau wrote:

Did you mean you can not see the isolinux boot menu like this?
http://gparted.sourceforge.net/screens/ … t_menu.png

That's right. No screen like that.

Clonezilla (clonezilla-live-1.2.2-31.iso) has a very similar boot screen and is booting fine.

stevenshiau wrote:

BTW, how about give virtualbox 3.x a try? I am sure it works.

No option here. Virtualbox is fine for desktop virtualization but not a replacement for a hypervisor. ESXi would be an option but is failing the power-saving features of our Opteron-based server.