Virtual PC Additions ISO

[Fred Horvat]

On my G5 I just installed Windows 98 and some specialized software that I
need on my PowerBook. After the install I went to apply the Virtual PC
Additions and I get a dialog box asking for the location of the ISO. It
never did this in the past it just loaded the ISO and away we went. I did a
quick search on my G5 and could not find it. So I copied the virtual
machine over to the Powerbook and decided to add the Additions there. I get
the same results that it wants the location of the ISO. I figured that my
G5 Virtual PC may have gotten corrupted but not the Powerbook at the same
time. What am I missing here and where is the Virtual Machine Additions ISO
located at?

[William Smith [MVP]]

Post by Fred Horvat
On my G5 I just installed Windows 98 and some specialized software that I
need on my PowerBook. After the install I went to apply the Virtual PC
Additions and I get a dialog box asking for the location of the ISO. It
never did this in the past it just loaded the ISO and away we went. I did a
quick search on my G5 and could not find it. So I copied the virtual
machine over to the Powerbook and decided to add the Additions there. I get
the same results that it wants the location of the ISO. I figured that my
G5 Virtual PC may have gotten corrupted but not the Powerbook at the same
time. What am I missing here and where is the Virtual Machine Additions ISO
located at?

IIRC, the VPC Additions are on a separate Windows partition on your VPC
installer disk. When asked to install the Additions just insert your VPC
software disk and allow Windows to connect to your CD drive.

Hope this helps!

[Fred Horvat]

For me the ISO was not by itself on the installer CD. After poking around a
little I figured out where it was. It is inside the VPC Application itself.

To find it :
I went into my Applications Folder
Right Clicked on the VPC Application and chose Show Package Contents. I dug
around in there and there was a VMAdditions ISO file in there.
I made copy of it and moved the copy somewhere else.

Hope this helps anybody else in the future because it appears to be an OSX
10.5.6 issue that VPC now loses it way to the VMAdditions ISO. Always
worked prior to 10.5.6.

Post by William Smith [MVP]

Post by Fred Horvat
On my G5 I just installed Windows 98 and some specialized software that I
need on my PowerBook. After the install I went to apply the Virtual PC
Additions and I get a dialog box asking for the location of the ISO. It
never did this in the past it just loaded the ISO and away we went. I did a
quick search on my G5 and could not find it. So I copied the virtual
machine over to the Powerbook and decided to add the Additions there. I get
the same results that it wants the location of the ISO. I figured that my
G5 Virtual PC may have gotten corrupted but not the Powerbook at the same
time. What am I missing here and where is the Virtual Machine Additions ISO
located at?

IIRC, the VPC Additions are on a separate Windows partition on your VPC
installer disk. When asked to install the Additions just insert your VPC
software disk and allow Windows to connect to your CD drive.
Hope this helps!