Friday, September 29, 2006

Missing Base VHD (Base01.VHD) from Orcas September CTP VPC... (Make sure you ALSO download the VSCTPBase.exe)

I'm RTFI now, but it looks like there's an issue with the Visual Studio Orcas CTP Virtual PC image download.

It downloads fine and extracts with no problems (creating a 9.27GB VSSep2006CTP.vhd and 11K VSSep2006CTP.vmc).

But when launching the VMC, I get the below dialog;

Um... err... Base01.VHD? Um... nope, doesn't exist and wasn't in the download.

It seems like the VSSep2006CTP.vhd was a Differencing VHD and that the base/parent VHD wasn't provided. Or maybe I'm having a brain cramp...?

Time to look up the support/feedback options...

Update #1 9/26/2006 @ 10:03AM (PDT):

I WAS having a brain cramp! As Dustin pointed out in the comments, there's a link to download the base image in the Installation Instructions

  • "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. "

    • Stupid Greg... I KNEW I should have RTFI better (but then again, I did scan them a couple times and still kept missing that reference... I wonder how many other people will too?).

    BTW, I really dig the Base Image/Differencing usage. That should save us users/downloaders a good bit of time with future CTP's.

    Related Past Post XRef:
    Visual Studio "Orcas" September CTP Virtual PC Download

    Posted

    11 comments:

    1. AnonymousFri Sep 29, 10:04:00 AM PDT

      Go back to the Microsoft download page and read the System Requirements section. There is a link to download the Visual Studio Code Name Orcas Base Image.

      ReplyDelete
    2. GregFri Sep 29, 10:19:00 AM PDT

      You rock, thanks Dustin.

      Downloading it now.

      Now if only I could wipe the egg off my face... :|

      ReplyDelete
    3. GarrettThu Oct 19, 04:12:00 PM PDT

      Don't worry, you're not the only one out there who can't read. :-)

      ReplyDelete
    4. AnonymousWed Nov 01, 09:50:00 PM PST

      I was running into the same problem, thanks for the info...

      Rex

      ReplyDelete
    5. AnonymousThu Nov 09, 09:37:00 AM PST

      Same problem here to! a google search for base01.vhd brought me here with the correct solution, cheers

      ReplyDelete
    6. AnonymousSun Jan 21, 01:48:00 AM PST

      me 2, thx.

      ReplyDelete
    7. AnonymousMon Feb 26, 02:13:00 AM PST

      me 3 thnx

      ReplyDelete
    8. AnonymousMon Mar 05, 05:41:00 AM PST

      me 4, cheers

      ReplyDelete
    9. UnknownSun Mar 18, 08:48:00 AM PDT

      I have downloaded the base image, but when I opened the CTP image under the instructions, VPC 2007 tells me that the base image have been modified. And the password P@ssw0rd can not allow me to login. Have you encountered this problem?

      ReplyDelete
    10. GregSun Mar 18, 08:56:00 AM PDT

      No, I've not seen or heard of that one (relating to the Orcas CTP's)...

      But one thing to note, the Administrator may have changed to "P2ssw0rd"

      At least that's the password listed in the latest March 2007 CTP (here

      I've not had a chance to download the March 2007 CTP yet, so I can't verify the password...

      I wish I could have been more help,
      Greg

      ReplyDelete
    11. UnknownSat Sep 01, 09:36:00 AM PDT

      Me5 thanks

      ReplyDelete

    NOTE: Anonymous Commenting has been turned off for a while... The comment spammers are just killing me...

    ALL comments are moderated. I will review every comment before it will appear on the blog.

    Your comment WILL NOT APPEAR UNTIL I approve it. This may take some hours...

    I reserve, and will use, the right to not approve ANY comment for ANY reason. I will not usually, but if it's off topic, spam (or even close to spam-like), inflammatory, mean, etc, etc, well... then...

    Please see my comment policy for more information if you are interested.

    Thanks,
    Greg

    PS. I am proactively moderating comments. Your comment WILL NOT APPEAR UNTIL I approve it. This may take some hours...