I'm getting some odd behavior when trying to create a VM. This started on a W2K12 box but I decided to upgrade it to R2 on the off chance that the problems I am seeing were being caused by something wrong in the OS. The problems persisted.
I am just trying to create a VM. Initially, I created it with the standard dynamically sizing 126G drive but I changed that to a fixed size 126G drive when I couldn't load an OS. I am getting 2 basic errors:
1) After booting to the OS CD (2K8R2), I tell it to install and it errors with "Windows installation encountered an unexpected error. Verify that the installation sources are accessible, and restart the Installation". I tried copying the ISO file to a couple of different locations on the off chance that I had a disk issue. No dice.
2) If I persist, it will get past the above error and it will present me with a list of OS editions to choose from. After choosing, it asks what partition I want it installed on. I select the 126G partition (the only one). It chews on that for a bit and does nothing. If I click "Next" again, it errors telling me that it requires at least 7G of free disk space to continue.
I have never seen this behavior before. What can be causing it?
Thanks
Bert