{"id":623,"date":"2008-08-11T20:19:26","date_gmt":"2008-08-12T01:19:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.devhorizon.com\/reza\/?p=623"},"modified":"2008-08-12T00:05:44","modified_gmt":"2008-08-12T05:05:44","slug":"timebombed-virtual-machine-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.devhorizon.com\/reza\/2008\/08\/11\/timebombed-virtual-machine-part-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Timebombed VM (Part 2):Build"},"content":{"rendered":"

In part 1<\/a>, I gave you an introduction on what I want to accomplish in these blog post series. In case you haven’t read it yet, please have a look. Now, let’s get your hand dirty:<\/p>\n

1) You need to download a trial image first. Let’s get started with this one<\/span><\/a>.<\/p>\n

2) Put it in a folder (say “D:\\VPC\\Trial”) and change the name to MsWSSBaseWithSP1.vhd.
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\n3) Using VPC 2007<\/span><\/a> , create a virtual machine and point it to the vhd drive you’ve just downloaded. If you are using Virtual Server 2005 R2, read this paper<\/span><\/a> on how to work with differencing drives.<\/p>\n

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4) Click on Settings, choose Hard Disk 1 and click on Virtual Disk Wizard.<\/p>\n

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5) Next, choose “Create a New virtual disk”.<\/p>\n

6) In next dialog box, choose “A virtual hard disk” and click next.<\/p>\n

7) Specify “D:\\VPC\\Trial” as your Virtual Hard Disk Location (same location as you placed MsWSSBaseWithSP1.vhd) and give it a name. I named mine DhWSSDevDiff.vhd.
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\n8 ) Next you need to choose Differencing in Virtual Hard Disk Options.<\/p>\n

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9) Now select “D:\\VPC\\Trial\\MsWSSBaseWithSP1.vhd” as the parent virtual hard disk for your new differencing drive. Then click Finish.<\/p>\n

10) You should get a dialog box like below. Also note how small new diff drive is. That’s because, it has nothing on it yet.<\/p>\n

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11) Before you fire up the virtual machine, make sure you do two things:<\/p>\n