Longhorn Server Install from .iso?

Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2. With
Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying files, and
then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.

With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual Server
2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following message:

"Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement. Please
ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."

Is an .iso not valid media?

Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
Thanks
Bob Willer
BetaID 267513

An ISO image (.iso) is an informal term for a disk image of an ISO 9660 file
system. More loosely, it refers to any optical disk image, even a UDF image.
As is typical for disk images, in addition to the data files that are
contained in the ISO image, it also contains all the filesystem metadata
(boot code, structures, and attributes). All of this information is
contained in a single file. These properties make it an attractive
alternative to physical media for the distribution of software which
requires this additional information as it is simple to retrieve over the
Internet.
You need software such as Daemon Tools or Nero Drive Image or burn to a
blank DVD for it to be functional.
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Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2. With
> Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying files, and
> then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
>
> With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual
> Server 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following
> message:
>
> "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement. Please
> ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
>
> Is an .iso not valid media?
>
> Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
> Thanks
> Bob Willer
> BetaID 267513
>

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"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> An ISO image (.iso) is an informal term for a disk image of an ISO 9660
> file system. More loosely, it refers to any optical disk image, even a UDF
> image.
> As is typical for disk images, in addition to the data files that are
> contained in the ISO image, it also contains all the filesystem metadata
> (boot code, structures, and attributes). All of this information is
> contained in a single file. These properties make it an attractive
> alternative to physical media for the distribution of software which
> requires this additional information as it is simple to retrieve over the
> Internet.
> You need software such as Daemon Tools or Nero Drive Image or burn to a
> blank DVD for it to be functional.
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> "Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2.
>> With Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying files,
>> and then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
>>
>> With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual
>> Server 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following
>> message:
>>
>> "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement. Please
>> ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
>>
>> Is an .iso not valid media?
>>
>> Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
>> Thanks
>> Bob Willer
>> BetaID 267513
>>
>
>

I am not sure if my message was mis-interpreted or not, but for the Vista
build, I used Nero to burn the DVD image. For Longhorn, I was using the
Microsoft VCDControl Tool to mount the .iso. (Actually, when trying to
install it via Virtual Server, I mounted the .iso as a drive via the Virtual
Server configuration).

BW

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
news:...
> An ISO image (.iso) is an informal term for a disk image of an ISO 9660
> file system. More loosely, it refers to any optical disk image, even a UDF
> image.
> As is typical for disk images, in addition to the data files that are
> contained in the ISO image, it also contains all the filesystem metadata
> (boot code, structures, and attributes). All of this information is
> contained in a single file. These properties make it an attractive
> alternative to physical media for the distribution of software which
> requires this additional information as it is simple to retrieve over the
> Internet.
> You need software such as Daemon Tools or Nero Drive Image or burn to a
> blank DVD for it to be functional.
> --
> Andre
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> "Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2.
>> With Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying files,
>> and then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
>>
>> With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual
>> Server 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following
>> message:
>>
>> "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement. Please
>> ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
>>
>> Is an .iso not valid media?
>>
>> Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
>> Thanks
>> Bob Willer
>> BetaID 267513
>>
>
>

I don't know what the problem is then, try burning it to a blank DVD and
install it.
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"Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
news:...
>I am not sure if my message was mis-interpreted or not, but for the Vista
>build, I used Nero to burn the DVD image. For Longhorn, I was using the
>Microsoft VCDControl Tool to mount the .iso. (Actually, when trying to
>install it via Virtual Server, I mounted the .iso as a drive via the
>Virtual Server configuration).
>
> BW
>
> "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> An ISO image (.iso) is an informal term for a disk image of an ISO 9660
>> file system. More loosely, it refers to any optical disk image, even a
>> UDF image.
>> As is typical for disk images, in addition to the data files that are
>> contained in the ISO image, it also contains all the filesystem metadata
>> (boot code, structures, and attributes). All of this information is
>> contained in a single file. These properties make it an attractive
>> alternative to physical media for the distribution of software which
>> requires this additional information as it is simple to retrieve over the
>> Internet.
>> You need software such as Daemon Tools or Nero Drive Image or burn to a
>> blank DVD for it to be functional.
>> --
>> Andre
>> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
>> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
>> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>> "Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2.
>>> With Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying
>>> files, and then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
>>>
>>> With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual
>>> Server 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following
>>> message:
>>>
>>> "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement.
>>> Please ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
>>>
>>> Is an .iso not valid media?
>>>
>>> Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
>>> Thanks
>>> Bob Willer
>>> BetaID 267513
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

I had the same issue trying to install into Virtual Server 2005 with the
Vista B2 iso file. I burned a copy to a DVD and have been installing it.

However, my issue is a bit different. The virtual machine is installing from
the burned DVD on the screen for installing windows where it lists the
following options, copying files, expanding files, installing features, etc.
It has been running for just over 2 hours and is currently at 30% for the
Copying Windows Files item. Has anyone else seen this? Is there anyway for it
to go faster???????

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> I don't know what the problem is then, try burning it to a blank DVD and
> install it.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >I am not sure if my message was mis-interpreted or not, but for the Vista
> >build, I used Nero to burn the DVD image. For Longhorn, I was using the
> >Microsoft VCDControl Tool to mount the .iso. (Actually, when trying to
> >install it via Virtual Server, I mounted the .iso as a drive via the
> >Virtual Server configuration).
> >
> > BW
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> An ISO image (.iso) is an informal term for a disk image of an ISO 9660
> >> file system. More loosely, it refers to any optical disk image, even a
> >> UDF image.
> >> As is typical for disk images, in addition to the data files that are
> >> contained in the ISO image, it also contains all the filesystem metadata
> >> (boot code, structures, and attributes). All of this information is
> >> contained in a single file. These properties make it an attractive
> >> alternative to physical media for the distribution of software which
> >> requires this additional information as it is simple to retrieve over the
> >> Internet.
> >> You need software such as Daemon Tools or Nero Drive Image or burn to a
> >> blank DVD for it to be functional.
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >> "Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >>> Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2.
> >>> With Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying
> >>> files, and then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
> >>>
> >>> With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual
> >>> Server 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following
> >>> message:
> >>>
> >>> "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement.
> >>> Please ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
> >>>
> >>> Is an .iso not valid media?
> >>>
> >>> Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Bob Willer
> >>> BetaID 267513
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

I had to burn a DVD as well. It doesn't work from the iso.

Unfortunately, it ran for 2+ hours "copying files" and was only at 30% when
I tried to install the new VPC on Virtual Server 2005.

Has anyone else had this issue with the speed of the install?

"Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote:

> I don't know what the problem is then, try burning it to a blank DVD and
> install it.
> --
> --
> Andre
> Windows Connected | http://www.windowsconnected.com
> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
>
> "Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
> news:...
> >I am not sure if my message was mis-interpreted or not, but for the Vista
> >build, I used Nero to burn the DVD image. For Longhorn, I was using the
> >Microsoft VCDControl Tool to mount the .iso. (Actually, when trying to
> >install it via Virtual Server, I mounted the .iso as a drive via the
> >Virtual Server configuration).
> >
> > BW
> >
> > "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" <> wrote in message
> > news:...
> >> An ISO image (.iso) is an informal term for a disk image of an ISO 9660
> >> file system. More loosely, it refers to any optical disk image, even a
> >> UDF image.
> >> As is typical for disk images, in addition to the data files that are
> >> contained in the ISO image, it also contains all the filesystem metadata
> >> (boot code, structures, and attributes). All of this information is
> >> contained in a single file. These properties make it an attractive
> >> alternative to physical media for the distribution of software which
> >> requires this additional information as it is simple to retrieve over the
> >> Internet.
> >> You need software such as Daemon Tools or Nero Drive Image or burn to a
> >> blank DVD for it to be functional.
> >> --
> >> Andre
> >> Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com
> >> Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre
> >> http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
> >> "Bob Willer" <> wrote in message
> >> news:...
> >>> Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2.
> >>> With Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying
> >>> files, and then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
> >>>
> >>> With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual
> >>> Server 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following
> >>> message:
> >>>
> >>> "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement.
> >>> Please ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
> >>>
> >>> Is an .iso not valid media?
> >>>
> >>> Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Bob Willer
> >>> BetaID 267513
> >>>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
>
>
>

Did you ever figure out this issue? I'm seeing the same thing.

"Bob Willer" wrote:

> Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2. With
> Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying files, and
> then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
>
> With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual Server
> 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following message:
>
> "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement. Please
> ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
>
> Is an .iso not valid media?
>
> Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
> Thanks
> Bob Willer
> BetaID 267513
>
>
>

I am running into the same problem, burned the iso and the install starts
fine, you enter the product key and as soon as you click next you get "setup
was unable to find the windows end user license agreement." I read somewhere
it was due to the incorrect product key being used. Make sure you either
downloaded Server and are using one of the other 4 keys, or vice versa.

"Bob Willer" wrote:

> Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2. With
> Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying files, and
> then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
>
> With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual Server
> 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following message:
>
> "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement. Please
> ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
>
> Is an .iso not valid media?
>
> Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
> Thanks
> Bob Willer
> BetaID 267513
>
>
>

to clarify, that is server key with server

the other 4 keys work with the other msdn download

"derek" wrote:

> I am running into the same problem, burned the iso and the install starts
> fine, you enter the product key and as soon as you click next you get "setup
> was unable to find the windows end user license agreement." I read somewhere
> it was due to the incorrect product key being used. Make sure you either
> downloaded Server and are using one of the other 4 keys, or vice versa.
>
> "Bob Willer" wrote:
>
> > Well, I am 0 for 2 trying to install Vista & Longhorn Server Beta 2. With
> > Vista, I have now ripped 2 DVD's, both of which start copying files, and
> > then fail with the message that it can't read the dvd.
> >
> > With Longhorn, I have tried installing to both Virtual PC and Virtual Server
> > 2005 R2 from the .iso. Both attempts have yielded the following message:
> >
> > "Setup was unable to find the Windows End User License Agreement. Please
> > ensure that you are running Setup from valid installation media."
> >
> > Is an .iso not valid media?
> >
> > Anyone had any luck with this scenario?
> > Thanks
> > Bob Willer
> > BetaID 267513
> >
> >
> >