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deargodpleasehelp

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Weird Virtual PC PXE Bios bug!!
« on: June 28, 2010, 11:51:40 PM »
Okay, here's an interesting bug thing I found in Virtual PC...

Make a new Virtual Machine, name it: Windows 2K.

Then, go to Memory, set Memory to 386.

I think I selected Advanced options instead of Harddrive file, select that if it don't work.

Start up that VPC called Windows 2K.

It will Open a window, first text you'll read will say something like:

Microsoft Boot loader or something like that...

Then, you will see a BIOS screen:

PXE BOOT LOADER

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Client *something something* ##### ....

MAC ADDR ( And it will spin like: \ | / - \ | / .... And continue...

This is basically it trying to network boot, but it's unable too...
And god this reminds me of that scary as *censored* CIH worm...
THe one that corrupts your BIOS...
Since it is in a virtual Machine, it shouldnt affect the real BIOS...  :-X


This is one of the weirdest things I have found in Virtual PC.. I have yet to find out if this is a cause of a virus or what... But my other VPC still works same...
For some reason that PC didnt even say: Enabling integration features, or none  of that junk... Weird...
The one I made, came up with a black window like DOS prompt...
Q and then the stupid PXE loader 'BIOS' came up... :/

Will post video  soon...

Anyways, Hope on getting to the bottom of this, and I pray that my REAL BIOS was not flashed... |V| Otherwise make me a grave and my casket the blue screen of death...  :'(

Salmon Trout

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Re: Weird Virtual PC PXE Bios bug!!
« Reply #1 on: June 29, 2010, 12:16:20 AM »
THis happens in VMWare as well if the OS boot volume is absent. It's not "scary", it's just the virtual machine trying to boot.