I have just started to test installing Windows Longhorn Beta 1 in a Virtual PC environment. You will need to have your VHD pre-formatted (I suggest using the Windows XP install CD) before beginning the Longhorn installation. Once the Windows XP setup has finished formatting the hard disk, exit the setup, reboot, and then proceed to boot from the Longhorn Install DVD. I also experienced errors trying to virtually mount the DVD ISO from within Virtual PC 2004 SP1. I had to mount it virtually in the host OS to a drive letter before the VM would recognize it. I used Microsoft's free Virtual CD mounting tool which can be found at:
http://download.microsoft.com/download/7/b/6/7b6abd84-7841-4978-96f5-bd58df02efa2/winxpvirtualcdcontrolpanel_21.exe
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