Re: Problem with VMware

From: Corné Beerse (cbeerse_at_lycos.nl)
Date: 06/08/04

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    Marcin Szarek wrote:

    > Hi All!
    > I've got weird problem while installing Windows 2000/XP system on
    > VMware-workstation.
    > I believe VMware is installed properly - I've installed it from rpm
    > package. Then, vmware-config.pl also runs and exits without problems
    > ending configuration with "Enjoy!".
    >
    > I've created a virtual machine. Then, I've powered virtual machine on
    > with W2K cdrom in drive. Windows installation starts, it probes for
    > hardware and then, just after starting formatting my virtual partition
    > with selected filesystem everything gets crazy. Computer doesn't hang,
    > but it stoppes responding - it looks like being hardly overloaded or
    > something. HDD LED blinks so I believe that something is being
    > performed.
    > At first I thought that my hardware is not enough robust, so i left my
    > computer while "cooking" windows partition for... 2 DAYS! But after
    > these 2 days LEDs were still blinking and my computer was not responding
    > at all...

    Sounds like cdrom-problems shown in other os-es. See with the cd-rom settings in
    vmware, change the emulated/direct CDRom settings. IF that does not succeeed,
    create an iso image of the CDROm and present that as the cdrom to the guest.

    >
    > Could You give me some hint on some solution? What could I mess up? Why
    > windows "hangs" while trying to make FAT/NTFS partition?

    IT also can be due to the virtual disk settings, does the guest-os installer
    have the driver for the provided harddisk. Specially scsi come now in 2 flavors,
    1 of which is not supported by your M$Windows by default. There is a
    driver-floppy-image on the VMWare website.

    >
    > Your help will be appreciated :-)
    >
    > Thanks in advance!
    >
    > My software:
    > VMwareWorkstation-4.5.1-7568
    > kernel-2.6.5-1.358
    > Fedora Core 2
    >
    > My hardware:
    > Duron 1000
    > Abit KT7a
    > 256 DDR
    > Seagate Barracuda IV 40GB 

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