Re: [SLE] help:: vmware/xp thinking it is win98

From: James Philp (linuxjames2003_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 08/02/03

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To: Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net>, suse-linux-e@suse.com

    well, sorry anders but this isn't a very productive
    suggestion... ;-)

    The answer is no - I put the right CD in (checked and
    double checked).

    The only thing I can think of is that because these
    are toshiba laptop recovery cd's it may first try to
    boot with win98, check that its a toshiba laptop and
    then boot xp (don't know - pure guess).

    it's also not a vmware problem (pretty confident about
    that one).

    so the question is - has anyone successfully managed
    to install xp on vmware with the xp laptop recovery
    cd's???

    thanks, james.
    --- Anders Johansson <andjoh@rydsbo.net> wrote:
    > On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 17:29, James Philp wrote:
    > > Hello everyone,
    > >
    > > This is a strange one -
    > >
    > > I'm trying to install XP in vmware 4.0.1 on suse
    > > 8.2/xd2. I'm pretty sure vmware works (as it
    > installed
    > > win2000) properly. when i try to install xp, soon
    > > after boot i get a text message saying preparing
    > to
    > > install win 98 and then the system dies.
    > >
    > > what's going on??
    >
    > You've put the wrong CD in the tray. VMware never
    > says "preparing to
    > install...", that message comes from the CD. So
    > you've put a win98
    > installation CD in.
    >
    >
    >
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