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Date:      Fri, 10 Dec 1999 21:13:12 -0500
From:      "Vladimir N. Silyaev" <vsilyaev@mindspring.com>
To:        "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM>
Cc:        "Vladimir N. Silyaev" <vsilyaev@mindspring.com>, emulation@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: ANNOUNCE: Update port VMware 1.1 for Linux, Networking Support
Message-ID:  <19991210211311.A2287@jupiter.delta.ny.us>
In-Reply-To: <199912110143.UAA54831@whizzo.transsys.com>; from louie@TransSys.COM on Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 08:43:20PM -0500
References:  <199912110143.UAA54831@whizzo.transsys.com>

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On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 08:43:20PM -0500, Louis A. Mamakos wrote:
> 
> Has anyone been able to install a Windows 98 distribution inside
> of VMware?  I load the CDROM distribution and the boot floppy, but
> the installation never gets beyond MSCDEX 2.25 displaying a banner;
> it never actually starts SETUP.EXE from the CDROM drive.
Just a proposition. Copy basic installation to a hard drive and prepare
dos bootable diskette, and install Windows 98 from raw partition. I think 
that after installation protected mode drivers will work fine.

-- 
Vladimir Silyaev


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