From owner-freebsd-emulation Fri Dec 10 18:13:23 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from smtp7.atl.mindspring.net (smtp7.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.128.51]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7DF3214F04 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 18:13:18 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from mindspring.com (user-2inigds.dialup.mindspring.com [165.121.65.188]) by smtp7.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA15760; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 21:13:14 -0500 (EST) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA02314; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 21:13:13 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 21:13:12 -0500 From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" To: "Louis A. Mamakos" Cc: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" , emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Update port VMware 1.1 for Linux, Networking Support Message-ID: <19991210211311.A2287@jupiter.delta.ny.us> References: <199912110143.UAA54831@whizzo.transsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <199912110143.UAA54831@whizzo.transsys.com>; from louie@TransSys.COM on Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 08:43:20PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message