From owner-freebsd-emulation Fri Dec 10 18:35:30 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 55AB114E94 for ; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 18:35:23 -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 VAA02471; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 21:35:21 -0500 (EST) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by mindspring.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id VAA02441; Fri, 10 Dec 1999 21:35:19 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Fri, 10 Dec 1999 21:35:18 -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: <19991210213518.C2287@jupiter.delta.ny.us> References: <199912110143.UAA54831@whizzo.transsys.com> <19991210211311.A2287@jupiter.delta.ny.us> <199912110218.VAA55107@whizzo.transsys.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i In-Reply-To: <199912110218.VAA55107@whizzo.transsys.com>; from louie@TransSys.COM on Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 09:18:58PM -0500 Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Dec 10, 1999 at 09:18:58PM -0500, Louis A. Mamakos wrote: > > > 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. > > I'm not sure I understand. > > I did try to create a recovery floppy on real Windows 98 machine, but it > doesn't boot either. Does Windows have a problem with my K6-III CPU I > wonder? In the previous message you were wrote about problems on the stage, when mscdex loaded. I really don't know the contents of a recovery floppy from Windows'98, but try to isolate problem, press Shift-F8 and load only minimal set of files. About K6-III please read information on the official vmware site. > > Should I create a raw partition on the disk, put the contents of a > windows 98 distribution CD on it, and try to install from there? Exactly, but I think you are don't need to put all the contents, only a minimal set. -- Vladimir Silyaev To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message