From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Jul 3 15: 6:24 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (smtp10.atl.mindspring.net [207.69.200.246]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C3D9F37B6E7 for ; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 15:06:20 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev@mindspring.com) Received: from jupiter.delta.ny.us (nyf-ny6-23.ix.netcom.com [198.211.17.87]) by smtp10.atl.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id SAA06818; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 18:06:17 -0400 (EDT) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by jupiter.delta.ny.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA08170; Mon, 3 Jul 2000 18:06:15 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from vsilyaev) Date: Mon, 3 Jul 2000 18:06:14 -0400 From: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" To: John Reynolds Cc: emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: recommendations on beginner configuration of VMware (raw/plain/virutal) Message-ID: <20000703180614.A8141@jupiter.delta.ny.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0i Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Hi, My personal recomendation it was to install Win98 on a IDE drive (trying to keep minimalistic configuration without super buper video drivers and etc), then create another hardware profile. After vmware installation on the FreeBSD, let use to vmware raw IDE drive, enable read/write access to partitions with Win98, at the boot stage select Win98 hardware profile for the vmware and install vmware tools for win98. That's it. In such way you'll be able to use the same Windows (with the same configuration and the same software) both for real and emulated PC. About newest vmware versions, mostly changes around vmnet to support the FreeBSD bridge, also I did some patches in the vmware linux simulation layer about simulate IDE harddrive configuration (probably it's required for large disks). -- Vladimir P.S. Future reading about how to install/use xxx OS under vmware guest is exists on the vmware.com web site. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message