Date: Mon, 13 Dec 1999 19:28:49 +0000 From: Alex <ak@freenet.co.uk> To: "Louis A. Mamakos" <louie@TransSys.COM> Cc: "Vladimir N. Silyaev" <vsilyaev@mindspring.com>, freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ANNOUNCE: Update port VMware 1.1 for Linux, Networking Support Message-ID: <385548F1.4F49003E@freenet.co.uk> References: <199912110143.UAA54831@whizzo.transsys.com>
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"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. Yes, I have installed Windows 98 inside VMware. You don't need MSCDEX, unless you want to boot DOS first. Windows 98 can boot straight off the CD. It gives you several options to choose from - I presume the one you chose was "Start computer with CD-ROM support", which is the wrong one. Alex To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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