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Lutz Kittler wrote on 20 Oct 2003 09:11:
> I have to install windows xp on vmware. I have 2 problems:
> 1. When I start the wizard nothing is to seen, but a file
>   bash.core is generated in vmware directory. Starting the
>   wizard from commandline is okay.

I found that too - I believe it's a known bug, as it's been mentioned 
here before.

> 2.I want to install WinXP from CD. What is the right device I
>  have to give for cd-device. /compat/linux/dev only contains
>  hda and hdb. But no success using this devices.

I had good luck using just the device path, ie, /dev/acd0, /dev/vmnet1.

Mike