From owner-freebsd-emulation Mon Dec 11 19:17:31 2000 From owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Dec 11 19:17:30 2000 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Received: from tisch.mail.mindspring.net (tisch.mail.mindspring.net [207.69.200.157]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 46C2C37B404 for ; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 19:17:28 -0800 (PST) Received: from jupiter.delta.ny.us (nyf-ny3-06.ix.netcom.com [198.211.16.134]) by tisch.mail.mindspring.net (8.9.3/8.8.5) with ESMTP id WAA00677; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:17:25 -0500 (EST) Received: (from vsilyaev@localhost) by jupiter.delta.ny.us (8.9.3/8.9.3) id WAA00404; Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:17:18 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from vns) Date: Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:17:18 -0500 (EST) From: "Vladimir N.Silyaev" Message-Id: <200012120317.WAA00404@jupiter.delta.ny.us> To: nsayer@kfu.com Cc: emulation@freebsd.org, mark@baggywrinkle.co.uk Subject: Re: Problems with VMWare crashing.. In-Reply-To: <3A353ABD.C1D135B1@sftw.com> References: <20001211003601.B937@gblx.net> <3A353ABD.C1D135B1@sftw.com> Reply-To: vns@delta.odessa.ua Sender: owner-freebsd-emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org In muc.lists.freebsd.emulation, you wrote: >> I have installed the latest version of the VMWare port (2.0.3.799). The >> installation went succesfully. When I try and run Win2K (installed on another >> partition) VMWare traps when Windows tryies to display the intial Win2K boot >> graphic. I have two hardware profiles in Windows and am able to select the VMware >> one and then crashes. > >Sony VAIOs are ACPI machines. There is a note on the vmware web site >that says that attempting to book win2k with the ACPI kernel and HAL >will fail miserably. You can set it up to use the normal kernel and HAL >using their instructions, but it's a big pain and I bet you'd be happier >just running win9x in a virtual disk. :/ Just my five cents, it's better to use to win9x, but WinNT4 - it should works bit faster under VMware. -- Vladimir To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message