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Date:      Mon, 11 Dec 2000 22:17:18 -0500 (EST)
From:      "Vladimir N.Silyaev" <vns@mindspring.com>
To:        nsayer@kfu.com
Cc:        emulation@freebsd.org, mark@baggywrinkle.co.uk
Subject:   Re: Problems with VMWare crashing..
Message-ID:  <200012120317.WAA00404@jupiter.delta.ny.us>
In-Reply-To: <3A353ABD.C1D135B1@sftw.com>
References:  <20001211003601.B937@gblx.net> <3A353ABD.C1D135B1@sftw.com>

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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 


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