[NTLUG:Discuss] more vmware4 on mandrake9.1

[Greg Edwards]

fredjame wrote:
> Yes, I have the guide (bought the boxed set), and I have followed it.
> (1) VMware is installed - installed from CD
> (2) A virtual machine is set up for Win98
> (3) I can power on the Win98 vitural machine, but after the VMware 
> screens - blackness - no error message, no whirring of the CD, no lights 
> on either the CDRom or the floppy - not even a message about not finding 
> a bootable disk, or whatever.
> The only thing I can find that might have apply is a couple of notes:
> "The real-time clock function must be compiled into your Linux Kernel"
> "VMware Workstation for Linux requires that the parallel port PC-style 
> hardware option (CONFIG_PARPROT_PC) be built and loaded as a kernel 
> module (that is it must be set to m when the kernel is compiled).
> I didn't compile the kernel, and don't know how to check this stuff, or 
> if I can.  But there weren't any complaints on installing VMware.
> 

These (clock/parport) should be non issues.

When you started the virtual machine did you have a floppy or cd 
inserted?  Is your bios set to boot to that device?  When you start a 
virtual machine it acts just like the red switch approach.

You can also check which devices VMware thinks are connected.  I don't 
remember the exact location but it should be front and center when 
you've got a configuration open.


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