Date: Sun, 6 Aug 2000 01:46:35 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: vns@delta.odessa.ua Cc: emulation@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD/VMWare setup for dummies? Message-ID: <20000806014635.A255@parish> In-Reply-To: <200008052359.TAA00434@jupiter.delta.ny.us>; from vsilyaev@mindspring.com on Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 07:59:49PM -0400 References: <jjreynold@home.com> <200007271242.IAA16126@pobox.engeast.BayNetworks.COM> <20000805150815.C254@parish> <200008052359.TAA00434@jupiter.delta.ny.us>
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On Sat, Aug 05, 2000 at 07:59:49PM -0400, Vladimir N. Silyaev wrote: > > 2. Create new dummy configuration, without any hardware, and try it. It > useless, but at least you should see a Phoenix BIOS logo. > OK, I tried and it just rebooted again. This is the config file I was using: #!/usr/local/lib/vmware/bin/vmware config.version = 2 # No cdrom installed # Disk Drive Info # scsi0:0.present = TRUE # scsi0:0.deviceType = "plainDisk" # scsi0:0.fileName = "win95.hba" # scsi0.present = TRUE # No floppy installed # floppy0.present = FALSE # No networking installed # Memory size memsize = 32 # Nvram nvram = /usr/marko/.vmware/win95/win95.nvram # Log file log.fileName = /usr/marko/.vmware/win95/win95.log # Hints guestOS = win95 Is the win95.nvram file supposed to exist? I haven't got one on my system/ > If it doesn't help, that means you are have incompatible hardware > (never heard before about that). It's a K6-233 (original K6, not a -2 or -3) Gigabyte 430TX based motherboard, Award 4.51-PGM BIOS 64MB RAM 2 x 4.5GB IBM UW-SCSI on a Diamond Fireport 40 (Symbios 53c875j chip) controller. > > -- > Regards, > Vladimir -- If I buy a copy of WinDelete, and it doesn't delete Windows, am I entitled to my money back? ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-emulation" in the body of the message
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