I'm confused. why would you run Fusion with Bootcamp? I thought you only needed Fusion to run Windows? Also, how well does NVDA or Hal work under Fusion?
On 21/01/2009, Scott Ford <[email protected]> wrote: > Simon, > I would strongly suggest that you download a newer version of Jaws > and install it on your bootcamp partition. I used version 9 with no > problem. After you get this working under bootcamp, then restart > under fusion. This will allow you to experiment with windows and your > version 7 of jaws. I have installed jaws 10 this afternoon and it is > working fine. When you install the vmware tools a windo is soposto > pop up like a drive is discovered. Windows asks you what you would > like to do. You have the option to look at the files in windows > explorer or run the setup. You choose the setup and the tools install > just like any other windows application. Good luck Have a great day. > Scott > On Jan 21, 2009, at 3:29 PM, Simon Cavendish wrote: > >> Well, Listers, if I ever thought running fusion was going to be >> plain sailing, I should eat my words. >> >> So, I now have Fusion installed and I try to run my Windows choosing >> bootcamp partition. I go to vmware menu and choose "power on". >> Windows starts booting and I hear my Jaws 7.1 introducing itself. >> Then nothing. I command tab and all I hear is either fusion or >> finder. I don't know where my windows is In vmware menu it seems >> that it should be running because "shut" option is available and >> indeed when I choose it, I can hear a lot of familiar noise in the >> machine so windows is shutting down. Why can't I get to it? Or is >> that Jaws crashes or doesn't speak? Is this because I run version 7.1? >> >> Secondly, when I try to run bootcamp partition in Fusion, I get a >> message to install vmware tools but only after windows has booted. I >> choose install vmware tools. But I wait and wait and nothing happens >> apart from the fact that there is now a "cancel" button in vmware >> menu where "install vmware tools" was. But nothing happens. Do I >> need to wait longer than two mintues? Would the tools have been a >> part of my Fusion .dmg? Or is fusion trying to get the tools from >> the internet? >> >> I feel I'm nearly there, but not quite. Any observations would be >> very helpful. >> >> With best wishes >> >> Simon >> > > >
