On Sat, 2004-06-19 at 00:20, Mark Annandale wrote: > Hi Guys > > I'm trying to have a play with vmware but need to create a windows boot disk > to load XP. Unfortunately I don't have a windows system to create this boot > disk on. > > Can anyone tell me how tp create one using mandrake 10. > > Before anyone asks, my wifes a bean counter and to get her to use this PC at > home I need to install some fancy accounting stuff onto my linux machine, and > I guess vmware is the way, whilst I have an evaluation copy. > > Thanks as always > > Mark A
Set the BIOS in the VM machine to boot from CD - then instead of using a Win boot disk, you can boot directly from the CDROM...(that is, if you HAVE a bootable XP CDROM disk) stephen kuhn - proprietor ============================== illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com mobile: 0410.728.389 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Bamboo) for i586 ------------------------------------------------------------------ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents ------------------------------------------------------------------ Certified virus-free since we don't use Microsoft products "Oh, a very useful philosophical animal, your average tortoise. Outrunning metaphorical arrows, beating hares in races... very handy." (Small Gods)
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