On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 01:16, mmarsh wrote: > Cannot get Mandrake 10.0 to install via a VMWare session. I get to Disk 2 and then > it bombs out with a 'VMware workstation internal monitor error.' > I have checked the VMware forums and its not only Mandrake who suffers from this > problem. I have also tried to install from just plain TXT mode and a lower graphical > mode but it errors at the same point. Anyone had similar problems ? > > So after all that I thought I would install it alongside my XP install. Now I plan > on backing up my system [ snapshot ] before I do this - has anyone got any advice in > regards to re-sizing a NTFS hard drive ? > Also does DrakX see the windows partition and if so does it make a boot manager > automatically for you ?
Do the installation in text mode; that worked for me. If I recall, I also had to use the noapci param...been a while - but worth a shot mate. -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __________________________________________________________________ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __________________________________________________________________ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __________________________________________________________________ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. DE: The Soviets seem to have difficulty implementing modern technology. Would you comment on that? Belenko: Well, let's talk about aircraft engine lifetime. When I flew the MiG-25, its engines had a total lifetime of 250 hours. DE: Is that mean-time-between-failure? Belenko: No, the engine is finished; it is scrapped. DE: You mean they pull it out and throw it away, not even overhauling it? Belenko: That is correct. Overhaul is too expensive. DE: That is absurdly low by free world standards. Belenko: I know. -- an interview with Victor Belenko, MiG-25 fighter pilot who defected in 1976 "Defense Electronics", Vol 20, No. 6, pg. 102
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