On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 08:59, Ed Greshko wrote: > On Tue, 2003-09-16 at 20:49, Jason Dixon wrote: > > > > C. Have VMWare boot the "real" installation of XP and use the Video > > > Hardware directly. > > > > > > Step C is not possible. That is outside of the abilities of VMware. > > > > I was hoping someone else would speak up and correct you, but this > > hasn't happened yet. Ed, YOU are WRONG. This can be done. I've been > > using raw disk vmware setups with VMWare on dual-boot systems for > > years. It looks like their documentation for 4.x is hidden now, but > > it's still there: > > > > http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/disks_dualboot_ws.html#1046312 > > > > There are known issues with certain configurations, and it only supports > > IDE disks, but it WORKS. > > Ahhh....I don't think I am wrong....at least not when one looks at the > scope of the original question being asked.
Wrong again. The original post was asking why he couldn't boot his Windows XP (raw disk) within VMware. There was no mention of his video card until his next reply... "I want to use Geforce native driver, working without Linux too". You've ASSUMED that he wants to use the Windows driver within VMware. Obviously, this is not possible, but outside of the scope of the original question and likely not related, as it appears he a) wishes to run XP within VMware, and b) also dual-boot into XP for native driver support. The two concepts were never inter-mingled. > Yes, you can boot the "real" disks with "raw disks". However, the > question was using the "Geforce" video directly. No, it wasn't. Read the archives. > I do not believe that is supported and based on this paragraph in the > link you suggest... See my first comment. > The issues arise because the virtual hardware that the operating system > sees when it is running in a virtual machine is different from the > physical hardware it sees when it is running directly on the host > computer. It is as if you were removing the boot drive from one physical > computer and running the operating system installed there in a second > computer with a different motherboard, video card and other peripherals > - then moving it back and forth between the two systems. > > That is....when you run it in "real" mode you get the "real" video and > driver. But, if you boot even with the "real" raw disks you get the > VMware Video driver.... No kidding. You're offering an answer to a question that was never asked. You're also trying to qualify your assumptions as relevant, when they are not. -- Jason Dixon, RHCE DixonGroup Consulting http://www.dixongroup.net -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
