[newbie] VMware on a old computer

2005-03-04 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All A computer with 512MB of RAM, 80GB of free space in the hard disk, and a CPU Pentium III at the frequency of 600 MHz, can reasonably run VMware? If so, is VMware easy of installing? Thanks in advance, Paul Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] VMware on a old computer

2005-03-04 Thread Paul
Op Fri, 4 Mar 2005 19:47:20 + schreef Paul Smith: A computer with 512MB of RAM, 80GB of free space in the hard disk, and a CPU Pentium III at the frequency of 600 MHz, can reasonably run VMware? If so, is VMware easy of installing? I ran it on a P-II 450Mhz with 10Gb, several years ago. So

Re: [newbie] VMware on a old computer

2005-03-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 20:59:27 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A computer with 512MB of RAM, 80GB of free space in the hard disk, and a CPU Pentium III at the frequency of 600 MHz, can reasonably run VMware? If so, is VMware easy of installing? I ran it on a P-II 450Mhz with 10Gb, several

[newbie] VMware: location of the directory of C header files

2005-03-04 Thread Paul Smith
Dear All I am trying to install VMware 4.5.2, but I am getting this problem: «What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an existing directory.» Any ideas? Thanks in advance, Paul

Re: [newbie] VMware: location of the directory of C header files

2005-03-04 Thread Paul
Op Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:25:08 + schreef Paul Smith: Dear All I am trying to install VMware 4.5.2, but I am getting this problem: «What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an

Re: [newbie] VMware: location of the directory of C header files

2005-03-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 22:37:45 +0100, Paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am trying to install VMware 4.5.2, but I am getting this problem: «What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an

Re: [newbie] VMware: location of the directory of C header files

2005-03-04 Thread riccardo
On Friday 04 March 2005 09:25 pm, Paul Smith wrote: The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an existing directory _ ~ maybe, you need to install the kernel source + headers? best rgds _ Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] VMware: location of the directory of C header files

2005-03-04 Thread Paul Smith
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 21:50:28 +, riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The path /usr/src/linux/include is not an existing directory _ ~ maybe, you need to install the kernel source + headers? Thanks, Riccardo. VMware is now installed on my computer. Paul

Re: [newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-09 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Monday 06 December 2004 10:43 am, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 05 December 2004 09:37 pm, Jan Rubbrecht wrote: I am also kind of a newbie in Linux, but it seems to me that your cdrom is not correctly configured/working under Linux, might be worth checking that out if you're sure that

Re: [newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-09 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 09 December 2004 03:28 am, Fajar Priyanto wrote: On my machines, vmware won't boot from cd unless I configure the drive with legacy emulation. Hi Greg, I've just found out that in Mdk10.1, I can boot my vmware. How do I set the drive into legacy mode? From the virtual machine

Re: [newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-09 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Thursday 09 December 2004 09:14 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Thursday 09 December 2004 03:28 am, Fajar Priyanto wrote: On my machines, vmware won't boot from cd unless I configure the drive with legacy emulation. Hi Greg, I've just found out that in Mdk10.1, I can boot my vmware. How

Re: [newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-09 Thread Greg Meyer
On Thursday 09 December 2004 08:55 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: cnfiguration for the cd and you should see a checkbox for legacy mode. Thankg Greg. I didn't think it's in the vmware configuration :) By the way, everytime I run vmware after a notebook reboot, it asks me to run vmware-config.pl

Re: [newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-05 Thread Jan Rubbrecht
I am also kind of a newbie in Linux, but it seems to me that your cdrom is not correctly configured/working under Linux, might be worth checking that out if you're sure that VMWare should boot from CDrom first. I don't think VMWare boots from cdrom by default, go in the BIOS settings when you

Re: [newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-05 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 05 December 2004 09:37 pm, Jan Rubbrecht wrote: I am also kind of a newbie in Linux, but it seems to me that your cdrom is not correctly configured/working under Linux, might be worth checking that out if you're sure that VMWare should boot from CDrom first. I don't think VMWare

Re: [newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-04 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Friday 03 December 2004 06:20 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: Lastly, I always thought my w2k cd was bootable, but I only ever tried to install in VMWare where it didn't boot. Since it wouldn't boot in VMWare, I ended up installing w98 and then upgrading to w2k completely overwriting the w98

[newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-03 Thread Anders Lind
Hello there, I am having a problem with getting VMWare running, as I try to install Win2000 as a virtual machine in VMWare, however VMWare says that the CD I am using is not bootable, however if I reboot normally it boots up fine, now does anyone be able to point me to some ideas why this is

Re: [newbie] VMWare question

2004-12-03 Thread Paul Kaplan
I have found the following site useful for windows problems: http://www.petri.co.il/ You might also try the VMWare forums accessible from the VMWare support page If you have a working installation of w2k, you should be able to modify the following instructions to roll your own bootable copy of

[newbie] VMware and 2.6 kernel

2004-10-25 Thread Miark
Is anybody here running vmware with the 2.6 kernel? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] VMware and 2.6 kernel

2004-10-25 Thread Greg Meyer
On Monday 25 October 2004 11:55 am, Miark wrote: Is anybody here running vmware with the 2.6 kernel? Yes -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club :

Re: [newbie] VMware and 2.6 kernel

2004-10-25 Thread N. B. Day
On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 10:55, Miark wrote: Is anybody here running vmware with the 2.6 kernel? Miark I am, on 10.0 Official with no problems: vmware workstation 4.5.2-8848. You have to run the configuration tool vmware-config.pl to compile the plugin modules for the new kernel (and for every

Re: [newbie] VMware and 2.6 kernel

2004-10-25 Thread Bart Simons
N. B. Day wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 10:55, Miark wrote: Is anybody here running vmware with the 2.6 kernel? Miark I am, on 10.0 Official with no problems: vmware workstation 4.5.2-8848. You have to run the configuration tool vmware-config.pl to compile the plugin modules for the new

Re: [newbie] VMware and 2.6 kernel

2004-10-25 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Tue, 2004-10-26 at 01:55, Miark wrote: Is anybody here running vmware with the 2.6 kernel? Miark Yes. Latest version of VMWare Workstation for linux. Why? -- stephen kuhn mobile: 0410-728-389 illawarra and regional new south wales ---

Re: [newbie] VMware and 2.6 kernel

2004-10-25 Thread Miark
On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 14:04:30 -0500, N. wrote: On Mon, 2004-10-25 at 10:55, Miark wrote: Is anybody here running vmware with the 2.6 kernel? Miark I am, on 10.0 Official with no problems: vmware workstation 4.5.2-8848. You have to run the configuration tool vmware-config.pl to compile

Re: [newbie] VMware Install and Install alongside a NTFS partition

2004-08-20 Thread mmarsh
On Thu, 19 Aug, Stephen =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=FChn?= wrote: 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. Thanks - where do you insert the NOAPCI param please ?

Re: [newbie] VMware Install and Install alongside a NTFS partition

2004-08-20 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Thu, 2004-08-19 at 17:41, mmarsh wrote: On Thu, 19 Aug, Stephen =?ISO-8859-1?Q?K=FChn?= wrote: 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. Thanks - where do you insert the NOAPCI

[newbie] VMware Install and Install alongside a NTFS partition

2004-08-18 Thread mmarsh
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

Re: [newbie] VMware Install and Install alongside a NTFS partition

2004-08-18 Thread Stephen Kühn
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

Re: [newbie] Vmware error message

2004-07-04 Thread Greg Meyer
On Saturday 03 July 2004 11:37 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 13:22, Joseph Gregory Croes wrote: Hallo, I got the following message: See the attached file for the error snapshot. Could some help me out with the error? Thanks, gregory If you attach the image, it'll

Re: [newbie] Vmware error message

2004-07-04 Thread Joseph Gregory Croes
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Re: [newbie] Vmware error message

2004-07-04 Thread Lee Wiggers
the same problem as i had. Thank, greg for reply Gregory gt;From: Greg Meyer lt;[EMAIL PROTECTED]gt; gt;Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gt;To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] gt;Subject: Re: [newbie] Vmware error message gt;Date: Sun, 4 Jul 2004 09:05:01 -0400 gt; gt;On Saturday 03 July 2004 11:37 pm

[newbie] Vmware error message

2004-07-03 Thread Joseph Gregory Croes
Hallo, I got the following message: See the attached file for the error snapshot. Could some help me out with the error? Thanks, gregory _ The new MSN 8: advanced junk mail protection and 2 months FREE*

Re: [newbie] Vmware error message

2004-07-03 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 13:22, Joseph Gregory Croes wrote: Hallo, I got the following message: See the attached file for the error snapshot. Could some help me out with the error? Thanks, gregory If you attach the image, it'll make it easier to troubleshoot. stephen kuhn - proprietor

[newbie] VMWare MDK 10CE display problem

2004-05-25 Thread Edgars Smits
Running VMWare 4.5 and MDK10CE (kernel 2.6), can't run in XP in full screen mode. When I try to go full screen I get: UNable to enumerate any DGA modes. XFree86 direct graphics (DGA extension) initialization failed This is running on a Dell D600 laptop with 32MB ATI Radeon 9000 card @ 1024x768,

Re: [newbie] vmware-config.pl

2004-05-11 Thread Edgars Smits
I ran into a slightly different problem with VMware, I had 4 installed and working with 10CE (using the any script), did a couple of kernel updates, then updated VMware to 4.5. When I ran VMware after the update for the first time it informed me that I had to run the config script again, no

[newbie] vmware-config.pl

2004-05-10 Thread Thujan
Hi, I can not finnish vmware-config.pl in mdk 10C with 2.6.3-9mdk, script returns with an error despite I have kernel source too? Is there any solution for that? With mdk 9.2 it worked fine. -- best rgds tt 18:44:30 up 5 min, 0 users, load average: 0.21, 0.43, 0.22 2.6.3-9mdk

RE: [newbie] vmware-config.pl

2004-05-10 Thread Jonas Claesson
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Thujan Sent: Monday, May 10, 2004 5:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] vmware-config.pl Hi, I can not finnish vmware-config.pl in mdk 10C with 2.6.3-9mdk, script returns

Re: [newbie] vmware-config.pl

2004-05-10 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Tue, 2004-05-11 at 01:51, Thujan wrote: Hi, I can not finnish vmware-config.pl in mdk 10C with 2.6.3-9mdk, script returns with an error despite I have kernel source too? Is there any solution for that? With mdk 9.2 it worked fine. install the kernel sources via mcc and you and then

Re: [newbie] vmware

2004-04-10 Thread Edgars Smits
I ended up doing the same to get my XP installed in VMware, using the ISO route, then discovered that I needed to set my CDrom in VMware to Legacy Emulation, it worked like a charm. ED Klemens Arro wrote: I am installing win98. I made a ISO from win98 CD and told VMware to use this instead

[newbie] vmware

2004-04-09 Thread Klemens Arro
Hi, I installed VMware and tried to install windows but VMware didn't find windows CD. I even tried to boot from startup disk, it booted but MS-DOS didn't access to CD-ROM either. -- Klemens Arro My software never has bugs; it just develops random features. Using: Mandrake Linux 10

Re: [newbie] vmware

2004-04-09 Thread Paul
On 04/09/2004 05:28 PM, Klemens Arro wrote: I installed VMware and tried to install windows but VMware didn't find windows CD. I even tried to boot from startup disk, it booted but MS-DOS didn't access to CD-ROM either. Did you remember to put a device driver on the floppy for the cdrom, and

Re: [newbie] vmware

2004-04-09 Thread Klemens Arro
On Friday 09 April 2004 18:35, Paul wrote: Did you remember to put a device driver on the floppy for the cdrom, and load mscdex.exe for it? I know, back to very basics, but necessary for MessyDos. Paul It was already loaded, if I type A:\setup it tels me that CD isn't ready. I think it is

Re: [newbie] vmware

2004-04-09 Thread Marco Verheul
On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 15:28, Klemens Arro wrote: Hi, I installed VMware and tried to install windows but VMware didn't find windows CD. I even tried to boot from startup disk, it booted but MS-DOS didn't access to CD-ROM either. Which Windows version are you trying to install? I installed

Re: [newbie] vmware

2004-04-09 Thread Klemens Arro
On Friday 09 April 2004 21:20, Marco Verheul wrote: On Fri, 2004-04-09 at 15:28, Klemens Arro wrote: Hi, I installed VMware and tried to install windows but VMware didn't find windows CD. I even tried to boot from startup disk, it booted but MS-DOS didn't access to CD-ROM either.

Re: [newbie] vmware

2004-04-09 Thread Geoffrey Deasey
I have a laptop that has Winxp and Linux and I would like to use vmware in linux to get to my xp on the other partition, is their a way to do this instead of installing a copy of windows on my linux partition. Thanks Geoffrey -- Geoffrey Deasey VP Systems Netpath, Inc. 2260 South Church

Re: [newbie] vmware

2004-04-09 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2004-04-10 at 01:28, Klemens Arro wrote: Hi, I installed VMware and tried to install windows but VMware didn't find windows CD. I even tried to boot from startup disk, it booted but MS-DOS didn't access to CD-ROM either. Did you add a CDROM device in the configuration editor for

Re: [newbie] vmware

2004-04-09 Thread Klemens Arro
On Friday 09 April 2004 22:46, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Did you add a CDROM device in the configuration editor for VMware? What version are you using? What device is your CDROM drive in linux? Yes, I did that. It started working, I don't know how ;) Thanks anyway! -- Klemens Arro My software

[newbie] VMWare-question

2004-03-23 Thread Anders Lind
Hello folks, this is not a Mandrakespecific question per se but still I am wondering im VMWare is capable of using an already existing installation of Windows 2000 on the computer and use it as a virtual machine. Cheers Anders Want to buy

Re: [newbie] VMWare-question

2004-03-23 Thread Miark
Nope. Miark On Tue, 23 Mar 2004 21:05:56 +0100, Anders wrote: this is not a Mandrakespecific question per se but still I am wondering im VMWare is capable of using an already existing installation of Windows 2000 on the computer and use it as a virtual machine.

Re: [newbie] VMWare-question

2004-03-23 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 23 March 2004 03:29 pm, Miark wrote: Nope. Actually, yes, but there is some fancy footwork you have to do. This article may help you get started learning about whst you have to do. http://www.vmware.com/support/ws4/doc/disks_dualmult_ws.html And you need to read this if the

Re: [newbie] VMWare-question

2004-03-23 Thread N. B. Day
On Tue, 2004-03-23 at 14:05, Anders Lind wrote: Hello folks, this is not a Mandrakespecific question per se but still I am wondering im VMWare is capable of using an already existing installation of Windows 2000 on the computer and use it as a virtual machine. Cheers Anders Yes, it

Re: [newbie] VMWare and Samba

2003-12-10 Thread N. B. Day
On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 16:19, Scott Naylor wrote: I know I can use Samba to have my VMWin98 communicate with my installed Win98. The problem is I have no idea how to set up Samba so this works! Can someone please give me some help? PS. Sound is all buggy in VMWare. Anyway to fix this? It

Re: [newbie] VMWare and Samba

2003-12-10 Thread Scott Naylor
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 4:00 pm, N. B. Day wrote: A dual-boot with Win98 and Linux A VMware installation of Win98 *inside of Linux* You can network between the VMware Guest OS Win98 and Linux if you (1) accepted the defaults at installation and (2) have samba properly set up in Linux

Re: [newbie] VMWare and Samba

2003-12-10 Thread Scott Naylor
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 4:00 pm, N. B. Day wrote: It looks like you have this setup: A dual-boot with Win98 and Linux A VMware installation of Win98 *inside of Linux* You can network between the VMware Guest OS Win98 and Linux if you (1) accepted the defaults at installation and (2)

Re: [newbie] VMWare and Samba

2003-12-10 Thread Scott Naylor
I have an update on the problem. Now when I try to access R-and-E in Windows I get a dialog that says: R-and-E is not accessible No permission for resource I think I might just need to run VMWare as root... sounds like a plan I suppose. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [newbie] VMWare problems! Please Help!

2003-12-09 Thread N. B. Day
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 13:07, Scott Naylor wrote: I have been trying to get VMWare working for a little bit now. I have been trying to get my Win98 OS working on my HDA parition. The problem is that every time I try to launch the OS LiLO causes and error where this: L 07 07 07 07 07 07 07,

Re: [newbie] VMWare problems! Please Help!

2003-12-09 Thread cdrack
hey i had a like problem some time ago... and was because i was using Lilo with graphical. I mode try to use them with text mode and it worked. Now about runing a allready installed win98 system that was not created from VMWare... i'm not shure if it will work... i've tryed some time but did'nt

[newbie] VMWare accessing other Hard Drives

2003-12-09 Thread Scott Naylor
I was wondering if there is any way to get VMWare installed Win98 OS's to access the partitions of other Win98 OS's that aren't created by VMWare. If not then is there any way to right files to the VMWare Win98 from linux? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [newbie] VMWare accessing other Hard Drives

2003-12-09 Thread N. B. Day
On Tue, 2003-12-09 at 12:17, Scott Naylor wrote: I was wondering if there is any way to get VMWare installed Win98 OS's to access the partitions of other Win98 OS's that aren't created by VMWare. If not then is there any way to right files to the VMWare Win98 from linux? If you have samba

Re: [newbie] VMWare accessing other Hard Drives

2003-12-09 Thread Scott Naylor
On Tuesday 09 December 2003 11:01 pm, N. B. Day wrote: If you have samba installed in Linux and a public samba share you should see it in Network Neighborhood in Windows; assuming you have the default bridged networking installed. I'm not sure if I have Samba installed, but I'll check next

[newbie] VMWare and Samba

2003-12-09 Thread Scott Naylor
I know I can use Samba to have my VMWin98 communicate with my installed Win98. The problem is I have no idea how to set up Samba so this works! Can someone please give me some help? PS. Sound is all buggy in VMWare. Anyway to fix this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] VMWare and Samba

2003-12-09 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Tue, 9 Dec 2003 22:19:00 + Scott Naylor [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I know I can use Samba to have my VMWin98 communicate with my installed Win98. The problem is I have no idea how to set up Samba so this works! Can someone please give me some help? PS. Sound is all buggy in VMWare.

Re: [newbie] VMWare problems! Please Help!

2003-12-08 Thread Paul Kaplan
Which OS is your host and which is your guest. Which version of VMW are you running? Which version of MDK are you running? How are you partitioning? I installed VMWare 4.02 4.05 onto a mdk 9.2 host in order to run W2K w/ no problems. P On Monday 08 December 2003 02:07 pm, Scott Naylor

Re: [newbie] vmware

2003-10-27 Thread antonovich
I get this stupid message when I try and execute the config.pl What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include The path "/usr/src/linux-2.4.22/include" is an existing directory, but it does not

Re: [newbie] vmware

2003-10-27 Thread Paul Kaplan
You should install kernel-source-w.4.22.10mdk.i586.rpm. (or the equivalent file if you have upgraded to 2.4.22.18.) This file contains the source files for the kernel. (The src rpm contains files that, among other things, would allow you to compile all the other rpms,) Paul On Monday 27

Re: [newbie] vmware

2003-10-27 Thread Paul Kaplan
Once you get the *source*i586.rpm installed, the source files vmware needs will be in /usr/src/linux/include P On Monday 27 October 2003 03:03 am, antonovich wrote: I get this stupid message when I try and execute the config.pl What is the location of the directory of C header files that match

[newbie] vmware

2003-10-26 Thread antonovich
has anyone had any luck installing vmware 4.0.* on 9.2? I get a message when running vmware-config.pl about vmmon not having anything compatible to run with. I can't find any source code for the kernel either - I have the default installed (2.4.22.10mdk) and wanted to see whether I could get

Re: [newbie] vmware

2003-10-26 Thread Paul Kaplan
Worked fine for me with both 2.4.22.10mdk and 2.4.22.18mdk kernels. I had to grab the kernel-source rpm from one of the ftp sites (see the mdk download page) since it isn't included on the download ISOs. Once installed then the default selection used by vmware-config.pl script to find the

Re: [newbie] vmware

2003-10-26 Thread antonovich
Great. You couldn't be a little more specific could you? I just can't find the damn things... Cheers Anton Paul Kaplan wrote: Worked fine for me with both 2.4.22.10mdk and 2.4.22.18mdk kernels. I had to grab the kernel-source rpm from one of the ftp sites (see the mdk download page)

Re: [newbie] vmware

2003-10-26 Thread antonovich
more precisely, which of the two is it refering to - kernel-source-2.4.22-10mdk.i586.rpm or kernel-2.4.22.10mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm or will either do? cheers Anton ps I did find them! antonovich wrote: Great. You couldn't be a little more specific could you? I just can't find the damn

[newbie] VMWare on 1.1g

2003-09-22 Thread Lee Wiggers
My first VMWare experiment was a flop. Install was on a 1.1 Gig Athlon box w/128meg sdram. Result was very slooow win2k on a slow mdk 9.1. I need kde or there's no point trying to migrate. I panicked and reinstalled win2k. So, any input would be appreciated. More memory? Faster

Re: [newbie] VMWare on 1.1g

2003-09-22 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 22 Sep 2003 3:05 pm, Lee Wiggers wrote: My first VMWare experiment was a flop. Install was on a 1.1 Gig Athlon box w/128meg sdram. Result was very slooow win2k on a slow mdk 9.1. I need kde or there's no point trying to migrate. I panicked and reinstalled win2k.

RE: [newbie] VMWare on 1.1g

2003-09-22 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Yeah, you need more memory for this. Tony. -Original Message- From: Lee Wiggers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2003 3:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] VMWare on 1.1g My first VMWare experiment was a flop. Install was on a 1.1 Gig Athlon box w/128meg

Re: [newbie] VMWare on 1.1g

2003-09-22 Thread mike
Lee Wiggers wrote: My first VMWare experiment was a flop. Install was on a 1.1 Gig Athlon box w/128meg sdram. Result was very slooow win2k on a slow mdk 9.1. I need kde or there's no point trying to migrate. I panicked and reinstalled win2k. So, any input would be appreciated.

Re: [newbie] VMWare on 1.1g

2003-09-22 Thread Lee Wiggers
Thank you all That was my first thought. If all else fails, throw money at it. Next weekend. Lee snip Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-22 Thread Miark
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:37:19 -0400, Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I put it in fat32 because of the ntfs write thing. It's first shot practice anyway. If you're using a virtual disk setup, that won't matter because Linux won't be able to access it anyway. The only way in or out of the

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-22 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:35:02 -0400 Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 06:37:19 -0400, Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I put it in fat32 because of the ntfs write thing. It's first shot practice anyway. If you're using a virtual disk setup, that won't matter

[newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Lee Wiggers
Proprietary programs really suck. VMWare is the subject of this particular rant, but could be anybody. I bought the package at a reasonable price, but: Can't install what they sent because it only supports up to 9.0 mdk. When I try to allow setup to build a vmon module, it asks for the

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Ralph Slooten
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:02:02 -0400 Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Proprietary programs really suck. In theory yes, in actual circumstances I'd say vmware does about the best job around for paid software on Linux. VMWare is the subject of this particular rant, but could be anybody. I

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 10:33:19 +0200 Ralph Slooten [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 04:02:02 -0400 Lee Wiggers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Proprietary programs really suck. In theory yes, in actual circumstances I'd say vmware does about the best job around for paid software on

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 18:02, Lee Wiggers wrote: Proprietary programs really suck. VMWare is the subject of this particular rant, but could be anybody. I bought the package at a reasonable price, but: Can't install what they sent because it only supports up to 9.0 mdk. When I try to

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Phazeman
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 19 September 2003 12:20, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 18:02, Lee Wiggers wrote: Proprietary programs really suck. VMWare is the subject of this particular rant, but could be anybody. I bought the package at a

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 19:20:44 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I think I did... stephen kuhn - owner It's always good to know who to blame. I installed the kernel source and the win2k install is going as I hoped it would. Never saw a 4g format go in 2 sec before. I put it

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 20:37, Lee Wiggers wrote: Also, when I had install problems, I got the latest rpm from the VMWare site and installed that. Should I leave it now that I understand the install or start over with the disk? The real sn in place of the demo # appears to be fine as is and

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Lee Wiggers
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 21:47:21 +1000 Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 2003-09-19 at 20:37, Lee Wiggers wrote: Also, when I had install problems, I got the latest rpm from the VMWare site and installed that. Should I leave it now that I understand the install or start over

Re: [newbie] VMWare

2003-09-19 Thread Lee Wiggers
What a nice bonus. Thanks Tony You just saved a big pain in the tail. Lee On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 14:20:08 +0100 Tony S. Sykes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On a side note you know you can copy the image of win2k onto the other PC's so you don't have to install it on all. Just install vmware.

[newbie] VMWare question

2003-09-19 Thread Lee Wiggers
I'm slowly installing 9.1 on the office boxes this evening. heh heh Question struck playing with my VMWare install on the laptop. Do I have to defrag a VMWare fat32 disk? Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] VMWare Workstation 3.2.0 Serial Number

2003-08-16 Thread deedee
From: Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:29:26 -0500 I believe there's a crack in this theory I gave up that theory of operation when I quit winsux 'Sides, the good cracks were gettin harder to find anyhow ; Linux has made an honest man out'a me Seriously I

Re: [newbie] VMWare Workstation 3.2.0 Serial Number

2003-08-16 Thread RichardA
On Fri, 15 Aug 2003 20:29:26 -0500, Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday August 15 2003 04:38 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Look - sometimes serials numbers fall out of the sky especially when you're surfing around sites like http://www.astalavista.com - don't know where they come

Re: [newbie] VMWare Workstation 3.2.0 Serial Number

2003-08-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 15:13, deedee wrote: I have the ML 9.1 PowerPack, and I would like to install the VMWare Workstation that is included. I cannot find a serial number in the package. Is this a 30-day trial version only? The documentation makes it sound like the full package, but lacking

Re: [newbie] VMWare Workstation 3.2.0 Serial Number

2003-08-15 Thread deedee
From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 15:13, deedee wrote: I have the ML 9.1 PowerPack, and I would like to install the VMWare Workstation that is included. I cannot find a serial number in the package. Is this a 30-day trial version only? The documentation makes it sound

Re: [newbie] VMWare Workstation 3.2.0 Serial Number

2003-08-15 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 03:28, deedee wrote: From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 2003-08-15 at 15:13, deedee wrote: I have the ML 9.1 PowerPack, and I would like to install the VMWare Workstation that is included. I cannot find a serial number in the package. Is this a 30-day

Re: [newbie] VMWare Workstation 3.2.0 Serial Number

2003-08-15 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday August 15 2003 04:38 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: Look - sometimes serials numbers fall out of the sky especially when you're surfing around sites like http://www.astalavista.com - don't know where they come from, but you'd be surprised at the amount of random numbers that are generated

Re: [newbie] VMWare Workstation 3.2.0 Serial Number

2003-08-15 Thread deedee
From: Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 16 Aug 2003 07:38:33 +1000 On Sat, 2003-08-16 at 03:28, deedee wrote: Thanks for responding. I'm sorry to hear that it was really only a tease and not the real deal. At least now I won't waste any time trying to get it working on my system. Thanks,

[newbie] VMWare Workstation 3.2.0 Serial Number

2003-08-14 Thread deedee
I have the ML 9.1 PowerPack, and I would like to install the VMWare Workstation that is included. I cannot find a serial number in the package. Is this a 30-day trial version only? The documentation makes it sound like the full package, but lacking only the support that usually goes with the

Re: [newbie] VMware and Samba Passwords -possibly a bit OT

2003-08-02 Thread Graham Watkins
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 19:21, Graham Watkins wrote: Hi Y'all, Having a bit of trouble with file sharing on the windows 98 guest on VMware. Although the passwords for windows login and Samba are the snipped I prefer to NOT use the VMWare Samba - so that the guest is

[newbie] VMware and Samba Passwords -possibly a bit OT

2003-08-01 Thread Graham Watkins
Hi Y'all, Having a bit of trouble with file sharing on the windows 98 guest on VMware. Although the passwords for windows login and Samba are the same, whenever I try to connect to the Linux host using Network Neighbourhood, I am informed that my password is incorrect. Don't know how many

Re: [newbie] VMware and Samba Passwords -possibly a bit OT

2003-08-01 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Fri, 2003-08-01 at 19:21, Graham Watkins wrote: Hi Y'all, Having a bit of trouble with file sharing on the windows 98 guest on VMware. Although the passwords for windows login and Samba are the same, whenever I try to connect to the Linux host using Network Neighbourhood, I am

Re: [newbie] VMWare Installation Questions

2003-03-23 Thread Stephen Kuhn
On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 02:03, Brian wrote: Hello All, I am installing VMWare 3.2 and I am being asked for some information that i do not know. I am running a fairly out-of-the-box installation of Mandrake 9.0 and I am being asked the location of the C header files that match my running

Re: [newbie] VMWare Installation Questions

2003-03-22 Thread Andrew Scotchmer
On Friday 21 Mar 2003 3:03 pm, Brian wrote: Hello All, I am installing VMWare 3.2 and I am being asked for some information that i do not know. I am running a fairly out-of-the-box installation of Mandrake 9.0 and I am being asked the location of the C header files that match my running

[newbie] VMWare Installation Questions

2003-03-21 Thread Brian
Hello All, I am installing VMWare 3.2 and I am being asked for some information that i do not know. I am running a fairly out-of-the-box installation of Mandrake 9.0 and I am being asked the location of the C header files that match my running kernel. Does anyone know where I would find

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