On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, allen wrote: > Oh pfew ! > > That is good news in a way. I just added 256MB more RAM... > > Anyway, what do I do to slow down the CD drive access ?
Try the different access modes...I used the RAW access mode the time it worked. Also, in the beta 3.2 version the mention to use MAGICBOOT1 = 200 in the vm config file to "fix" the sp3 problem. If the bug being hit in linux is the same as the one in windows, this may work. Not sure if the feature MAGICBOOT1 is in vmware 3.1 though. -dwild > On Saturday 07 September 2002 04:24 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I had the same problems...and then some. Kernel OOPS on startup, rpm > > install hangs. I was finally able to get a running minimal installation > > by using a raw disk and a real cdrom (first tried with a cdrom image and > > virtual disk). My guess is vmware has trouble when things get too > > fast...their fix for w2k+sp3 was slowing down the disk access to about 1/4 > > the speed it normally runs. On the other hand, I tried it on a slower > > system at work with beta4 (pIII/1000 instead of Athlon XP2000+) and it > > installed cleanly under vmware. > > > > And on top of it, VMWare doesn't seem to let you report bugs unless you > > have a service contract, even if you are a beta tester. > > > > -dwild > > > > On Sat, 7 Sep 2002, allen wrote: > > > It is just me or is VMWare not a good idea just yet ? > > > > > > I cannot get anywhere with it for many reasons. > > > > > > I have gone through quite a number of fiddlings and > > > I either end up with real oddness during Select > > > Installation Class, Recommened and Expert both, > > > or if it manages to get started, it will fail trying to > > > install either glibc or rpm-4.0.4-17. > > > > > > What all is wrong with the vmware thing ? Is this > > > a very well known set of problems right now ? > > > > > > -AEF >
