Yes it will, I had, well have, but it is packed in the container, XP Pro
Host, guest Netware 5.1, SUSE, Mandrake, Win98, 2KServer, E-Smith, probably
a couple others too, but I can't remember.  VMware will run almost anything,
unlike Virtual PC, and that new offering from the people who make that OS2
Warp continuation.
Ciao, Dave

-----Original Message-----
From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Saturday, 21 February 2004 12:22 p.m.
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: vmware-workstation cannot set virtual drive to ide

will linux still run in it?

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 10:07:17 +1300
Matthew Gregan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Sat, Feb 21, 2004 at 09:48:29AM +1300, Nick Rout wrote:
> 
> > I want to set up a virtual hard drive in vmware 4 to be ide. I can
> > set the virtual cdrom to ide, but cannot for the virtual hard drive.
> > Any clues as to why? (host os is gentoo, guest is to be linux).
> 
> That will be a result of the OS you've set the VM up for.  I suspect
> you've selected Linux (obvious choice)--but this will cause the
> emulated disks to be SCSI-attached.  Try another OS choice, like
> FreeBSD or Windows.
> 
> Cheers,
> -mjg
> -- 
> Matthew Gregan                     |/
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