installing 2.1 in vmware

2000-07-14 Thread Chris H
I am trying to install v2.1 in VMWare and everything works fine until I have to partition my virtual disk. I get error messages, and I want to make sure I am not going to destroy my physical disk when it asks me to format /dev/hda. Does it think the virtual partiton is /dev/hda or will it axe my

Re: installing 2.1 in vmware

2000-07-14 Thread Thomas Guettler
in VMWare /dev/hda is not your real /dev/hda, that's what VMWare is all about. It's a fake in the file/partition where VMWare stores the real bits and bytes. On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 08:43:33AM -0400, Chris H wrote: I am trying to install v2.1 in VMWare and everything works fine until I have to

Re: installing 2.1 in vmware

2000-07-14 Thread Thomas Guettler
On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 04:11:46PM +0200, Thomas Guettler wrote: in VMWare /dev/hda is not your real /dev/hda, that's what VMWare is all about. It's a fake in the file/partition where VMWare stores the real bits and bytes. Oh, but I think there is a vmware-mode where you access your