XP under VMware server

[Tom Smith]

Kristian Rink wrote:
> Stan;
>
> first off, please be aware that this hardly is an issue related to
> Ubuntu and/or GNU/Linux at all. Some Windows / VMWare support forum
> would be a better place to go asking questions like this. ;)
>
> stan schrieb:
>   
>> drive. I see that VMware has set up the virtual drive as a SCSI drive, is
>> this part of the problem? I've never installed XP before, so I'm not
>>     
>
> I am not sure whether or not WXP does ship with drivers that support the
> VMWare emulated SCSI adapter. Running this operating system inside
> VMWare, you're better off using an IDE emulation for your hard drive (as
>  should be default while creating a virtual machine for any sort of
> Windows).
>
> Cheers,
> Kris
>   
XP does ship with the necessary drivers for VMware SCSI emulation--I 
have it installed in three VMs inside VMware Server, along with three 
installs of Win98SE... All using SCSI emulation. (And SCSI emulation 
will yield better performance than IDE emulation.)

The solution to Stan's problem is most likely a simple one. Think about 
then when you're looking for the solution--don't over complicate the 
problem. If you've never used VMware Server before, check their docs for 
installing Guest operating systems--if you follow these instructions, 
you'll likely find what went wrong with your initial attempts.

That said, your support issue Stan, as previously stated, really does 
belong in the VMware Server support forums.