windows XP in vmware (was: No Subject)

[Tim Frost]

Weston,


On Mon, 2007-10-15 at 23:52 -0500, Weston Wright wrote: 
> im tryin to install windows XP in vmware....ive got the vmx file and
> vmdk file and not sure how to combined the two...i got the stuff from
> http://www.advicesource.org/ubuntu/Run_Existing_Windows_Instalation_On_Ubuntu_With_Vmware_player.html
> 
1: Install the vmdk and vmx files together in a directory dedicated to
the VM.  VMware will store support files for the VM in this directory.

2: Make sure that the vmx file references the vmdk file. You need a
stanza like  one of the  following, in your vmx file.   Choose the IDE
or SCSI version based on the   hardware specification (ddb.adaptertype
in the vmdk file).  Note that the  article you cite shows an IDE
example.  Replace 'xp.vmdk' with the actual name of the vmdk file.
    
ide0:0.present = TRUE
ide0:0.fileName = "xp.vmdk"
ide0:0.mode = "persistent"

scsi0.virtualDev = "lsilogic"
scsi0:0.present = "TRUE"
scsi0:0.fileName = "xp.vmdk"
scsi0:0.writeThrough = "TRUE"
  

Note that for SCSI hardware, you may need to change the virtual SCSI
hardware from lsilogic to buslogic, as some guest OS prefer one over the
other (Windows 2000 guest needs buslogic in VMware ESX server, for
example).    


Hope this helps


Tim