Remove Floppy Drive
Hello. Is there a way to remove the floppy drive from Guest OSs? I am running on Windows Server 2003, and do not have a floppy drive on this machine. It's creating some issues for me, and even...
View Articlecannot install (timestamp on rui.key error)
I get an error saying: Unable to get the last modification timestamp of the destination file /etc/vmware/ssl/rui.key. Execution aborted. I have Kubuntu 6.10 on AMD64. Thanks Luca The last part of...
View ArticleAdded CPU not shown in TaskManager - why?
Hi! I p2v'ed a server with Converter 3.0 Beta and now want to add a second CPU to add more apps on it. The underlying host is a HP BL25p with 2 pCPU. I changed the vCPU from 1 to 2 in the properties of...
View ArticleSloooooooooooooow Netware 4.11 server on GSX 3.2
I have a Novell Netware 4.11 server running on VMWare GSX 3.2, hardware is a HP desktop DL530.This works great. Now I want to move this to a production server, running Windows SBS 2003 as host, the...
View ArticleError when installing VMWare tools
VMWare PLayer Forum, My Guest OS is Windows XP, my Host OS is Ubuntu Linux 6.10. I'm running VMWare Server Console version 1.0.1 build-29996. When I go to VM->Install VMWare Tools, it launches the...
View ArticleVMWare Server crashes repeatedly, possibly mouse related - any ideas?
I am running Windows XP Pro, SP2 (with 2GB RAM and 2 GHz AMD Athlon Processor). I have installed VMWare Server, but it crashes repeatedly in VMs - usually before I've even completed installation of...
View ArticleDisk paging errors on GUEST machines only
Here is teh error message that appears in my Windows VM Guest event logs.... An error was detected on device \Device\Harddisk0 during a paging operation. Some background on this message.The host is...
View Articlecomments in .vmx file
Is there a way of commenting out an entry in the VM's configuration file? I there a "comment character," like # or ; to use?
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Add VMXNet and Heartbeat to Monowall!
I consider M0n0wall (http://www.m0n0.ch) one of the best VMs i have. Since it's appliance based and FreeBSD, vmware-tools won't install on it, so it doesn't have support for VMXnet. It runs on a...
View ArticleVmware under Xen Kernel
Hey All, I've been trying to get vmware server (and gsx) running under a xen kernel.My hope is to be able to use vmware to run my windows and other none xen support OS's and xen to run a bunch of...
View ArticleShutdown guest vs, Power off VM ???
Whats the difference between these two options? Thanks!
View ArticleCopy and Paste Text (Windows Host to Linux Guest)
Hello, I have the following: Host: Windows XP ProfessionalGuest: Ubuntu Linux I have the VMWare tools installed on the guest. I cannot copy and paste text to and from virtual machine. I made sure to...
View ArticleHyperthreading
is hyperthreading a good thing for VMware? I have a Dell 1855,two 3.2Ghz processors with hyperthread turns on. running Windows 2003 Host, and the vmware-vmx.exe is always at 50% CPU usage. I gave guest...
View Articlebooting from floppy
Hello, RE: free virtualization product, VMware Server. Can I boot to the G:\dos\disk1.iso? I would like to run MSDOS 6.22. I have my original MSDOS 6.22 floppy disks of which I made *.iso files....
View ArticleWindows Server 2003: Mouse Cursor Stuck in Bottom Right Corner
After converting my VMs from Virtual Server 2005 R2 I installed VMware Tools. Since installing the tools the mouse cursor is stuck in the bottom right corner from the console. The only functional way...
View ArticleCan't login to VM server console
I installed VM server console, and then I try to login as 'localhost' and my login for the computer. I keep being denied login. Anything else I need to configure?
View ArticleGive guest exclusive or raw access to IDE CD-RW?
Hello all,I'm having a problem getting some functionality I'd like out of VMware Server... my goal is to create a VM that can burn a Lightscribe label onto a cd using a normal Lightscribe CD-RW drive....
View ArticleSetup did not find any hard disk drives...
I am unable to install Windows XP Professional. The error message is: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer. Is there any hardware requirement for GSX Server as well? I...
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Rebooting Guest Servers takes forever & poor overall performance
Hello, Hoping that someone can point me in the right direction... Summary of environment: HP DL385 Dual Processor server, Opteron 2.4Ghz Processors16GB Ram1.2TB Disks - 300GB - RAID 1 and 900GB - RAID...
View ArticleNeed to remove Unallocated Space from VM
Hi all, A colleague of my accidentally extended Disk0 with approximately 13GB of space. At this point, I would like to just remove the unallocated 13GB from the VM. Does anyone have any suggestions...
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