[openbeos] Re: [OT] Installing BeOS in vmware

I tried beos on VMWare too, but without any luck (with almost the same
problems you reported about accessing the virtual disk)

now I run BeOSMax (ver.3 beta1) in Microsoft Virtual PC (unfortunately
that's the only way I can use Beos, because of driver issues) and I
have to admit it works without a glitch :)

I was already running Debian in VPC, and I decided to use a part of
the linux "virtual" hard disk for beos, then, I rebooted the vm,
plugged the cd (well, since burning a CD costs time and money, I used
the iso image directly :), then the IdeReplacement floppy (again, just
the image), booted from there, followed the instructions... et voilà,
BeOS up and running!

The display was still grayscale only, until sys2 ( ehi, thanks again
:* ) suggested to copy
/boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/sample/vesa to
/boot/home/config/settings/kernel/drivers/vesa, that done, I had a
beautiful 800x600@16 bits color virtual display :D

The clock still runs like hell, but, well, who cares ?

Hope this can help, Paolo (btw, good to see other italian BeOS users :)

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