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

Hi Paolo,

I run BeOS under VPC on a couple of machines.

Here's the screenshots I took along the way:-

http://gravity24hr.com/vpc/

There's a couple of other things you have to do, like setting up a
Win98 partition first, so that the BeOS installer can then blow that
away and install BeOS.

The final screenshot shows Firefox running ... 

http://gravity24hr.com/vpc/BeOS5-26.png

If you need any other assistance, don't hesitate to shoot us an email.

Cheers

Sikosis

On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 21:38:48 +0200, N/A N/A <shackan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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