I ran into the same problem. Thats how I ended up at VMware. On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:59 AM, John Smith <john40855@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Has anyone managed to do this in Microsoft VIrtual PC 2007? When I try it, > I have a problem with the video that makes the screen impossible to read. I > set it up in text mode, but then the mouse didnt work at all. > > It looked like the problem was that OEL wanted to use 24 bit color, and > Virtual PC wants to use 16, but I couldnt figure out how to set the command > line for startup of virtual PC in 16 bit color. Any ideas? > > > On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:53 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx>wrote: > >> Yes, I tried it once in VMware workstation, and it kept on telling me >> clustering was not supported. Which meant it would not let you share one >> drive between two workstations. >> >> You can do it in vmware workstation if you set up a 3rd workstation as the >> NAS server. Like I said, I set it up in vmware workstation using 2 OEL >> workstations, and 1 openfiler workstation. Its not too hard, and gives you >> a much better feel for what a production RAC installtion is like. >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 8:37 AM, dave <david.best@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>> On Thu, Sep 17, 2009 at 9:05 AM, Andrew Kerber <andrew.kerber@xxxxxxxxx> >>> wrote: >>> > Yes, those instructions are for vmware server, not vmware workstation. >>> > Thats why I asked. >>> >>> Sorry didn't notice that.. Pretty sure workstation doesn't support >>> shared disks.. at least the version I used at the time I tested RAC >>> didn't. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Andrew W. Kerber >> >> 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.' >> > > -- Andrew W. Kerber 'If at first you dont succeed, dont take up skydiving.'