Vmware player will boot like normal machine and will detect windows7. A prompt will be displayed to select option i. Complete the Windows 7 instillation steps and wait for installation to finish. Once your Windows 7 boots for first time just make sure every thing is working fine by browsing Computer or Checking Program files.
Now its time to install Vmware tools. You need Extract Vmware tools from vmware workstation which contains windows. There are a few ways by which you can transfer the VMware Tools. Once you have VMware Tools. To enable sharing between your Windows 7 and Windows XP copy following lines and add to your windows7.
Now after your Windows 7 boots, access your share folder by Mapping shared folder from Network and Install Vmware Tools. Let me know if you have trouble in following any steps or any issue in installing Windows 7 on Vmware Player. I find virtualbox much easier and since its opensource i like it. Great work man, It worked like a charm.
Remember to set guest os to Windows Vista winVista in vmx-file and set virtual cpus to 1. Otherwise Windows 7 may work slowly. I have understanded that I should set virtual machive to use USB 2.
It seems that lp0 is always converted to partport0. Put the line below in your VMX: ethernet0. This will help to eliminate problems with Samba shares etc..
In addition to the changes previously mentioned you will get better performance with the following added to your VMX:. This will provided near physical performance. Only use on adequate systems or your host os may not keep up. By using our site, you agree to our cookie policy.
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Before we can start installing Windows Longhorn, we will need a virtual machine program that can run it. You can use VMware Workstation as well. Go through the install process. Once installed, run VMware. Part 2. You will need an. Go to this directory. Select "Microsoft Windows Vista "Longhorn" 6.
In the Create a Virtual Machine wizard, select the Installer Disc Image File iso : option then browse to the downloaded iso and select it. There is no option for Windows Longhorn because it is not officially supported by VMware. Name your VM. Select the amount of hard drive space you want to give to Windows Longhorn. Something like 30GB or more is good. Click Customize Hardware, and then put the memory higher. For instance, if you have 8GB of memory, you can give it 4GB.
Do not give all the RAM you have on your computer. This will really slow down your computer, and force it to switch to the page file. Give your VM about half of the memory you have, but no more than 4GB. I used to use VMware Workstation Pro, however Player does enough feature wise and is free to download. Personally, I would always recommend using a physical machine if you can.
Certainly for gaming, as I have found virtualisation can get a bit iffy with some 3D acceleration. Also virtualization is leaps and bounds faster than physical, even if you are running beyond the recommended hardware specs for the operating system.
You will need to know, or have the following to be able to proceed with this. Only begin the process once you have confirmed you have the following. I personally have copies of the Windows 98 Second Edition installation media with me, I have digital copies of these on my personal home server that I use for setting up virtual machines.
Copies of the CD-ROM and bootable floppy disk are widely available online, however for safety I would suggest downloading it from somewhere like Archive. If you have a physical CD-ROM and floppy disk then you can certainly connect the virtual machine to these drives on your host, however you may find the installation process is much slower than using digital copies.
For this to work properly you will need to be using a host that can do virtualization. This is enabled via a technology referred to as VT-x. For many pre-built systems such as those from large manufacturers like Dell, HP or Lenovo VT-x is likely disabled by default and will require enabling. Check your vendors documentation on how to enable this — however the process between vendors is rather simple and this blog entry at helpdeskgeek.
Not all systems can virtualize however — some lower end processors, laptops or tablets may not support virtualization. Beyond enabling VT-x, you will also need to consider system resources on your host that you will need to allocate to the virtual machine. My personal preference is overkill when dedicating resources to the virtual machine, this means that I need to ensure I can spare MB of RAM and anywhere between 10 to 30GB of hard disk space.
In the world of virtualization you will often hear the terms host and guest. Host may also be referred to as hyper-visor. A host is the system to which the virtualisation software sits on. In this case it is likely your normal desktop PC or laptop. A guest is used to describe any operating system that exists virtually under the host. In this case Windows 98 Second Edition is a guest on your host computer. I write this guide expecting that you will be using the latest Microsoft operating system at the time of writing, Windows However the basics will apply to Windows 7, 8 and 8.
For Linux users VMware do develop a. OK so hopefully you have successfully set up the virtual machine as per the instructions above, and you are sitting at the Microsoft Windows 98 Startup Menu prompt. So hopefully you have successfully installed the operating system files onto your virtual hard disk and the virtual machine is now showing a frankly beautiful Welcome to Windows 98 dialog box.
If you follow this guide I am certain that you will end up with a high quality virtual machine ready for whatever you wish to throw at it. Of course things may be slightly different depending on the version of install media you choose — if things are greatly different please let me know in the comments as it would be interesting to see how.
So to avoid a lot of time loss I highly suggest following the following steps to quickly take a copy of the virtual hard disk file, so that in a case of emergency you can quickly roll back to this fresh copy. Many people after achieving the above wonder how they can get their software such as old versions of Microsoft Office or their games into their virtual machine.
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