VMware

[lgk011 at dma.isg.mot.com (Gordon Keegan)]

VMware provides an empty, virtual PC, with up to 4 simulated IDE
devices, along with the usual keyboard, mouse, etc...  It's up to
the end user to install an operating system in the VMware session.
VMware can be made to boot another physical partition that already
has an OS installed, but it can only do this on IDE drives.  If
you have a scsi-only system, you can run VMware just fine, but you
have to install a guest OS as if you were loading a new machine.
VMware translates a Linux disk file into a virtual IDE drive.

Hope this helps.
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> I've never used VMware, but I've heard of people who didn't realize
> that you must have a copy of NT on your disk for VMware to work.  I
> apologize if this is not the case with you.
> 
> On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Brad Noyes wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > I just downloaded vmware with the evaluation license. When i boot it says 
> > that there's no operating system found. My machine is all scsi. I read on 
> > the vmware page that it can't boot scsi, but i have been told by other 
> > vmware users that it will boot from scsi. Has anyone been able to get it to 
> > boot off a scsi device? And how well does vmware preform anyways? Thanks
> > 
> > -Brad
> > 
> > 
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