VMware (Virtual Machine, Windows Xp Installations)

Installing Windows Xp

Be sure to read “General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products” on page 14 and this section before installing this operating system.

You can install Windows XP Home Edition or Professional in a virtual machine using the corresponding
Windows XP distribution CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.

Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows XP:

 Create and configure a new virtual machine
Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows XP:

 ESX, VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and GSX Server: To use the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter in a Windows XP virtual machine, you need a special SCSI driver available from the download section of the
VMware Web site at www.vmware.com/download. Follow the instructions on the Web site to use the
driver with a fresh installation of Windows XP.

 ESX and GSX Server: If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter in a Windows XP virtual

machine, download the driver from the download center at the LSI Logic Web site. Go to
http://www.lsi.com/cm/DownloadSearch.do?locale=EN and download the LSI20320‐R SCSI adapter
driver for your guest operating system.

The LSI Logic Web site also provides a guide for installing the drivers. Go to http://www.lsi.com/. Select
Support & Downloads > Documentation. Enter the search term Fusion MPT to find the Fusion‐MPT
Device Management User Guide.

 ESX: You can use the vmscsi SCSI driver for the virtual BusLogic SCSI adapter provided on the Windows XP Professional floppy image that is included with the ESX software. Although supported by ESX 4.0 Update 1, the e1000 NIC driver is not provided with the 32‐bit version of Windows XP Professional. For support, download the driver from the Intel Web site. See knowledgebase article 1016456 at
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1016456.

 If you have a virtual machine with a SCSI virtual disk and an earlier Windows guest operating system,
and want to upgrade the virtual machine to Windows XP, install the new SCSI driver before upgrading
the operating system.

Installation Steps

1 Insert the installation CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing the guest operating system.
If you are using the virtual BusLogic SCSI driver downloaded from the VMware Web site or the LSI Logic
SCSI driver downloaded from the LSI Logic Web site, you must take some special steps at this point in the
installation process.
3 As the Windows XP installer loads, press the F6 key.
This allows you to select the additional SCSI driver required for installation.
4 Press S to specify the additional driver, and press Enter to continue with the setup.
5 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine.

VMware Tools

Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools and for a listing of the manuals that contain instructions for installing VMware Tools in your guest, see knowledge base article 340 at http://kb.vmware.com/kb/340.