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.
Showing posts with label VMware Installation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label VMware Installation. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
VMware (Virtual Machine, Windows 2000 Installations)
Installing Windows 2000
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 a supported version of Windows 2000 in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows
2000 distribution CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows 2000:.
Create& configure a new virtualmachine.Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows
2000:
ESX Server, VirtualCenter, or vCenter Server: If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter, you
must 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.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows 2000 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 2000.
3 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.
After you install VMware Tools, change the Windows 2000 screen area to be greater than 640x480 pixels; if you do not change it, Windows 2000 uses the standard VGA driver, and performance will suffer.
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 a supported version of Windows 2000 in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows
2000 distribution CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows 2000:.
Create& configure a new virtualmachine.Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows
2000:
ESX Server, VirtualCenter, or vCenter Server: If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter, you
must 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.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows 2000 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 2000.
3 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.
After you install VMware Tools, change the Windows 2000 screen area to be greater than 640x480 pixels; if you do not change it, Windows 2000 uses the standard VGA driver, and performance will suffer.
VMware (Virtual Machine, Windows NT 4.0 Installations)
Installing Windows NT 4.0
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 NT 4.0 (Workstation or Server) in a virtual machine using the standard Windows NT CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows NT 4.0:
Create and configure a new virtual machine. Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows NT 4.0:
To set up a virtual machine running Windows NT 4.0 and using multiple disks, you must first create a
virtual machine with only one disk. Install Windows NT on that disk. Then use the configuration tools in
your VMware product to add the additional disks.
If you have a Windows NT 4.0 guest with a SCSI virtual disk, you cannot add both an additional SCSI disk and an IDE disk to the configuration.
If you intend to run a Windows NT virtual machine with IDE virtual disks on a multiprocessor host
computer, you might notice slower than expected disk input/output performance. For more information,
see Disk Performance in Windows NT Guests on Multiprocessor Hosts in the GSX Server documentation.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows NT 4.0.
3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine.
4 Virtual disks support DMA transfers for better performance.
You can enable the feature after installing Windows NT 4.0. You need the NT Service Pack 3 or 4 CD to
enable this option. Once the virtual machine is running Windows NT, insert the SP3 or SP4 CD in the
drive, run DMACHECK.EXE from the \SUPPORT\UTILS\I386 folder on the CD and click the Enabled option for the IDE controller/channel that is configured with the virtual disk (typically channel 0 only,
unless you have the virtual machine configured with multiple virtual disks).
NOTE The DMA option should not be enabled for any IDE channel that has a CD‐ROM drive configured
for it. Enabling DMA for such a configuration causes an error. If you have a virtual disk and a CD‐ROM
attached as master and slave to the primary IDE controller (channel 0) and you want to enable DMA,
power off the virtual machine and use the Configuration Editor to move the CD‐ROM to the secondary
IDE controller (channel 1) at IDE 1:0. Then boot the virtual machine with Windows NT, run DMACHECK and enable DMA for channel 0 only.
DMA is always enabled on SCSI virtual disks.
Post Installation Instructions
Enabling Networking After Installing Windows NT 4.0
If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows NT, you can enable it after installing the
operating system. Shut down Windows NT and power off the virtual machine. Add the network adapter to
the virtual machine’s configuration, and then follow the instructions below to install the network driver in the
Windows NT guest operating system.
1 Power on the virtual machine.
2 While Windows NT is booting, insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
3 Log on to Windows NT and install the AMD PCNET driver:
a Open the Network properties page by double‐clicking the Network icon in Control Panel. Change to
the Network Adapters screen by clicking the Adapters tab.
b Click the Add button and select the AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter from the list.
c A message pops up prompting you to enter a path for the Windows NT files. Specify the \i386 folder
on the CD in the path you enter (for example, type D:\i386 if the CD is in drive D) and click Continue.
d Windows NT setup prompts you for the Windows NT files again. Click Continue.
e Use the default adapter settings; they do not need to be changed. Windows NT setup prompts you
again for a path to the Windows NT files. Click Continue to finish installing the driver.
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.
NOTE To view VMware Tools online help in a Windows NT 4.0 guest, Windows NT 4.0 must have Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater installed.
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 NT 4.0 (Workstation or Server) in a virtual machine using the standard Windows NT CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows NT 4.0:
Create and configure a new virtual machine. Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows NT 4.0:
To set up a virtual machine running Windows NT 4.0 and using multiple disks, you must first create a
virtual machine with only one disk. Install Windows NT on that disk. Then use the configuration tools in
your VMware product to add the additional disks.
If you have a Windows NT 4.0 guest with a SCSI virtual disk, you cannot add both an additional SCSI disk and an IDE disk to the configuration.
If you intend to run a Windows NT virtual machine with IDE virtual disks on a multiprocessor host
computer, you might notice slower than expected disk input/output performance. For more information,
see Disk Performance in Windows NT Guests on Multiprocessor Hosts in the GSX Server documentation.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows NT 4.0.
3 Follow the installation steps as you would for a physical machine.
4 Virtual disks support DMA transfers for better performance.
You can enable the feature after installing Windows NT 4.0. You need the NT Service Pack 3 or 4 CD to
enable this option. Once the virtual machine is running Windows NT, insert the SP3 or SP4 CD in the
drive, run DMACHECK.EXE from the \SUPPORT\UTILS\I386 folder on the CD and click the Enabled option for the IDE controller/channel that is configured with the virtual disk (typically channel 0 only,
unless you have the virtual machine configured with multiple virtual disks).
NOTE The DMA option should not be enabled for any IDE channel that has a CD‐ROM drive configured
for it. Enabling DMA for such a configuration causes an error. If you have a virtual disk and a CD‐ROM
attached as master and slave to the primary IDE controller (channel 0) and you want to enable DMA,
power off the virtual machine and use the Configuration Editor to move the CD‐ROM to the secondary
IDE controller (channel 1) at IDE 1:0. Then boot the virtual machine with Windows NT, run DMACHECK and enable DMA for channel 0 only.
DMA is always enabled on SCSI virtual disks.
Post Installation Instructions
Enabling Networking After Installing Windows NT 4.0
If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows NT, you can enable it after installing the
operating system. Shut down Windows NT and power off the virtual machine. Add the network adapter to
the virtual machine’s configuration, and then follow the instructions below to install the network driver in the
Windows NT guest operating system.
1 Power on the virtual machine.
2 While Windows NT is booting, insert the Windows NT 4.0 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
3 Log on to Windows NT and install the AMD PCNET driver:
a Open the Network properties page by double‐clicking the Network icon in Control Panel. Change to
the Network Adapters screen by clicking the Adapters tab.
b Click the Add button and select the AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter from the list.
c A message pops up prompting you to enter a path for the Windows NT files. Specify the \i386 folder
on the CD in the path you enter (for example, type D:\i386 if the CD is in drive D) and click Continue.
d Windows NT setup prompts you for the Windows NT files again. Click Continue.
e Use the default adapter settings; they do not need to be changed. Windows NT setup prompts you
again for a path to the Windows NT files. Click Continue to finish installing the driver.
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.
NOTE To view VMware Tools online help in a Windows NT 4.0 guest, Windows NT 4.0 must have Internet Explorer 4.0 or greater installed.
VMware (Virtual Machine, Windows ME Installations)
Installing Windows Me
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 Millennium Edition in a virtual machine using the standard Windows Me CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows Me:
Create and configure a new virtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows Me CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Me.
3 Choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows Me Setup from CD‐ROM. The setup program runs FDISK and reboots.
4 Once again, choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows Me Setup from
CD‐ROM. The setup program continues installing Windows Me.
5 Follow the Windows Me 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.
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 Millennium Edition in a virtual machine using the standard Windows Me CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows Me:
Create and configure a new virtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows Me CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows Me.
3 Choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows Me Setup from CD‐ROM. The setup program runs FDISK and reboots.
4 Once again, choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows Me Setup from
CD‐ROM. The setup program continues installing Windows Me.
5 Follow the Windows Me 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.
VMware (Virtual Machine, Windows 98 Installations)
Installing Windows 98
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 98 in a virtual machine using the standard Windows 98 CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows 98:
Create and configure a new virtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows 98 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 98.
3 Choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows 98 Setup from CD‐ROM. The
setup program runs FDISK and reboots.
4 Once again, choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows 98 Setup from
CD‐ROM. The setup program continues installing Windows 98.
5 Follow the Windows 98 installation steps as you would for a physical PC.
Post Installation Instructions
Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 98
If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows 98, you can enable it after the operating system
has been installed. To set up networking for a virtual machine, power off the virtual machine and add a
network adapter to the configuration. When you power on the virtual machine, Windows 98 automatically
detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI‐ISA) and prompts for the Windows 98 CD‐ROM to install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should work well and do not need to be changed. Use the install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should work well and do not need to be changed. Use the Network icon in the Windows 98 Control Panel to view or change network settings.
For example, you might want to add the TCP/IP protocol since Windows 98 does not install it by default
.
VMware Tools
Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools & 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.
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 98 in a virtual machine using the standard Windows 98 CD. If your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Windows 98:
Create and configure a new virtual machine.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows 98 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 98.
3 Choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows 98 Setup from CD‐ROM. The
setup program runs FDISK and reboots.
4 Once again, choose to boot from CD‐ROM, and then select the option Start Windows 98 Setup from
CD‐ROM. The setup program continues installing Windows 98.
5 Follow the Windows 98 installation steps as you would for a physical PC.
Post Installation Instructions
Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 98
If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows 98, you can enable it after the operating system
has been installed. To set up networking for a virtual machine, power off the virtual machine and add a
network adapter to the configuration. When you power on the virtual machine, Windows 98 automatically
detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI‐ISA) and prompts for the Windows 98 CD‐ROM to install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should work well and do not need to be changed. Use the install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should work well and do not need to be changed. Use the Network icon in the Windows 98 Control Panel to view or change network settings.
For example, you might want to add the TCP/IP protocol since Windows 98 does not install it by default
.
VMware Tools
Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For an overview of VMware Tools & 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.
Wednesday, February 17, 2010
VMware (Virtual Machine, Windows 95 Installations)
Installing Windows 95
You can install Windows 95 in a virtual machine using a standard Windows 95 boot floppy and CD‐ROM.
if your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Window95:
Create and configure a new virtual machine.
Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows 95:
You must FDISK and FORMAT the virtual hard disk drives before running Windows 95 setup. (Some
Windows 95 distributions provide instructions that do not include the steps to FDISK and FORMAT a C:
drive.)
The installation instructions are for the simplest case of one virtual IDE hard drive and one virtual IDE
CD‐ROM drive. If you have configured the virtual machine with more than one IDE hard drive, you
should also FDISK and FORMAT these drives before installing Windows 95. If you have configured the
virtual machine with more than one virtual hard drive or more than one virtual CD‐ROM, you might need
to use device letters that are different from those in the instructions below.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows 95 CD‐ROM Setup Boot Disk in floppy drive A: used by your virtual machine and
insert the Windows 95 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 95.
3 After the virtual machine boots, if you are presented with a choice of CD‐ROM drivers, select the first IDE
driver option available (even if your computer has a SCSI CD‐ROM drive).
4 Partition the virtual disk.
A:\> FDISK
Answer the questions.
NOTE If you create a primary partition that is smaller than the full size of the virtual disk, be sure the partition is marked active.
5 Reboot Windows 95. If the cursor is not already within the virtual machine window, click in the virtual
machine display, and then press Ctrl+Alt+Ins on a Windows host or Ctrl+Alt+Del on a Linux host. If
prompted on reboot to select a CD‐ROM driver, select the first IDE CD‐ROM driver from the list.
6 Format the C: drive.
A:\> FORMAT C: /S
7 Start the Windows 95 installation.
A:\> D:\WIN95\SETUP /IS
An intermittent problem can occur during Windows 95 installations in a virtual machine. Shortly after the
Windows 95 Setup program is started, Scandisk runs to completion, and when the Windows 95 Setup
program should start its graphical user interface, the virtual machine returns to an MS‐DOS prompt.
VMware recommends you reboot the virtual machine and rerun Windows 95 Setup. You do not need to
FDISK or FORMAT the drive again. If this problem occurs reproducibly, please report it to VMware technical support.
8 If the virtual machine’s Ethernet adapter is enabled, you have to manually add an Ethernet driver because
Windows 95 does not detect it during the Analyzing Computer phase (even if you selected the Network
Adapter detection option). Do the following to enable networking:
a Continue with the Windows 95 installation until you get to the Windows 95 Setup Wizard/Setup
Options screen. Change the default setting from Typical to Custom and click Next to continue.
b From the Network Configuration screen (which appears after the Analyzing Computer phase), click
Add, select the Adapter component, select Advanced Micro Devices from the manufacturer window
and AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI&ISA) from the network adapter window.
c If you need TCP/IP networking, add it from the Network Configuration screen (Windows 95 Setup
does not enable TCP/IP by default). If you don’t do this, the first phase of the Windows 95 installation
does not copy some of the files it will need later, and the entire installation fails.
Also be sure that the Microsoft NetBEUI protocol is installed. It might not be installed by default.
9 Finish the Windows 95 installation.
10 VMware virtual disks support DMA transfers for better performance. The feature can be enabled after
you have installed Windows 95 on a virtual IDE disk. Follow these steps to enable the feature:
a Right‐click My Computer and select Properties.
b From the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab.
c Double‐click the Disk Drives device category.
d Double‐click the GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE01 device.
e Click the Settings tab and select the DMA check box.
Post Installation Instructions
Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 95
If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows 95, you can enable it after installing the
operating system. Shut down Windows 95 and power off the virtual machine. Add the network adapter to the virtual machine’s configuration, and then follow the instructions below to install the network driver in the
Windows 95 guest operating system.
1 Power on the virtual machine.
2 When Windows 95 reboots, it auto‐detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI&ISA) and
prompts for the Windows 95 CD‐ROM to install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should
work fine and do not need to be changed.
3 Double‐click the Network icon in the Control Panel to view or change network settings. For example, you
might want to add the TCP/IP protocol since Windows 95 does not install it by default.
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.
You can install Windows 95 in a virtual machine using a standard Windows 95 boot floppy and CD‐ROM.
if your VMware product supports it, you can also install from a PXE server.
Fulfill these prerequisites before installing Window95:
Create and configure a new virtual machine.
Consider these support and configuration issues for Windows 95:
You must FDISK and FORMAT the virtual hard disk drives before running Windows 95 setup. (Some
Windows 95 distributions provide instructions that do not include the steps to FDISK and FORMAT a C:
drive.)
The installation instructions are for the simplest case of one virtual IDE hard drive and one virtual IDE
CD‐ROM drive. If you have configured the virtual machine with more than one IDE hard drive, you
should also FDISK and FORMAT these drives before installing Windows 95. If you have configured the
virtual machine with more than one virtual hard drive or more than one virtual CD‐ROM, you might need
to use device letters that are different from those in the instructions below.
Installation Steps
1 Insert the Windows 95 CD‐ROM Setup Boot Disk in floppy drive A: used by your virtual machine and
insert the Windows 95 CD in the CD‐ROM drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 95.
3 After the virtual machine boots, if you are presented with a choice of CD‐ROM drivers, select the first IDE
driver option available (even if your computer has a SCSI CD‐ROM drive).
4 Partition the virtual disk.
A:\> FDISK
Answer the questions.
NOTE If you create a primary partition that is smaller than the full size of the virtual disk, be sure the partition is marked active.
5 Reboot Windows 95. If the cursor is not already within the virtual machine window, click in the virtual
machine display, and then press Ctrl+Alt+Ins on a Windows host or Ctrl+Alt+Del on a Linux host. If
prompted on reboot to select a CD‐ROM driver, select the first IDE CD‐ROM driver from the list.
6 Format the C: drive.
A:\> FORMAT C: /S
7 Start the Windows 95 installation.
A:\> D:\WIN95\SETUP /IS
An intermittent problem can occur during Windows 95 installations in a virtual machine. Shortly after the
Windows 95 Setup program is started, Scandisk runs to completion, and when the Windows 95 Setup
program should start its graphical user interface, the virtual machine returns to an MS‐DOS prompt.
VMware recommends you reboot the virtual machine and rerun Windows 95 Setup. You do not need to
FDISK or FORMAT the drive again. If this problem occurs reproducibly, please report it to VMware technical support.
8 If the virtual machine’s Ethernet adapter is enabled, you have to manually add an Ethernet driver because
Windows 95 does not detect it during the Analyzing Computer phase (even if you selected the Network
Adapter detection option). Do the following to enable networking:
a Continue with the Windows 95 installation until you get to the Windows 95 Setup Wizard/Setup
Options screen. Change the default setting from Typical to Custom and click Next to continue.
b From the Network Configuration screen (which appears after the Analyzing Computer phase), click
Add, select the Adapter component, select Advanced Micro Devices from the manufacturer window
and AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI&ISA) from the network adapter window.
c If you need TCP/IP networking, add it from the Network Configuration screen (Windows 95 Setup
does not enable TCP/IP by default). If you don’t do this, the first phase of the Windows 95 installation
does not copy some of the files it will need later, and the entire installation fails.
Also be sure that the Microsoft NetBEUI protocol is installed. It might not be installed by default.
9 Finish the Windows 95 installation.
10 VMware virtual disks support DMA transfers for better performance. The feature can be enabled after
you have installed Windows 95 on a virtual IDE disk. Follow these steps to enable the feature:
a Right‐click My Computer and select Properties.
b From the System Properties dialog box, click the Device Manager tab.
c Double‐click the Disk Drives device category.
d Double‐click the GENERIC IDE DISK TYPE01 device.
e Click the Settings tab and select the DMA check box.
Post Installation Instructions
Enabling Networking After Installing Windows 95
If networking was disabled at the time you installed Windows 95, you can enable it after installing the
operating system. Shut down Windows 95 and power off the virtual machine. Add the network adapter to the virtual machine’s configuration, and then follow the instructions below to install the network driver in the
Windows 95 guest operating system.
1 Power on the virtual machine.
2 When Windows 95 reboots, it auto‐detects an AMD PCNET Family Ethernet Adapter (PCI&ISA) and
prompts for the Windows 95 CD‐ROM to install drivers. The default Ethernet adapter settings should
work fine and do not need to be changed.
3 Double‐click the Network icon in the Control Panel to view or change network settings. For example, you
might want to add the TCP/IP protocol since Windows 95 does not install it by default.
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.
VMware (Virtual Machine, MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1x Installations)
Installing MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1x
Installing Guest Operating Systems
Be sure to read “General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products” on page 14 and this section before
installing this operating system.
Requirements for installing MS‐DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1.x:
A new configured virtual machine.
Full version of the Microsoft MS‐DOS 6.22 installation disks.
Windows 3.1x standard installation disks.
CD‐ROM drivers – by default the OAKCDROM.sys driver is provided with MS‐DOS startup disks. You can
also use other drivers that are available to you, for example AOATAPI.SYS, or else you can download
drivers from the web. These drivers are typically loaded at system startup by making a series of entries in
the C:\CONFIG.SYS and C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT machine files.
MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1x Installation
You can install MS‐DOS 6.22 inside a virtual machine using the Microsoft full‐version MS‐DOS 6.22
installation disks. If you have the upgrade disks, you must install an earlier version of MS‐DOS 6.22 before you upgrade.
NOTE The HIMEM.SYS file is included with MS‐DOS and enables upper memory for MSCDEX.EXE.
VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and GSX Server virtual machines support the networking features found
in Windows 3.11 (or Windows for Workgroups). After installation, select the Advanced Micro Devices
PCNET Family (NDIS2/NDIS3) Ethernet driver for the networking option.
The following articles provide information for configuring networking in a DOS 6.22 and Win 3.1x
environment:
Load DOS Network drivers in virtual machine – http://communities.vmware.com/message/109168
Create a VMware Workstation Network Boot Disk – http://communities.vmware.com/message/38060
To install MS‐DOS 6.22
1 Insert the MS‐DOS disk into the disk drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine and begin installing MS‐DOS.
3 After the installation is complete, reboot the guest.
The command prompt appears.
To complete the MS-DOS installation
1 Verify that the following files are installed in the root directory of the boot device:
MSCDEX.EXE, AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS file in C:\
2 Copy the OAKCDROM.SYS CD‐ROM driver file to a disk.
3 Insert the disk with the driver file in the disk drive and connect it to the guest from the VM > Settings
menu.
4 From the command prompt, copy the contents from drive A to drive C.
A:\OAKCDROM.SYS C:DOS\
5 Open and edit the MS‐DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Add the following line:
LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /l:D
6 Save the file and exit.
7 Open and edit the CONFIG.SYS file. Add the following lines:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
LAST DRIVE=Z
8 Save the file and exit.
9 Restart the MS‐DOS 6.22 virtual machine.
As the installation configures the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, the CD‐ROM drive appears in the
guest.
To install Windows 3.1x
1 Insert the Windows 3.1x Standard Installation Disks into the disk drive. and connect it to the guest from
the VM > Settings menu.
2 Run the SETUP program and follow the prompts to complete the installation.
3 When the installation completes, restart the guest.
Post Installation Considerations for MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1x
After you install MS‐DOS 6.22, VMware recommends that you install a CPU idle program within the virtual
machine. Most versions of MS‐DOS 6.22 do not idle the CPU when they are idle. As a result, when you run
MS‐DOS 6.22 in a virtual machine, the virtual machine takes up CPU time on the host even when MS‐DOS 6.22
is idle. VMware products rely on the guest operating system to use the Halt instruction or advanced power
management to unschedule the virtual machine when it is idle.
Run Windows 3.1x in full screen mode to avoid intermittent and erratic mouse behavior.
VMware Tools
No VMware Tools package exists for MS‐DOS 6.22 or Windows 3.1x guest operating systems. As a result,
Windows 3.1x is limited to VGA mode graphics, and you must always use the Ctrl+Alt key combination to
release the mouse from a MS‐DOS 6.22 or Windows 3.1x virtual machine.
Installing Guest Operating Systems
Be sure to read “General Installation Instructions for All VMware Products” on page 14 and this section before
installing this operating system.
Requirements for installing MS‐DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1.x:
A new configured virtual machine.
Full version of the Microsoft MS‐DOS 6.22 installation disks.
Windows 3.1x standard installation disks.
CD‐ROM drivers – by default the OAKCDROM.sys driver is provided with MS‐DOS startup disks. You can
also use other drivers that are available to you, for example AOATAPI.SYS, or else you can download
drivers from the web. These drivers are typically loaded at system startup by making a series of entries in
the C:\CONFIG.SYS and C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT machine files.
MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1x Installation
You can install MS‐DOS 6.22 inside a virtual machine using the Microsoft full‐version MS‐DOS 6.22
installation disks. If you have the upgrade disks, you must install an earlier version of MS‐DOS 6.22 before you upgrade.
NOTE The HIMEM.SYS file is included with MS‐DOS and enables upper memory for MSCDEX.EXE.
VMware Workstation, VMware ACE, and GSX Server virtual machines support the networking features found
in Windows 3.11 (or Windows for Workgroups). After installation, select the Advanced Micro Devices
PCNET Family (NDIS2/NDIS3) Ethernet driver for the networking option.
The following articles provide information for configuring networking in a DOS 6.22 and Win 3.1x
environment:
Load DOS Network drivers in virtual machine – http://communities.vmware.com/message/109168
Create a VMware Workstation Network Boot Disk – http://communities.vmware.com/message/38060
To install MS‐DOS 6.22
1 Insert the MS‐DOS disk into the disk drive.
2 Power on the virtual machine and begin installing MS‐DOS.
3 After the installation is complete, reboot the guest.
The command prompt appears.
To complete the MS-DOS installation
1 Verify that the following files are installed in the root directory of the boot device:
MSCDEX.EXE, AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS file in C:\
2 Copy the OAKCDROM.SYS CD‐ROM driver file to a disk.
3 Insert the disk with the driver file in the disk drive and connect it to the guest from the VM > Settings
menu.
4 From the command prompt, copy the contents from drive A to drive C.
A:\OAKCDROM.SYS C:DOS\
5 Open and edit the MS‐DOS AUTOEXEC.BAT file. Add the following line:
LH C:\DOS\MSCDEX.EXE /D:mscd001 /l:D
6 Save the file and exit.
7 Open and edit the CONFIG.SYS file. Add the following lines:
DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS
DEVICEHIGH=C:\DOS\oakcdrom.sys /D:mscd001
LAST DRIVE=Z
8 Save the file and exit.
9 Restart the MS‐DOS 6.22 virtual machine.
As the installation configures the AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, the CD‐ROM drive appears in the
guest.
To install Windows 3.1x
1 Insert the Windows 3.1x Standard Installation Disks into the disk drive. and connect it to the guest from
the VM > Settings menu.
2 Run the SETUP program and follow the prompts to complete the installation.
3 When the installation completes, restart the guest.
Post Installation Considerations for MS-DOS 6.22 and Windows 3.1x
After you install MS‐DOS 6.22, VMware recommends that you install a CPU idle program within the virtual
machine. Most versions of MS‐DOS 6.22 do not idle the CPU when they are idle. As a result, when you run
MS‐DOS 6.22 in a virtual machine, the virtual machine takes up CPU time on the host even when MS‐DOS 6.22
is idle. VMware products rely on the guest operating system to use the Halt instruction or advanced power
management to unschedule the virtual machine when it is idle.
Run Windows 3.1x in full screen mode to avoid intermittent and erratic mouse behavior.
VMware Tools
No VMware Tools package exists for MS‐DOS 6.22 or Windows 3.1x guest operating systems. As a result,
Windows 3.1x is limited to VGA mode graphics, and you must always use the Ctrl+Alt key combination to
release the mouse from a MS‐DOS 6.22 or Windows 3.1x virtual machine.
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