add|ct|on wrote:
> i use mscdex also. for me what it does is automatically assign a drive
> letter for the cdrom based on the last free drive letter that DOS knows of.
> it's supposed to do this automatically. it also adds lines to your config.
> sys and autoexec.bat but these will not to do you any good in a linux based
> situation. i don't know anything about vmware.
>
> you can try this, though... tell me what drive letter you have mscdex
> installed on. thanks!
>
> -stephanie
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Paulo Henrique Baptista de Oliveira <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 4:54 PM
> Subject: Re: VMware for Debian (installing Windowze...)
>
> | Hi,
> | I got a DOS boot disk, with CD-ROM drivers (mscdex). I have a 32x
> CD-ROM
> | drive. But the boot disk, cant find the CD-ROM drive... :(
> | I does not use DOS/Windows a long time.
> | Does not know how to activate the CDROM.
> | mscdex output shows:
> | a:\>mscdex
> | usage: MSCDEX [/E/K/S/V] [/D:<driver> ... ] [/L:<letter>]
> [/M:<buffers>]
> | Thanks for any info, Paulo Henrique
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> |
> | > > Hi,
> | > > It worked but when I turn power on. It boots and tell me that
> there
> | > > isnt Win95 installed.
> | > > How I installe Windowze in my machine? I dont have normal Windows
> | > > here.
> | > > Thanks, Paulo Henrique
> | >
> | > You need ordinary Windows install media (ie the CD and a
> | > boot/install disk).
> | >
> | > vmware is _not_ an operatingsystem itself, it is just (well, nothing
> | > just about it, but...) a virtual PC into which you can install
> | > essentially _any_ operating system (including Linux - you can run Linux
> | > inside Linux, could be a nice way to experiment with bleeding edge
> | > stuff...) so therefore you need to be able to install the OS yu want
> | > vmware to run just as if you had a blank new PHYSICAL machine...
> | >
> | > HTH,
> | >
> | > /Michael
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Hi,
only one time, I got VMWare boot using the floppy disk.
The others there is an error in floppy
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: floppy driver state
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: -------------------
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: now=12452977 last interrupt=12452692 last
called handler=c8830af8
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: timeout_message=floppy start
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: last output bytes:
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 0 90 12452632
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 0 90 12452632
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 5 90 12452632
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 2 90 12452632
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 12 90 12452632
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 1b 90 12452632
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: ff 90 12452632
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: f 80 12452677
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 0 90 12452677
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 25 91 12452677
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 8 81 12452692
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 66 80 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 0 90 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 25 90 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 0 90 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 5 90 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 2 90 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 45 90 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 1b 90 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: ff 90 12452694
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: last result at 12452692
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: last redo_fd_request at 12452674
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: 20 25
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: status=70
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: fdc_busy=1
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: DEVICE_INTR=c882ff40
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: fd_timer.function=c882fea8
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: cont=c8838c78
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: CURRENT=00000000
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: command_status=-1
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel:
Aug 8 18:23:42 phantasy kernel: floppy0: floppy timeout called
So, I cant test mscdex...
Thanks all that replied for so good support in Debian! :)
Paulo Henrique
