Resolved: [PLUG] VMware or IDE Drive problem?

[Richard C. Steffens]

 > On Fri, 6 Oct 2006, Richard C. Steffens wrote:

 >> I've created my first virtual machine. When I try to install Win98SE
 >> the mother board starts beeping -- the same one-second-on,
 >> one-second-off beep I got with the other mother board when I was
 >> trying to install SuSE 10.1.

<...>

 >> But, the bigger question is, how do I trouble shoot this thing, or
 >> find a work around. If I can read the CD's, I can copy the contents as
 >> an ISO file to the hard drive and point VMware there, right?

Carlos Konstanski wrote:
> You can dd the contents of a cd or dvd to an iso file, and tell vmware
> that this iso file is your "cd drive".  In fact, this is preferable to
> using an actual cdrom drive, as it is much faster to install an OS from.

Worked like a charm. Thanks!


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Regards,

Dick Steffens