I am trying to create a Windows 2000 guest machine on a Ubuntu 7.10 (AMD64) host. I've tried to use EasyVMX to create both the VMX and VMDK files, but no matter what size virtual disks I create, all Windows sees is 8G. I've also downloaded the 20G disks from Forever for Now, and still only see 8G.
I'm uisng the 64-bit version of VMware Player 2.02.
I just tried booting to an Ubuntu iso image, and it sees all 30G (from EasyVMX.)
I've messed with the virtual BIOS settings, hoping that would make a difference, but with no luck. I have installed Win2k on numerous physical machines with large disks, so I'm at a loss as to why Windows won't see the complete virtual disk using VMware Player.
Has anyone seen this problem? Is there something obvious I'm missing?
make sure you're using a Windows 2000 with either SP3 or SP4 slipstreamed install media
do not use older Windows 2000 without any SP medias
make sure you're using a Windows 2000 with either SP3 or SP4 slipstreamed install media
do not use older Windows 2000 without any SP medias
Thanks, that makes sense. I tried installing with the original Win2k and then installing SP4, hoping that it would then recognize the rest of the disk, but no such luck.
Unfortunately, I think this may mean that we'll just have to bite the bullet and go with XP. XP sees the entire disk. But it's XP.
have a look at this popular free tool http://www.nliteos.com/nlite.html
you can manually try to slipstream W2K SP4 into your current RTM install media, and create a new bootable ISO containing W2KSP4 from scratch
never tried with W2K but works fine with XP, and the website reports W2K as supported...
Another workaraound might be to install Win2K, then install SP4. Then use a partition program to resize the partition that Win2K resides on to utilize the entire virtual disk. I have had to do this in the past. It isn't the fastest method, but it should get you through...
Regards!