I virtualized a dual boot XP/Win7 physical PC which would only work and boot running Converter 5 within Win7 (no luck with virtualizing XP directly). The good news is the Win7 boot loader works fine in Workstation 7 as a guest and lets me boot to either OS just like the physical machine.
The bad news is I can only set up the VMX file for one OS or the other. Everything but the network adapter seems OK. Converter set up the VMX as:
guestOS = "windows7"
...
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
ethernet0.virtualDev = "e1000"
ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"
The above works great for Win7. But when you boot the VM into XP, it can't find any network drivers for the "e1000" network adapter. So I changed the VMX file to:
guestOS = "winxppro"
...
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.addressType = "generated"
ethernet0.connectionType = "bridged"
ethernet0.startConnected = "TRUE"
With the above XP works great, but Win7 complains there's no driver for the "ethernet controller". I've installed (and re-installed) VM Tools into both guest OS's.
Is it possible to point two different VMX files at the same VMDK? Is there an ethernet0.virtualDev that works in both XP and Win7?
