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Any guesses what the solution for my problem would be ?
Host: Windows 2003 SP2, 4GB, 4 core, 2.66Ghz
Guest: MS-DOS 6.22, containing IO.SYS, MSDOS.SYS, COMMAND.COM and nothing else.
I had no problems starting this in a jiffy from a 5.25 inch floppy 20 years ago on an IBM PC clone 4.77 Mhz and 128k RAM.
However, VMware Player takes 25 seconds to reach the POST screen (where press F2 to enter BIOS setup message appears) before the boot. During that 25 seconds, all my 4 cores are max'ed out, my mouse pointer goes into slow motion, and all my programs grinds to a halt.
What kind of juice do I need to fix this then ?
On a side note, it takes VMware Player 25 seconds to reach the POST screen for all other guests I tried: Windows 98 SE, Windows XP Pro, Window 7 Pro, and Ubuntu,