KYordy's Posts

In your setup of the VM, did you try auto-detect? I have a similar setup, for the same reason, that is working. Try putting your VM BIOS back to default settings and use auto-detect in your VM settings. If that doesn't work, please post your .VMX. Regards!

I don't know if there is enough information in your post, but I will give it a try. Is there a physical parallel port on this machine? If not, to what are you connecting the VM parallel port, a file, a USB port...

How did you create this VM? Do you have Workstation? If so, open the configuration for thsi VM in Workstation and change the CDROM settings and Parallel port settings to Autodetect. If you don't have Workstation, edit the .VMX file for your VM and add or edit these lines: parallel0.present = "TRUE" parallel0.fileName = "Auto Detect" ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE" This all assumes, of course, that you have a CDROM and a parallel port. If so, all should be OK. Good Luck!

I think Asatoran's suggestion to try it on another machine is the way to go. Just looking over the VMX, it looks completely viable. After you try the other PC, we can proceed from there. Good Luck! P.S. The reason you aren't getting answered immediately when you post is, this is a user forum and users may not be on all the time. As we log on, we can then answer your posts, but things like work requirements, etc. can keep us away for extended periods. Not a putdown or anything, just an informational message...

Sorry! Low on caffeine this morning... Without a means to decrypt, I don't know what to tell you. Can you still run the machine? If so, can you find a copy of workstation and try to load it there. Maybe you can modify the settings that way.

I agree with Asatoran. In addition to multiple copies of the VM, the working copy and a "clean" copy, I feel much safer having a pristine backup of my VM stored somewhere else other than the PC I run the VM on in the event of catastrophic loss. It has saved my development system more than once. Regards!

Please post your .vmx file. Maybe the memory setting needs tweaked. You may want to play with this just to see if you can overcome, otherwise hopefully somebody here will see something. Regards!

I believe this is what you want to do. Correct me if I am mistaken. You want to run Vista, then have a Fedora virtual machine using your previously created real Fedora partition. You should be able to do this as a virtual machine with a raw disk. But I would recommend not dual booting anymore after setting up the virtual machine and getting it working. The virtual machine will have its own hardware and not be the same as your dual booted version. So, once you get the virtual machine working correctly, you should keep it in the virtual machine. Another route you may consider is a P2V conversion where you could convert your Fedora to a virtual machine and have it fully in a disk file instead of on a raw partition. Good Luck!