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On 05-Aug-01 Thomas Bishop wrote:
Hello, Ok, since I've seen some vmware posts, I thought I'd add mine. I cannot get a virutal machine to boot from a floppy. I change the bios for this to happen, but it won't. A CD boots just fine. Anyone else had a problem with this? I have a couple of programs that I would like to run in a virtual machine, if I can get them to boot from a floppy. (SuSE 7.2) . Thanks
Two suggestions:
1. Make sure that VMWare is configured to start with "floppy connected".
2. Check that the floppy really is bootable:
a) Power on the VM
b) during the BIOS phase, press F2 to enter BIOS setup
c) Pan across to "Boot". The "+Removable Devices" should be
highlighted.
d) Press RETURN. You should then see it "expand" to
"Legacy Floppy Drives.
e) If there's a "!" to the left, then it's bootable. Press F10 now.
f) Otherwise, press SHIFT + 1 and you should see the "!" appear.
Now press F10.
Now it should be able to boot from the floppy. If it still won't, then
I'm stuck!
Ted.
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