Quoting Dave Barton <bmcs@myrealbox.com>: [snip]
OK I should have RTFM ;) My warped logic works along the lines that the opposite to "virtual" is "real" not "raw", but if that's the way VMWare sees it, then so be it.
I am probably asking the obvious, but have you gone all the way through the "Create New Virtual Machine" wizard? The option for a real (Oops raw) disk/partition appears as one of the last steps of a "Custom" VM.
Yes, the problem is with the boot.
Are you: (a) trying to set up a VM for an existing W2K partition (ie. a dual boot machine)? or (b) trying to create a VM to install W2K on an existing disk/partition?
If your considering (a) I would advise against it. From first hand experience, you are very likely to screw up the existing W2K install and grub will certainly puke (don't know about lilo).
a) I am using GRUB and it does puke. I see "GRUB" on a text screen and nothing more happens. I have done this with previous versions of VMware and SuSE, but I may have been using LILO then.
(b) is a possibility, but create the partition for your VM, before you start the New VM wizard.
HTH Dave
I have just one day left on the eval license and am trying to find out if it will work. It works fine with a virtual disk. So far at least. Thanks, Jeffrey