linux VMware w W98 SE in vm

[Chris Aitken]

Gregory Pleau wrote:

> [...]

> That's normal. VMWare makes a 'virtual' partition but does not allocate
> space until it is needed, to save strain on the host filesystem. You are
> limited to 2.5 GB right now, as that's the point your host system (linux)
> will run out of space. The partition is reported to the guest OS as 4 Gb so
> it doesn't get confused with all the resizing.
>
> You may want to run fsck against your host filesystem to rule out something
> silly like a filesystem problem when VMWare is trying to allocate space for
> the install.

OK. To recap - here is what is happening:

At the A> prompt I enter E:\win98\setup

Then I get,

'To continue press Enter'

I press Enter

The mini Scandisk runs and then I get,

'Windows Setup needs 7340032 bytes available on your C:
drive'

Or, occaisionally, I get,

The cpu has been disabled by the guest operating system. You will need to power
off or reset the vm at this point.

Chris

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