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Enhancing video in a guest Windows 98 operating system running off a dual-boot raw disk
If you want to enable video in a virtual machine that is running a Windows
98 guest operating system, you must install a SVGA video driver using
Workstation.
To install the VMware SVGA video driver:
- Boot Windows 98 natively (not in a virtual machine).
- Right-click the My Computer icon on the desktop, then
select Properties.
- Click the Hardware Profiles tab.
- Highlight the Original Configuration profile, then
click Copy.
- Name the profile "VMware Configuration",then click OK.
- Click OK to close the "System Properties" dialog box.
- Shut down Windows 98 and reboot the system.
- Boot into your host operating system (Windows NT or Windows 2000).
- Select VMware Configuration from the list of profiles
when prompted.
- Windows 98 will auto-detect the virtual machine's devices and
install their drivers.
- When it detects the video card driver, select "Search
for the best driver."
- When prompted to reboot, click No. The AMD PCNET driver
will then be installed, followed by the IDE controller drivers.
- When prompted to reboot, click Yes.
- Select the VMware Configuration hardware profile.
- After Windows 98 has completed booting, start the "Add New
Hardware" wizard from the Control Panel.
- Click Next, then Next again.
- Select "No, the device isn't in the list."
- Click Yes, then click Next.
- After all devices have been detected, click the Details
button to list the detected non-Plug and Play devices.
- Click Finish, then reboot the virtual machine when
prompted.
- Select the VMware Configuration Profile. Notice that an
"unknown monitor" is detected and installed.
- Install VMware Tools for Windows.
- At the end of the tools installation, the "Display Properties" dialog box should be displayed.
- Click the Advanced button, then click the Adapter
tab.
- Click the Change button. The "Update Device Driver
Wizard" starts.
- Click Next.
- Select the "Display a list of all drivers ..." option,
then click Next.
- Click the Have Disk button.
- Type C:\WINDOWS\TEMP in the "Copy manufacturer's files
from" field, then click OK.
- Click OK to select the VMware SVGA device, then
click Next.
- If you are prompted with an "Update Driver Warning", click Yes,
then click Next.
- Click Finish, then click Apply.
- Click Close, then reboot when prompted.
- After booting is completed, open the Device Manager. It should
show that you have:
- Standard
PCI Graphics Adapter
- VMware
SVGA Display Adapter
- Shut down the Windows 98 virtual machine and your host
operating system.
- Boot natively into Windows 98, then start the Device Manager.
- Select the VMware SVGA device if listed, then click Remove.
- Select the Remove from "Specific Configuration" option,
then select Original Configuration from the configuration list.
- Click OK, then reboot Windows 98 when prompted.
- Boot into Windows 98 natively and verify the display settings.
You should be able to use the display driver that you installed natively before
starting this procedure.
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