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Solaris 9 under VmWare4.5.2-8848
Name: vinigrog Date: February 6, 2005 at 10:39:03 Pacific OS: WinXp-Home CPU/Ram: 512
Comment:
Problem installing Solaris 9. Host: WinXP-Home (laptop: CompagPresario V2030us). After boot tasks (ata-dma-enabled is <1> from the beginning, but I make again <1>) instalation starts (webstart) and machine getting frozen. Message from VM: Your virtual machine has sent an ATAPI (CD-ROM) command that is only supported when programming the drive via DMA. You will need to configure your guest operating system to use DMA when communicating with DVD/CD-ROM devices. Note that some operating systems will report DMA is available without actually using it. In those cases, normal CD-ROM operations will still be available, but special features will only be available if you re-configure the virtual device as a SCSI device.
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