2 Questions, probably really easy for those in the know!

Discussion in 'Virtualization' started by Canadian-Wolverine, Feb 27, 2011.

  1. Canadian-Wolverine

    Canadian-Wolverine MDL Junior Member

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    Hey guys, heres 2 problems i have..

    first, how can i tell vmworkstation to use the ati hd5750 i have, not its own vmchipset blahblahblah.. for stuff im trying to do in a virtual win 7 i need a bit more poke on the grafix..tried dl and installing the ati catalyst and driver s-ware.
    now, normally if ati s-ware cant find the card, it stops saying you have no supported device. on installing it, it did not stop (duhh, its an ati card) BUT in a virtual world its a vm chipped thingy. after install and reboot it still showed the vm card.
    is there a way??? and yes, i tried custom in the initial setup not use host settings. also tried add on the hardware but theres no option for grafix.
    Any ideas guys???

    second.
    Installed .net 4 so i can install hal activator on said virtual machine.
    now, it is slow as molassis to get to boot screen. i left it to churn away for 4 (yes FOUR) hours while i was out. still churning away and thinking about trying to get to desktop. had to use image disk/f8->restore to get it to function again.
    any ideas on that one?

    oh and for the clever ones, no i did not try to install .net while the ati drivers were in. ati was after id given up on .net ;)

    what ya think guys....

    Thanks as always

    CW
     
  2. sebus

    sebus MDL Guru

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    1. You do NOT chose anything else, Vmware comes with own hardware (only processor & disk can be used natively)

    2. Installed it especially to see & had no such problem, so it would be whatever else in this VM

    You also did not bother to state what OS you are running in VM

    sebus
     
  3. Canadian-Wolverine

    Canadian-Wolverine MDL Junior Member

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    sorry, win 7 ultimate, hence need to install hal...
    cant do that without .net4 that brings everything crashing down...nothing else installed, clean win7
     
  4. sebus

    sebus MDL Guru

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  5. tcntad

    tcntad MDL Guru

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    Unfortunately its a discontinued project and links are removed.. Mirrors somewhere in the thread:)
     
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