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Enhancing video in a guest Windows 95 operating system running off a dual-boot raw disk
To enable video in a virtual machine that is running Windows 95 as a guest
operating system, you must configure the SVGA video driver using VMware
Workstation.
- Boot Windows 95 natively (not in a virtual machine).
- Right-click on 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, then click OK.
- Click OK to close the System Properties dialog.
- Shut down Windows 95 and reboot the system.
- Boot into your host operating system (Linux, Windows NT or
Windows 2000).
- Start the Windows 95 virtual machine.
- Select VMware from the list of profiles when prompted.
- If you are prompted to select the CPU Bridge, accept
the default, then click OK.
- Restart Windows 95 when prompted.
- Again, select VMware from the list of profiles when
prompted.
- When the video card is detected, you will be prompted to
select which driver you want to install for your new hardware. Click
the "Select
from a list of alternate drivers" radio button, then click OK.
- Select Display Adapters from the "Select Hardware Type"
dialog.
- Select "Standard Display Adapter (VGA)" from
the device list, then click OK.
- Restart Windows 95 when prompted.
- Once Windows is restarted, locate the VMware Tools self-extracting
archive file.
- Install VMware Tools then
restart the virtual machine.
- Start the Device Manager and expand the "Display adapters"
tree.
- Highlight VMware SVGA. Click Properties.
- Deselect Original Configuration, then click OK.
Click Close.
- Shut down Windows and power off the virtual machine.
- Shut down your host operating system (Linux, Windows NT or
Windows 2000) and reboot into Windows 95.
- Select the Original Configuration profile when prompted.
- Repeat steps 20 through 22 and uncheck VMware, leaving Original
Configuration checked.
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