vista beta 1 build 5112 over vmware workstation 19175

Hi: Now I am running my Windows Vista Beta 1 (Build 5112) over VMWare.
In my first attempt, I had a problem when doing direct installation on my hardware (Dual Boot) and I could not finish the installation of Vista. (error: It cannot find HAL.DLL or something of the sort).
My hardware is and Dell Inspiron B120 (Notebook) with 512 Mb (DDR2) but the Virtual Machine configuration use 276 Mb and only 10Gb (Used 4 Gb of 10).
I think that the problem maybe: 1 - noncompatibility with restore system of my Dell (Symantec Pc Restore for Dell). The HDD have first hide partition (FAT), partition for OS and hide partition for the restore image (compatible with GHOST). 2 - noncompatibility with BIOS of Dell.
But when I test over VMWare I could install without problems. The only problems later of installation were the installation of a antivirus (with AVG 7.1.375 Server Edition, error on NTFS.SYS and blue screen) and noncompatibility with the audio Drivers (with VMWare Tools). I'm installa MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 without problem
You could test it?
I would like to listen to your experiences about Vista over VMWare, Virtual PC or other software of Virtual Machine of OS.
Excuse me for my poor English skill.
Thank you.
Y.M. Kim Lee IT Pro Uruguay Montevideo - Uruguay http://www.itpro.org.uy/ Consejo de Alumnos del ALSI http://www.mslatam.com/latam/technet/cso/Html-ES/consejo.asp

Your English seems fine :o) Don't worry about it.
However, Build 5112 has been out now for nearly ¾ of a year now and we're now on 5308 externally. Also, running a beta operating system, especially one with such graphics and technologies as Vista, is never a good idea to be run in a virtual machine. I recommend (as well as most developers and testers out there) a seperate machine altogether, or at most a seperate logical partition on a drive.
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Y.M. Kim Lee" wrote in message

Hi: Now I am running my Windows Vista Beta 1 (Build 5112) over VMWare.
In my first attempt, I had a problem when doing direct installation on my hardware (Dual Boot) and I could not finish the installation of Vista. (error: It cannot find HAL.DLL or something of the sort).
My hardware is and Dell Inspiron B120 (Notebook) with 512 Mb (DDR2) but the Virtual Machine configuration use 276 Mb and only 10Gb (Used 4 Gb of 10).
I think that the problem maybe: 1 - noncompatibility with restore system of my Dell (Symantec Pc Restore for Dell). The HDD have first hide partition (FAT), partition for OS and hide partition for the restore image (compatible with GHOST). 2 - noncompatibility with BIOS of Dell.
But when I test over VMWare I could install without problems. The only problems later of installation were the installation of a antivirus (with AVG 7.1.375 Server Edition, error on NTFS.SYS and blue screen) and noncompatibility with the audio Drivers (with VMWare Tools). I'm installa MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 without problem
You could test it?
I would like to listen to your experiences about Vista over VMWare, Virtual PC or other software of Virtual Machine of OS.
Excuse me for my poor English skill.
Thank you.
Y.M. Kim Lee IT Pro Uruguay Montevideo - Uruguay http://www.itpro.org.uy/ Consejo de Alumnos del ALSI http://www.mslatam.com/latam/technet/cso/Html-ES/consejo.asp

There is nothing preventing him Zack from running it in a Virtual environment. Its no different from running it on a machine with lowend graphics, which most of us do. The only concern is the amount of RAM allocated, how in heavens name did he get away with that amount of RAM 275? I think for Virtual PC, the minium is 300MBs of RAM or it will give you error message preventing installation. Also, I don't think there is an issue with running 5112 which is BETA 1, which is concidered a high level quality milestone build, compared to the CTP releases (5219, 5231, 5270 and 5308) which are designated to be of a lower standard than BETA 1 or 2. Also, 5112 does not expire until September 2006.
If you are gonna run Vista in either VM Ware or Virtual PC, set the minimum amount of RAM to at least 768, which means you need to upgrade your physical amount of memory in the machine. It wouldn't hurt too to check out one of the latest CTPs to see if any changes have taken place since in terms of hardware and application compatibility. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message

Your English seems fine :o) Don't worry about it.
However, Build 5112 has been out now for nearly ¾ of a year now and we're now on 5308 externally. Also, running a beta operating system, especially one with such graphics and technologies as Vista, is never a good idea to be run in a virtual machine. I recommend (as well as most developers and testers out there) a seperate machine altogether, or at most a seperate logical partition on a drive.
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Y.M. Kim Lee" wrote in message Hi: Now I am running my Windows Vista Beta 1 (Build 5112) over VMWare.
In my first attempt, I had a problem when doing direct installation on my hardware (Dual Boot) and I could not finish the installation of Vista. (error: It cannot find HAL.DLL or something of the sort).
My hardware is and Dell Inspiron B120 (Notebook) with 512 Mb (DDR2) but the Virtual Machine configuration use 276 Mb and only 10Gb (Used 4 Gb of 10).
I think that the problem maybe: 1 - noncompatibility with restore system of my Dell (Symantec Pc Restore for Dell). The HDD have first hide partition (FAT), partition for OS and hide partition for the restore image (compatible with GHOST). 2 - noncompatibility with BIOS of Dell.
But when I test over VMWare I could install without problems. The only problems later of installation were the installation of a antivirus (with AVG 7.1.375 Server Edition, error on NTFS.SYS and blue screen) and noncompatibility with the audio Drivers (with VMWare Tools). I'm installa MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 without problem
You could test it?
I would like to listen to your experiences about Vista over VMWare, Virtual PC or other software of Virtual Machine of OS.
Excuse me for my poor English skill.
Thank you.
Y.M. Kim Lee IT Pro Uruguay Montevideo - Uruguay http://www.itpro.org.uy/ Consejo de Alumnos del ALSI http://www.mslatam.com/latam/technet/cso/Html-ES/consejo.asp

*sigh*
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

There is nothing preventing him Zack from running it in a Virtual environment. Its no different from running it on a machine with lowend graphics, which most of us do. The only concern is the amount of RAM allocated, how in heavens name did he get away with that amount of RAM 275? I think for Virtual PC, the minium is 300MBs of RAM or it will give you error message preventing installation. Also, I don't think there is an issue with running 5112 which is BETA 1, which is concidered a high level quality milestone build, compared to the CTP releases (5219, 5231, 5270 and 5308) which are designated to be of a lower standard than BETA 1 or 2. Also, 5112 does not expire until September 2006.
If you are gonna run Vista in either VM Ware or Virtual PC, set the minimum amount of RAM to at least 768, which means you need to upgrade your physical amount of memory in the machine. It wouldn't hurt too to check out one of the latest CTPs to see if any changes have taken place since in terms of hardware and application compatibility. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message Your English seems fine :o) Don't worry about it.
However, Build 5112 has been out now for nearly ¾ of a year now and we're now on 5308 externally. Also, running a beta operating system, especially one with such graphics and technologies as Vista, is never a good idea to be run in a virtual machine. I recommend (as well as most developers and testers out there) a seperate machine altogether, or at most a seperate logical partition on a drive.
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Y.M. Kim Lee" wrote in message Hi: Now I am running my Windows Vista Beta 1 (Build 5112) over VMWare.
In my first attempt, I had a problem when doing direct installation on my hardware (Dual Boot) and I could not finish the installation of Vista. (error: It cannot find HAL.DLL or something of the sort).
My hardware is and Dell Inspiron B120 (Notebook) with 512 Mb (DDR2) but the Virtual Machine configuration use 276 Mb and only 10Gb (Used 4 Gb of 10).
I think that the problem maybe: 1 - noncompatibility with restore system of my Dell (Symantec Pc Restore for Dell). The HDD have first hide partition (FAT), partition for OS and hide partition for the restore image (compatible with GHOST). 2 - noncompatibility with BIOS of Dell.
But when I test over VMWare I could install without problems. The only problems later of installation were the installation of a antivirus (with AVG 7.1.375 Server Edition, error on NTFS.SYS and blue screen) and noncompatibility with the audio Drivers (with VMWare Tools). I'm installa MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 without problem
You could test it?
I would like to listen to your experiences about Vista over VMWare, Virtual PC or other software of Virtual Machine of OS.
Excuse me for my poor English skill.
Thank you.
Y.M. Kim Lee IT Pro Uruguay Montevideo - Uruguay http://www.itpro.org.uy/ Consejo de Alumnos del ALSI http://www.mslatam.com/latam/technet/cso/Html-ES/consejo.asp

Why? -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message

*sigh*
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message There is nothing preventing him Zack from running it in a Virtual environment. Its no different from running it on a machine with lowend graphics, which most of us do. The only concern is the amount of RAM allocated, how in heavens name did he get away with that amount of RAM 275? I think for Virtual PC, the minium is 300MBs of RAM or it will give you error message preventing installation. Also, I don't think there is an issue with running 5112 which is BETA 1, which is concidered a high level quality milestone build, compared to the CTP releases (5219, 5231, 5270 and 5308) which are designated to be of a lower standard than BETA 1 or 2. Also, 5112 does not expire until September 2006.
If you are gonna run Vista in either VM Ware or Virtual PC, set the minimum amount of RAM to at least 768, which means you need to upgrade your physical amount of memory in the machine. It wouldn't hurt too to check out one of the latest CTPs to see if any changes have taken place since in terms of hardware and application compatibility. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message Your English seems fine :o) Don't worry about it.
However, Build 5112 has been out now for nearly ¾ of a year now and we're now on 5308 externally. Also, running a beta operating system, especially one with such graphics and technologies as Vista, is never a good idea to be run in a virtual machine. I recommend (as well as most developers and testers out there) a seperate machine altogether, or at most a seperate logical partition on a drive.
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Y.M. Kim Lee" wrote in message Hi: Now I am running my Windows Vista Beta 1 (Build 5112) over VMWare.
In my first attempt, I had a problem when doing direct installation on my hardware (Dual Boot) and I could not finish the installation of Vista. (error: It cannot find HAL.DLL or something of the sort).
My hardware is and Dell Inspiron B120 (Notebook) with 512 Mb (DDR2) but the Virtual Machine configuration use 276 Mb and only 10Gb (Used 4 Gb of 10).
I think that the problem maybe: 1 - noncompatibility with restore system of my Dell (Symantec Pc Restore for Dell). The HDD have first hide partition (FAT), partition for OS and hide partition for the restore image (compatible with GHOST). 2 - noncompatibility with BIOS of Dell.
But when I test over VMWare I could install without problems. The only problems later of installation were the installation of a antivirus (with AVG 7.1.375 Server Edition, error on NTFS.SYS and blue screen) and noncompatibility with the audio Drivers (with VMWare Tools). I'm installa MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 without problem
You could test it?
I would like to listen to your experiences about Vista over VMWare, Virtual PC or other software of Virtual Machine of OS.
Excuse me for my poor English skill.
Thank you.
Y.M. Kim Lee IT Pro Uruguay Montevideo - Uruguay http://www.itpro.org.uy/ Consejo de Alumnos del ALSI http://www.mslatam.com/latam/technet/cso/Html-ES/consejo.asp

Surely I can sigh in a public newsgroup?
I'm just too tired to argue.
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message

Why? -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message *sigh*
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Andre Da Costa [Extended64]" wrote in message There is nothing preventing him Zack from running it in a Virtual environment. Its no different from running it on a machine with lowend graphics, which most of us do. The only concern is the amount of RAM allocated, how in heavens name did he get away with that amount of RAM 275? I think for Virtual PC, the minium is 300MBs of RAM or it will give you error message preventing installation. Also, I don't think there is an issue with running 5112 which is BETA 1, which is concidered a high level quality milestone build, compared to the CTP releases (5219, 5231, 5270 and 5308) which are designated to be of a lower standard than BETA 1 or 2. Also, 5112 does not expire until September 2006.
If you are gonna run Vista in either VM Ware or Virtual PC, set the minimum amount of RAM to at least 768, which means you need to upgrade your physical amount of memory in the machine. It wouldn't hurt too to check out one of the latest CTPs to see if any changes have taken place since in terms of hardware and application compatibility. -- -- Andre Windows Connect | http://www.windowsconnected.com Extended64 | http://www.extended64.com Blog | http://www.extended64.com/blogs/andre http://spaces.msn.com/members/adacosta
"Zack Whittaker (R2 Mentor)" wrote in message Your English seems fine :o) Don't worry about it.
However, Build 5112 has been out now for nearly ¾ of a year now and we're now on 5308 externally. Also, running a beta operating system, especially one with such graphics and technologies as Vista, is never a good idea to be run in a virtual machine. I recommend (as well as most developers and testers out there) a seperate machine altogether, or at most a seperate logical partition on a drive.
-- Zack Whittaker Microsoft Beta (Windows Server R2 Beta Mentor) » ZackNET Enterprises: www.zacknet.co.uk » MSBlog on ResDev: http://msblog.resdev.net » ZackNET Forum: www.zacknet.co.uk/forum » VistaBase: www.zacknet.co.uk/vistabase » This mailing is provided "as is" with no warranties, and confers no rights. All opinions expressed are those of myself unless stated so, and not of my employer, best friend, mother or cat. Let's be clear on that one!
--- Original message follows --- "Y.M. Kim Lee" wrote in message Hi: Now I am running my Windows Vista Beta 1 (Build 5112) over VMWare.
In my first attempt, I had a problem when doing direct installation on my hardware (Dual Boot) and I could not finish the installation of Vista. (error: It cannot find HAL.DLL or something of the sort).
My hardware is and Dell Inspiron B120 (Notebook) with 512 Mb (DDR2) but the Virtual Machine configuration use 276 Mb and only 10Gb (Used 4 Gb of 10).
I think that the problem maybe: 1 - noncompatibility with restore system of my Dell (Symantec Pc Restore for Dell). The HDD have first hide partition (FAT), partition for OS and hide partition for the restore image (compatible with GHOST). 2 - noncompatibility with BIOS of Dell.
But when I test over VMWare I could install without problems. The only problems later of installation were the installation of a antivirus (with AVG 7.1.375 Server Edition, error on NTFS.SYS and blue screen) and noncompatibility with the audio Drivers (with VMWare Tools). I'm installa MSN Messenger 7.5.0324 without problem
You could test it?
I would like to listen to your experiences about Vista over VMWare, Virtual PC or other software of Virtual Machine of OS.
Excuse me for my poor English skill.
Thank you.
Y.M. Kim Lee IT Pro Uruguay Montevideo - Uruguay http://www.itpro.org.uy/ Consejo de Alumnos del ALSI http://www.mslatam.com/latam/technet/cso/Html-ES/consejo.asp