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VMWare v4.0.5: Install: Microsoft Windows 3.1: How to install on Dell 8500 Inspiron with pentium 4?
Dec 3rd, 2003 15:57
Knud van Eeden,
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--- Knud van Eeden --- 03 November 2003 - 04:41 pm -------------------
VMWare v4.0.5: Install: Microsoft Windows 3.1: How to install on Dell
8500 Inspiron with pentium 4?
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Steps: Overview:
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1. -Start VMWare
2. -Created a new VMWare machine (menu VMWare, 'File'->'New')
3. -Let the memory be 16 megabyte (default)
4. -Put in a boot CD
or
boot floppy (recommended to use one from Windows 95 or 98,
otherwise you might get errors). If it is not detected, remove it
from your VMWare hardware (via menu 'Edit virtual machine
settings', then button 'Remove', 'OK', then run again, and choose
'Add', 'OK'. You should see the A floppy drive, and after
restarting, you should immediately hear the noise of the spinning
floppy drive, else it is not working as expected. Possibly
restart VMWare)
5. -Start VMWare
6. -Run
fdisk.exe
(but after that do NOT choose large disc files in the first
option, so answer 'N', or else you can not use it for Microsoft
Windows v3.1, it will give a SU-0013 error later during setup)
7. -Reboot VMWare Microsoft Windows v3.1
8. -Then after restarting do
format c:
to format the VMWare c:\ drive
9. Put in the first of 6 Microsoft Windows v3.1 installation floppy
disks, and type
setup.exe
10. Accept the defaults
(e.g. by continuing to press <ENTER>
11. Copy a file
himem.sys
to c:\
12. create a file
config.sys
with at least
device=c:\himem.sys
13. restart VMWare Microsoft Windows v3.1
14. After installation put in a boot disk,
with the correct MSDOS. E.g MSDOS v5.0 works OK, I created a system
boot disk in VMWare Microsoft Windows 95, by typing
format a: /s
otherwise use preferably the MSDOS which came with your Microsoft
Windows v3.1 floppy disks
15. Possibly install this MSDOS, but you can skip this step
16. copy this file
config.sys
to your a: floppy disk
17. Restart
18. Type on the command prompt
c:\windows\win
to start Microsoft Windows v3.1
or to automate starting Windows v3.1 at boot,
create a file and store it
on your boot floppy disk:
autoexec.bat
which contains this command:
c:\windows\win
19. When I finally started Microsoft Windows v3.1
it gave the error:
'Application error'
CPQINST caused Segment Load Failure in
module CPQINST.EE at 0001:0270
After I removed this program from 'Start up'
it went OK.
This was caused by the particular version
of Microsoft Windows 3.1 which I had used.
20. Press <ALT F4> to exit
Microsoft Windows v3.1
when finished
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Time needed: 90 minutes
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Internet: see also:
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VMWare: v4.0: Operating system: Install: All: Overview
[Windows/Linux/Unix/FreeBSD/Solaris/Novell]
http://www.faqts.com/knowledge_base/view.phtml/aid/22119/fid/1149
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Installing Guest Operating Systems
http://www.vmware.com/support/guestnotes/doc/index.html
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