[03:50] <univremonster> hello
[03:50] <Theimon> ah
[03:50] <Theimon> better
[03:50] <univremonster> ok so what is the difference you were speaking of
[03:50] <Theimon> hard to explain things with 1000+ people in a channel
[03:50] <Theimon> yes
[03:50] <Theimon> you have vmware player
[03:50] <univremonster> I do
[03:50] <Theimon> with the XP VM
[03:50] <Theimon> from some how-to i believe
[03:50] <univremonster> yes, 320 Mb I think
[03:51] <Theimon> the thing is
[03:51] <univremonster> well, actually from help on this channel
[03:51] <Theimon> hmm well, there's a how-to on ubuntuforums
[03:51] <Theimon> doesnt matter
[03:51] <Theimon> anyway the thing is
[03:51] <Theimon> you can use the player only to run existing VMs
[03:52] <Theimon> rendering your XP DVD useless
[03:52] <univremonster> ok, so I got a VM from the website
[03:52] <Theimon> when you use vmware workstation you can create your own VMs
[03:52] <Theimon> and thats when your XP DVD kicks in
[03:53] <univremonster> Theimon; so I have to do another install?
[03:53] <univremonster> can't I just go here?  http://www.easyvmx.com/cgi-bin/create-supersimple.cgi?filetime=2007-08-14-17%3A44%3A14&hwaddr0=00%3A0c%3A29%3A6b%3A6d%3Afe&vmname=Windows+XP+virtual+machine&guestOS=winXPPro&memory=2048&ide0_0file=4800Mb&ide1_1file=.iso
[03:53] <Theimon> well, when you install vmware workstation, it'll install the player too
[03:54] <Theimon> never saw that before
[03:54] <Theimon> i got workstation going with a bunch of XP disks
[03:54] <Theimon> etc.
[03:54] <Theimon> but i think you can use that
[03:54] <univremonster> alright so I have a virtual machine from there
[03:54] <univremonster> but it keeps saying "can't find operating system" or something of the like
[03:55] <univremonster> I can run it to get the exact error
[03:55] <Theimon> plz
[03:55] <univremonster> ok so on starting up I get "Failed to open sound device /dev/dsp: Device or resource busy
[03:55] <univremonster> Virtual device sound will start
[03:55] <univremonster> disconnected"
[03:55] <univremonster> Cannot connect virtual device parallel0. No corresponding device is available on the host.
[03:55] <univremonster> Would you like an attempt to be made to connect this virtual device every time you power on the virtual machine?
[03:56] <univremonster> Cannot connect virtual device serial0. No corresponding device is available on the host.
[03:56] <univremonster> Would you like an attempt to be made to connect this virtual device every time you power on the virtual machine?
[03:56] <univremonster> I hit "yes" for those
[03:56] <Theimon> parralel and serial means it will try to connect to those specific ports
[03:56] <univremonster> then it tells me "No bootable CD, floppy or hard disk was detected.
[03:56] <univremonster> To install an operating system, insert a bootable CD or floppy and restart the virtual machine by clicking the Reset button."
[03:56] <Theimon> ah
[03:56] <univremonster> which is why I was trying to do this off the XP DVD
[03:56] <Theimon> when you boot up the VM
[03:57] <Theimon> you get the "POST" screen
[03:57] <Theimon> oh wait
[03:57] <Theimon> harddisk too
[03:57] <Theimon> hmm
[03:57] <Theimon> lemme think
[03:58] <Theimon> you selected the right .vmx?
[03:58] <univremonster> yea, I only have the one
[03:59] <Theimon> cbecause just now i started vmware player, selected a .vmx and it boots up perfectly
[03:59] <Theimon> i think the .vmx you have is somehow disfunctional
[03:59] <univremonster> which distro are you using?
[03:59] <univremonster> of Ubuntu
[03:59] <Theimon> feisty 32bit
[04:00] <univremonster> I have fiesty 64... do you think I should force-architecture to 32?
[04:00] <Theimon> i dont think 64bits is well supported
[04:00] <Theimon> so I should give it a try
[04:01] <univremonster> I've done this once...with Java... 6 months ago... it will take me a while.  I'll let you know if it works
[04:01] <Theimon> its the main reason why i still run 32bit....even though i have an AMD64 X2
[04:01] <Theimon> k
[04:01] <Theimon> good luck
[04:02] <Theimon> i'll leave this channel open too
[04:02] <Theimon> easier
[04:21] <univremonster> TheimonAfk; I'm re-downloading... it's 65 Mb so this will really take quite some time
[04:22] <TheimonAfk> got dialup?
[04:22] <univremonster> nah, but the high-speed here isn't the greatest
[04:23] <univremonster> do you know how to force architecture on a tar?  I've only done it on a deb
[04:23] <TheimonAfk> nope sorry, i dont know that
[05:03] <univremonster> TheimonAfk; ok so I have a 64-bit XP VM.  Now it runs, but I get the error "The vlance NIC is not supported for 64-bit guests in this release. Please consult the documentation for the appropriate type of NIC to use with 64-bit guests.
[05:03] <univremonster> Failed to configure ethernet0."
[05:04] <univremonster> and my screen is just black...
[05:04] <TheimonAfk> so thats the virtual XP complaining..
[05:04] <univremonster> right
[05:04] <univremonster> but shouldn't my screen look like XP?
[05:05] <univremonster> not that I'm sure what a vlance is or and NIC
[05:05] <TheimonAfk> well, maybe it warns beforehand, which is ok...in a way
[05:05] <TheimonAfk> maybe you can check their forums, could be someone else had this problem too
[05:05] <univremonster> ok so using Google, looks like vlance is just an ethernet thing.  I'm cool with ethernet not working
[05:06] <TheimonAfk> so you want XP without internet?
[05:06] <TheimonAfk> what are you going to do with it then?
[05:06] <univremonster> AutoCAD
[05:06] <TheimonAfk> ah
[05:07] <TheimonAfk> well, I dont know for sure but you can probably disable ethernet somewhere in options
[05:08] <univremonster> I can click "ok" on the error message
[05:08] <univremonster> however, my screen is just black after that
[05:09] <TheimonAfk> hmm, than I would consult their forums, i have never experienced that error
[05:10] <univremonster> TheimonAfk; I seem to be charting all sorts of unexplored errors today... I think I'm going to do a restart and see if that helps, I've changed a lot of stuff today.  Thanks for your help!
[05:10] <TheimonAfk> sure man, no problem
[05:10] <TheimonAfk> good luck and have fun :)