OverWorked Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 Do VMWare publish drivers for the virtula hardware for XP? I've just upgraded my VMWare Server from 2.0 to 2.0.2. Now when I try to install XP from RIS with the current images, I get the "image you have selected does not contain the necessary driver for your network adapter" message. It looks like VMWare have changed the virtual hardware NIC. I can't find drivers on VMWare's site. Thanks.
OverWorked Posted February 25, 2010 Author Posted February 25, 2010 Fixed it. The answer was simple. On creating the new VM in VMWare Server, I was selecting Vista as the operating system to go on it. It was putting different hardware than it would for XP. I was then trying to install XP on it. I was doing this because my intention was to upgrade to Vista then to 7. I don't have a bootable cliean install 7 DVD. The answer is to just select XP as the original operating system. Funny how your brain turns to mush under pressure.
john Posted February 25, 2010 Posted February 25, 2010 Do you want one (Windows 7 bootable media etc)? If so you know where I am just ping me via Email and I'll sort you out. John 1
OverWorked Posted February 26, 2010 Author Posted February 26, 2010 John, you are a star! I'm in the process of setting up a win 7 machine the hard way. Install XP by RIS, upgrade to Vista, upgrade to 7. I expect to end up with a messy OS that doesn't work quite right - the way they do after 2 upgrades.
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