1. Boot system
You can imagine a virtual machine as a brand-new bare machine, which can be turned on and off, and of course you can enter the BIOS setup program. As shown in figure 06060103e 5, press and hold the "F2" key when starting to enter the BIOS setup program, select ATAPI CD-ROM drive or removable device boot in the "Boot" menu, and save and exit after setting. I want to explain here that no matter what BIOS the original host uses, the virtual machine uses Phoenix BIOS, because this is the BIOS that comes with VMware.
However, you may find that when you press the "F2" key, the system does not respond at all. What happened? It turns out that although we clicked the "power on" button to power on the virtual machine, because the system control is still on the host, of course, the keyboard and mouse operation will not get the response of the virtual machine system. So you must press "Ctrl+Alt" or click on the lower right area of VMware interface with the mouse at will, so that you can hand over the system control to the virtual machine and use the keyboard and mouse. Press "Ctrl+Alt+Esc" to release control to the host.
2. Partition and format the virtual machine hard disk.
If you have experience in installing an operating system, the next operation is relatively simple. Just like normal operation, first start the virtual machine with a Windows 98/Me boot floppy disk, and then execute the FDISK and FORMAT commands respectively to complete the partition and format operation, but you don't have to worry that these two commands will really partition or format the original host hard disk, because it just divides a part of space from the physical hard disk to create a virtual machine for you to simulate the operation. Enjoy it.
3. Install the operating system
After the partition and formatting operations are completed, Windows 98 can be installed in the conventional way, so I won't say much here.
4. Install the graphics card driver
After installing the operating system, please remember to install the driver of the graphics card, otherwise the screen resolution higher than 640×480 cannot be used.
However, there are some skills to install the driver of the graphics card on the virtual machine, because VMware puts the driver of the graphics card on the virtual floppy disk, so it is necessary to activate the virtual floppy disk before installation. Simply select the VMware Tools installation command from the settings, then right-click on the desktop and select the Properties command to enter the display properties window and install the graphics card driver. Note that "Install from floppy disk" must be selected here, but you don't really need to insert a floppy disk, because it is just a virtual floppy disk.
Note: Only this virtual graphics card driver needs to be installed (and only needs to be installed) in the virtual machine. Other drivers can't be installed and don't need to be installed.
If you want to access the host computer or other computers in the local area network through online neighbors, you must also enter the "Control Panel/Network" window, double-click the "TCP/IP AMD PCNET family Ethernet adapter" item, and enter the TCP/IP properties window to set it, which is no different from the settings in the ordinary local area network, so I won't say much here.
After the setup is completed, restart the system. If all goes well, we can access the resources on the host in my online neighborhood. Of course, you can also access the LAN system connected to it, and it is not difficult to enjoy the Internet connection.
Matters needing attention
After starting the operating system on the virtual machine, we can do everything as usual. As shown in figure 06060103f 6, it is convenient to run two operating systems on a computer at the same time, especially when editing documents, which is equivalent to dual-head display. Isn't this feeling cool enough? The use of VMware should be said to be relatively simple, and there is no need to worry about what harm it will bring when operating. Here, the author only emphasizes some precautions:
1. How to switch control?
Actually, this question has been mentioned before. After starting the virtual machine, you may find that the mouse and keyboard can't be used in an operating system. In fact, this is because the system control right has not been switched correctly. At this time, you can switch by pressing "Ctrl+Alt" or clicking on the lower right area of VMware interface with the mouse.
2. What is the correct shutdown?
Please note that when shutting down the virtual machine, you must click the "Shut Down" command in the "Start" menu to shut down normally. If you directly click the "Shut Down" button on the toolbar to shut down, it is actually equivalent to directly pressing the power switch to shut down illegally, and the disk will be automatically scanned when the virtual machine is started next time.
3. How to end the virtual machine task
Please note that if you use "Ctrl+Alt+Del" to end the task in the virtual machine, you will find that the host will have the same reaction, which is not what we want! Actually, you should use the key combination of "Ctrl+Alt+Ins" to end the task, or execute the command of "Send Ctrl-Alt-Del" in the Power menu.
4. How to avoid garbled code or incomplete display?
Sometimes, in the process of running the virtual machine, we will find that there are a lot of garbled codes or incomplete displays. At this time, you can click the "Full Screen" button on the VMware toolbar to run in full screen, and there should be no problem.
5. How to add other devices
By default, the guest operating system of VMware virtual machine only installs standard devices such as hard disk, floppy disk and CD by default. If you want to use sound cards, serial ports, parallel ports, SCSI and other devices, you can only add them manually.
When the virtual machine is not powered on, run the "Configuration Editor" command under the "Settings" menu to open the configuration window as shown in the figure, and you can see all the hardware devices installed in the virtual machine. Click the "Add" button to add other devices in the new window.
Although it is a bit troublesome to add equipment, it is much easier to remove it. After starting the guest operating system, you can select the device to be deleted from the Device menu, then select the Disconnect command, and select Connect when the connection needs to be restored again.
6. Customize switching hotkeys
By default, VMware uses the "Ctrl-Alt" key combination to switch operating systems. If you feel that you can't remember, you can click the "Shut Down" button to shut down and open the Preferences/Hotkeys window under the "Settings" menu to make adjustments (06060103h 8). You can choose "Ctrl+Shift+Alt" to switch, or set other hotkeys in "Customize". Under Memory and Workspace, you can also set the memory usage capacity of the virtual machine and the default path of virtual machine files.
In addition, although VMware can run multiple operating systems at the same time, it is best not to exceed three operating systems, because memory is limited after all. In addition, VMware has some restrictions on tasks running at the same time. If you enjoy the same song in two operating systems at the same time, I'm afraid sonic booms are inevitable.