I installed Potato under VMWare 1.x a while back and I recall having to use the 'safe' boot disk.
On Sat, Mar 03, 2001 at 12:47:51PM -0600, ktb wrote: > I'm trying to set up vmware in order to test debian boot floppys. > VMware installed fine on slink, 2.4.1 kernel. > The problem I'm having is when I try to install potato as a test with > boot.bin I get the message, "Operating system not found" > The virtual bios is set to boot off the floppy. The seek light on the > A drive comes on when I boot in the vmware environment. > > Anyone know how I can get vmware to boot off the floppy? > Thanks, > kent -- "Microsoft's biggest and most dangerous contribution to the software industry may be the degree to which it has lowered user expectations." -- Esther Schindler, OS/2 Magazine