I hope someone might be able to help me with installing debian as guest by way of vmware.
I have some small experience with both Debian and VMware and have successfully installed it that way several times. Its been a good while... maybe over a yr. And I'm using a newer version of VMware... 7.1 on windows 7 I downloaded the iso DVD (4.4 GB what a hefty download) Told the vmware dialog to use the iso file as CDrom. When I start the vm it zips right thru to a blank screen and no install media ever fires up. That is, it offers a chance to access the bios and then its just a black screen... nothing more happens. I set the bios to boot from Cdrom, and also tried `removable devices' which is apparently VMware default. Neither worked. I'm also installing opensolaris into a vmware, and in that case the iso was recognized straight off and the install went right through. The Debian isos are meant to be bootable in this way right? Also, I wasn't really sure if I'm getting the right one. The hardware is (intel) i7 Q820 multiple cores with windows 7 64 bit. I downloaded the `ia64' iso.... is that the right one.. or would it still be i386 Oh, and I went back and got the netinst ISO and tired it too. Again ia64 and again the behavior did not change. Can anyone coach me a bit on this? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87bp69t64q....@newsguy.com
