
Choosing and Installing Guest Operating Systems
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Windows 95
Support
This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:
• VMware Workstation 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.5, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2
• VMware GSX Server 3.0, 3.1
• VMware VirtualCenter 1.1
General Installation Notes
Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products on page 13 as well as this
guide to installing your specific guest operating system.
You can install Windows 95 in a virtual machine using a standard Windows 95 boot
floppy and CD-ROM. If your VMware product supports it, you may also install from a
PXE server.
Note: Some Windows 95 distributions provide instructions that do not include the
steps to FDISK and FORMAT a C: drive. You must FDISK and FORMAT the virtual
hard disk drives before running Windows 95 setup.
The instructions below are for the simplest case of one virtual IDE hard drive and one
virtual IDE CD-ROM drive. If you have configured the virtual machine with more than
one IDE hard drive, you should also FDISK and FORMAT these drives before
installing Windows 95. If you have configured the virtual machine with more than one
virtual hard drive or more than one virtual CD-ROM, you may need to use device
letters that are different from those in the instructions below.
Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created and
configured a new virtual machine.
Installation Steps
1. Insert the Windows 95 CD-ROM Setup Boot Disk in floppy drive A: used by your
virtual machine and insert the Windows 95 CD in the CD-ROM drive.
2. Power on the virtual machine to start installing Windows 95.
3. After the virtual machine boots, if you are presented with a choice of CD-ROM
drivers, select the first IDE driver option available (even if your computer has a
SCSI CD-ROM drive).
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