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Re: Amithlon and Vmware under Windoze
« on: August 08, 2003, 10:56:35 AM »
AFAIK all attempts to run Amithlon on vmware have failed, because while vmware uses your real CPU, it emulates much of the rest of the hardware. In this case, the problem seems to be the emulated graphics driver, which is not VESA 2.0 compatible.

(It may be that the latest version of vmware may have fixed this, but I haven't seen any reports of it being used successfully)
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Re: Amithlon and Vmware under Windoze
« Reply #1 on: August 08, 2003, 03:39:02 PM »
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Not true, AROS x86 native requires VESA 2.0 minimum for 24bit gfx and runs fine in VMware. Many of use use VMware to develop for AROS.


Fair enough, I was merely repeating second-hand information.

However, it remains a fact that there is no confirmed instance of anyone running Amithlon successfully under vmware.  The problem does in fact seem to be some incompatibility between the graphics driver in the kernel and vmware, but I cannot elaborate further on the details. I'm sure a thread on the subject in the Amithlon mailing lists will bring more light on the matter.
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