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margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed1"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <h3>DOS and Windows 3.1x </h3> </div> <a name="wp957062"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <h4>Support</h4> </div> <a name="wp957063"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products: </div> <a name="wp957064"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware Workstation 4.0, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.5, 4.5, 4.5.1, 4.5.2, 5.0, 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.5.2<br />No support for Virtual SMP</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp957065"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware ACE 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2 </td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp957066"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware GSX Server 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.2.1</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp1046500"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="plistBullet"> <table><tr><td valign="top">&#8226;</td> <td width="8">&#160;</td> <td>VMware Server 1.0<br />No support for Virtual SMP</td> </tr></table> </div> <a name="wp957068"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 3pt; margin-left: 36pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 3pt; text-align: left; text-indent: -36pt" class="pnote"> <b>Note:</b> If you are installing a guest operating system through VMware VirtualCenter, be sure it is supported under the VMware product-ESX Server or GSX Server-on which you are running the virtual machine. </div> <a name="wp957069"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <h4>General Installation Notes</h4> </div> <a name="wp957073"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> Be sure to read <a href="guestos_general.htm">General Guidelines for All VMware Products</a> as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system. </div> <a name="wp957074"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine. </div> <a name="wp957075"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <b>DOS Installation Notes</b> </div> <a name="wp957076"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> You can install MS-DOS 6.22 inside a virtual machine using the Microsoft full-version MS-DOS installation disks. If you have the upgrade disks, you must install an earlier version of DOS before you upgrade. To start installing MS-DOS 6.22, put the first disk in the floppy drive used by your virtual machine, power on the virtual machine and follow the instructions on the screen. </div> <a name="wp1104083"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> After you install DOS, VMware recommends that you install a CPU idle program within the virtual machine. Most versions of DOS do not idle the CPU when they are idle. Therefore, when you are running DOS in a virtual machine, the virtual machine takes up CPU time on the host even when DOS is idle. VMware products rely on the guest operating system to use the Halt instruction or advanced power management to deschedule the virtual machine when it is idle. </div> <a name="wp1066833"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <b>Windows 3.1x Installation Notes</b> </div> <a name="wp957084"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> You can install Windows 3.1x using the standard installation disks. VMware Workstation, VMware ACE and GSX Server virtual machines support the networking features found in Windows 3.11 (or Windows for Workgroups). If you set up networking, choose the Advanced Micro Devices PCNET Family (NDIS2/NDIS3) Ethernet driver. </div> <a name="wp957088"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <b>Enabling Sound in a Windows 3.1x Guest</b> </div> <a name="wp957091"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> <b class="cBold">VMware GSX Server:</b> The sound device is disabled by default and must be enabled with the virtual machine settings editor (VM &gt; Settings) after the operating system has been installed. To set up the virtual machine to play sound, see Configuring Sound in the GSX Server documentation. </div> <a name="wp957094"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 14pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed2"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <h4>Known Issues</h4> </div> <a name="wp957096"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <b>Mouse Problems</b> </div> <a name="wp957097"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> We intermittently encounter erratic mouse behavior in virtual machines running Windows 3.1x in window mode. This problem does not appear in the full screen mode. </div> <a name="wp957099"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <b>No VMware Tools</b> </div> <a name="wp957100"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> No VMware Tools package exists for DOS or Windows 3.1x guest operating systems; therefore, Windows 3.1x is limited to VGA mode graphics and you must always use the Ctrl-Alt key combination to release the mouse from a DOS or Windows 3.1x virtual machine. </div> <a name="wp957102"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 12pt; text-align: left; text-indent: 0pt" class="phed3"> <title>DOS and Windows 3.1x </title> <b>Guest Screen Saver</b> </div> <a name="wp957103"> </a><div style="margin-bottom: 6pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-top: 6pt; text-align: left" class="pgenText"> On a Linux host with an XFree86 3.x X server, it is best not to run a screen saver in the guest operating system. 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