Windows 2000 on VPC7

[eyoungren]

How much Virtual PC RAM were you able to allocate for your W2K build?

[UPDATE: Never mind, it’s buried in the about info on W2K.]

Yeah, counterintuiative to the counterintuiative I'm using 512mb.

 

[B S Magnet]

Yeah, counterintuiative to the counterintuiative I'm using 512mb.

I mention this because it’s evidently not possible to exceed 512MB in VPC.

 

[Amethyst1]

But I also see that that W2K build is AT/AT-compatible.

That bit refers to the machine W2K is running on, not to the OS itself - pretty much all x86 machines are "AT/AT-compatible" apart from NEC PC-98s and the SGI Visual Workstation. W2K was the last version to run on these two.

 

[bobesch]

Hi bobesch,

To get the virtual switch functioning I had to copy the binaries from the 7.0.2 version to
/Library/Extensions/VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext/Content/Macos ( both files ) and
then load the kext by hand:
sudo kextutil /Library/Extensions/VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext
After this it works if you select in VPC preferences the virtual swith to use the built-in instead of
default ( this users the wired interface ).
Best regards,
voidRunner

Once again I tried to get my 15"PB-G4/VPC7/WinXP-SP2-Fundamentals to connect through Shrew Soft VPN client 2.2.2 with my Win2008Server.
Copied the whole settings of Shrew Soft VPN client from a fully working Win7-VM/Fusion/intel-MBP to that WinXP-Fundamentals-VM on the PowerBook.
Connection can be established, but I can't Ping the WinServer-adress.
Maybe, it's due to the fact, that I couldn't get the VirtualSwitch to work. Even downgraded VPC7.03 to VPC7.02.
But could not run the "sudo kextutil /Library/Extensions/VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext", because response was, that "kextutil" couln't be found ...
Is there anything else I can try?

 

[Amethyst1]

But could not run the "sudo kextutil /Library/Extensions/VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext", because response was, that "kextutil" couln't be found ...
Is there anything else I can try?

Try kextload instead of kextutil, so that the command is

sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext

after you've copied in the binaries as pointed out by @vddrnnr.

 

[vddrnnr]

Hi bobesch,

Amethyst1 is right I forgot in Leopard kextutil does not exist. Sorry for that.

Best regards,
voidRunner

 

[bobesch]

Try kextload instead of kextutil, so that the command is

sudo kextload /Library/Extensions/VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext

after you've copied in the binaries as pointed out by @vddrnnr.

Great, running kextload command in terminal did work, but when booting virtual WinFundamentals I still got the error-message, that the "emulated Ethernet-Controller could not be initialized" and "Ethernet-funktion is not available"
I'm running VPC7.02 just now. Would it make a difference to install VPC7.03 and then change back the files within /Library/Extensions/VirtualPCNetworking1040.kext/Content/Macos to those ones from the VPC7.02 version?
Or is there any other trick?
Many thanks for your help!

 

[weckart]

Pretty sure I read back in the day that VPC5 was the fastest release and VPC7 the slowest. Depending upon what support and features you need it might be worth dialling back a version or two.