I create a VM and install XP Pro in it. Of course, the stock drivers don’t recognize the NIC (jag: why is it that if there’s only one driver that doesn’t work on a new machine, its always the NIC? At least if the NIC worked I could easily go out and download the right ones…). So I download the right drivers on the physical machine, burn them to a disc, and when Roxio spits out the CD I just shove it back in and switch to the VM. Of course those drivers don’t work because I spaced it and DLed the Vista drivers and not the XP drivers. Take two. Except those didn’t work either. I thought I typed the correct model number in?! Take three.
About this time I start wondering if I can transfer files between the two machines without using a network connection or disc (no, the VM won’t recognize USB drives yet either). Normally I’d just UNC into the VM, except of course, theNIC isn’t recognized yet. I’m using VMWare Server 1.0.4.
Does anyone have any experience with this?