I have allocated 4GB ram to my VM
"Cris Hanna [SBS - MVP]" wrote:
> how much memory have you allocated for the VM?
>
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> "serge calderara" <> wrote in message news:4081C9EC-927F-4880-8606-...
> Dear all,
> I have a DEL precision M6400 laptopg running W7 64 bits and having 8Gb of ram.
> I am trying to install SBS 2008 in order to evaluate it inside a virtual
> machine.
> As Virtual I am using latest VMWare workstation version as VPC is not
> capable to support 64 bit OS.
>
> Trouble I am facing is that first pahase of the installation goes ok but at
> the the installation says "Preparing Desktop", then I have a complete
> background color with nothing and stays here forever, I never reach the point
> where SBS install prompts me for network settings or laa other wizards. It
> only manage to copy and expand files and seems to be all.
>
> Does anyone manage to install SBS on a virtual VMware machine ?
>
> thnaks for help
> regards
> serge