This guest operating system is supported on the following VMware products:
Note: 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.
Be sure to read General Guidelines for All VMware Products as well as this guide to installing your specific guest operating system.
You can install a supported version of Windows 2000 in a virtual machine using the corresponding Windows 2000 distribution CD. If your VMware product supports it, you may also install from a PXE server.
ESX Server or VirtualCenter: If you are using the virtual LSI Logic SCSI adapter, you must download the driver from the download center at the LSI Logic Web site. Go to www.lsilogic.com/support/ and look for the LSI20320 SCSI adapter driver for your guest operating system. For details on installing this driver, see the VMware ESX Server Administration Guide.
Before installing the operating system, be sure that you have already created and configured a new virtual machine.
Be sure to install VMware Tools in your guest operating system. For details, see the manual for your VMware product or follow the appropriate link in the knowledge base article at www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=340.
After you install VMware Tools, you need to change your Windows 2000 screen area to be greater than 640x480 pixels; if you do not change it, Windows 2000 uses the standard VGA driver, and your performance will suffer.
VMware GSX Server: The sound device is disabled by default and must be enabled with the virtual machine control panel (VM > 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.
VMware Workstation: 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. Guest screen savers that demand a lot of processing power can cause the X server on the host to freeze.
A Windows 2000 guest with Service Pack 3 installed may fail to boot. A dialog box appears, saying "The Logon User Interface DLL msgina.dll failed to load."
VMware Workstation, VMware ACE or VMware GSX Server: For a workaround to this problem, see the VMware Knowledge Base: www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_adp.php?p_faqid=907.
VMware ESX Server: You can resolve this problem by installing Service Pack 4.
If you do not want to upgrade to Service Pack 4, you can work around the problem. Be sure the virtual machine is not running, then use a text editor to add the following line to the virtual machine's configuration file:
MAGICBOOT1 = 700
If a value of 700 (representing 700 microseconds) does not enable you to start the guest operating system, experiment with higher values. Increase the number to 800 for the second try, 900 for the third try and so on until the guest starts.
If you are booting multiple virtual machines or running other stressful workloads at the same time, you may need to assign a higher magicboot1 value. For faster boot times, you may experiment with values between 1 and 700 to find the smallest value that allows the virtual machine to boot.
VMware GSX Server: If the installation of the guest operating system hangs, search our Knowledge Base at www.vmware.com/support/kb/enduser/std_alp.php for a possible answer to your problem.