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03-26-2007, 09:07 AM	#1
00yahoo LQ Newbie Registered: Oct 2006 Posts: 12 Rep:	Loading existing windows partition with vmware not working ok, so I found this guide on the internet on how to load an existing windows partition inside Ubuntu with vmware. http://www.advicesource.org/ubuntu/R...re_player.html I have followed all the steps very carefully but when I start vmware on ubuntu it comes back with grub giving me error #21 The only difference between my machine and the person who wrote this article is that they are using ide hard drives while I am using SATA hard drives. also, I'm not sure if this could be causing the problem, but if I want to boot into Windows, I have to go into the bios and enable APIC in power management, if I want to boot any version of linux, I have to disable APIC. tell me if you have any suggestions

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