Comments on: revert your HAL! http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/11/14/revert-your-hall/ Building blocks for virtualization... Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:25:38 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Virtu-Al » Blog Archive » Correct HAL Installed ? http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/11/14/revert-your-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-2657 Virtu-Al » Blog Archive » Correct HAL Installed ? Sun, 01 Mar 2009 15:11:39 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=879#comment-2657 [...] an inspiring blog post from Duncan Epping located here it made me think about how I could find the CPU vs HAL information, a 5 minute mess around in the [...] [...] an inspiring blog post from Duncan Epping located here it made me think about how I could find the CPU vs HAL information, a 5 minute mess around in the [...]

]]> By: ace http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/11/14/revert-your-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-2628 ace Fri, 27 Feb 2009 17:09:43 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=879#comment-2628 I use a simple batch file that runs in WinPE to rename the old hal and kernels, and then copy the correct hals. I use a simple batch file that runs in WinPE to rename the old hal and kernels, and then copy the correct hals.

]]> By: Kurrin http://www.yellow-bricks.com/2008/11/14/revert-your-hall/comment-page-1/#comment-1709 Kurrin Mon, 17 Nov 2008 15:24:29 +0000 http://www.yellow-bricks.com/?p=879#comment-1709 It's important to notice that nor Microsoft nor VMware support downgrading the HAL from multi to uni processor. "Downgrading the HAL from multiprocessor to uniprocessor is not supported by the operating system vendor, Microsoft, and as such it is not supported by VMware." Extract from: http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003978 Even it is not supported, we can do it and it works well. J It’s important to notice that nor Microsoft nor VMware support downgrading the HAL from multi to uni processor.
“Downgrading the HAL from multiprocessor to uniprocessor is not supported by the operating system vendor, Microsoft, and as such it is not supported by VMware.”

Extract from:
http://kb.vmware.com/kb/1003978

Even it is not supported, we can do it and it works well.
J

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