> Hello,
>
> I have a computer with 2 virtual machines created using VS 2005. The first
> VM runs great -- OS installed from the CD perfectly and everything runs like
> I need. The second VM: when I put in a OS startup CD and turn the VM on, the
> VM accesses the CDROM for a few moments, then the screen goes black for a few
> minutes and then displays a General Protection Fault. Is this a memory issue?
> My physical machine has 512MB of RAM -- the first VM has 256 allocated as
> does the 2nd VM, but I'm not running them concurrently.
>
> Anyone else have this problem?

> The OP has already said that he is not running the vm's concurrently. His
> needs may be as little as 512mb.

> Jenny,
>
> If your host computer has 512 MB of memory and you already have one VM
> that
> has 256MB of memory assigned to it and the host needs say at least a
> minimum
> of 256MB of memory, then you don't have enough physical memory in your
> host
> to start up another VM. You need as much physical memory in your host for
> the
> memory you assign to each VM plus say 384MB of memory for the host
> computer
> to operate plus a small amount of overhead memory -- say 32MB --
> additional
> for each VM you create.
>
> In your case, you would need to have 384MB+256MB+256MB+32MB+32MB of memory
> or , let's see...carry the two...960MB of physical memory in your host to
> do
> what you want to do.
>
> Datto
>
> "Jenny Berger" wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I have a computer with 2 virtual machines created using VS 2005. The
>> first
>> VM runs great -- OS installed from the CD perfectly and everything runs
>> like
>> I need. The second VM: when I put in a OS startup CD and turn the VM on,
>> the
>> VM accesses the CDROM for a few moments, then the screen goes black for a
>> few
>> minutes and then displays a General Protection Fault. Is this a memory
>> issue?
>> My physical machine has 512MB of RAM -- the first VM has 256 allocated as
>> does the 2nd VM, but I'm not running them concurrently.
>>
>> Anyone else have this problem?

> Right -- missed that the VMs weren't running concurrently. Jenny, in that
> case try reducing the 2nd VMs memory to 192MB or 128MB from 256MB and see if
> the 2nd VMs OS loads/installs properly. What's the OS anyhow?
>
> Datto
>
> "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
>
> > The OP has already said that he is not running the vm's concurrently. His
> > needs may be as little as 512mb.
>

> The OS was going to be Win2003 Server -- I'll go ahead and try reducing the
> memory a bit in the 2nd VM and see how that goes.
>
> Thanks for the help, guys!
>
> "Datto" wrote:
>
> > Right -- missed that the VMs weren't running concurrently. Jenny, in that
> > case try reducing the 2nd VMs memory to 192MB or 128MB from 256MB and see if
> > the 2nd VMs OS loads/installs properly. What's the OS anyhow?
> >
> > Datto
> >
> > "Colin Barnhorst" wrote:
> >
> > > The OP has already said that he is not running the vm's concurrently. His
> > > needs may be as little as 512mb.
> >