Parallels WorkStation 2.2, 25-49u, ESD, Edu, IT WWL2XL-A03-IT Manual Do Utilizador

In Windows Primary OS 

If when starting a virtual machine in Windows primary OS you receive the warning 
"Parallels Workstation has detected that your primary operating 
system is running in PAE mode...

", this means that your host computer 

configuration does not conform to Parallels Workstation requirements. Current version of the 
Parallels Workstation supports up to 4 GB PAE. To bypass this problem: 

ƒ  Follow Parallels Workstation prompts to create new configuration with 4 GB PAE. 
ƒ  Boot into this configuration. When launching Windows primary OS select the configuration 

that has in parentheses "for Parallels Workstation" on the Please select the 
operating system to start screen. 

In the future boot into the Windows configuration without PAE to work with Parallels 
Workstation. 

In Linux Primary OS 

If when starting a virtual machine in Linux primary OS you receive the warning "Parallels 
Workstation can not be started due to VM memory mapping fail...

" 

or when running a guest OS you receive the warning "Parallels Workstation 
experience problem when trying to allocate physical memory in 

PAE mode...

", it could mean that the currently running kernel supports PAE greater than 4 

GB physical memory while the current version of Parallels Workstation supports up to 4 GB 
PAE only. To fix the problem you have to change the auto detected PAE value to 4096MB. Do 
the following: 

ƒ  Add to your boot loader the kernel option "mem=4096M" (refer to your boot loader 

documentation for details).