Thread: [How to] BMW DIS/GT1 PC installation guide with VMware

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[How to] BMW DIS/GT1 PC installation guide with VMware

Hi the new section is good. As promised I'll share my knowledge about DIS installation.

I'll upload the custom disk needed.

now give me a thanks (and please click on the ads-banner when you can, as I'll take credits to keep the page loaded. )

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08-05-2007, 09:26 AM #2

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08-05-2007, 10:45 PM #4

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08-05-2007, 11:18 PM #5

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08-06-2007, 05:54 AM #6

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08-07-2007, 08:43 AM #8

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Agree, now for some cables and to find a copy of the DIS/GT1 software (Hinting a torrent link here, pm if you got one). Awesome DIY btw, thanks.

Gotta love the E36 325i, I know I do.

08-08-2007, 12:45 AM #9

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i dont know if its even possible to get the GT1 software to work with anything but the diag head or OPS

the head communicates over LAN and is actually a windowsCE based computer
i know someone that made a cloned OPS head but he never got the voltage recognition working and dropped the project
i should give him a call and see where the leftovers are

would there be any interest for such a unit?
probably somewhere in the low 4 figure range for working ones??

08-08-2007, 01:07 PM #10

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I know someone who may be able to supply them for a nice cost, so 4k is kinda expensive :\ Also, it's much better to salvage a old laptop and install it on..Vmware support is very cracky. plus you'd have to setup alot of different things that makes no sense :P

08-10-2007, 06:55 AM #11

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problem with old laptops is the ram. i just bought an old laptop with a com port but the ram is only upgradeable to 128meg. iirc dis needs 256meg. so you need a laptop w/com and upgradeable to 256meg.

08-11-2007, 01:14 AM #12

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dell latitude c600 and hp omnibook both are excellent for GT1 and have very similar hardware to the original machine

08-11-2007, 01:34 AM #13

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DIS runs fine w/ ram at 128 mb, I installed this on many machines successfully, and also 256mb ram when Gt1 came out was like 2gb today, it's uncommon :P Gt1/sss can be retooled to work with a k-line adapter, of course some functionality i assume is lost. Hp omnibook and Thinkpads are the choices I use for a Gt1 installation, it has flawless installation and drivers are out of the box, and dealing with sco. especially with server 5.5, drivers are a non-existant thing :P

08-11-2007, 08:42 AM #14

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It runs fine on VMWare. I have had zero problems. I have been using it under VMWare for four months.

I would not mess with an old PC or laptop. It is a royal pain to get installed if you have the wrong size disk (or modified the scripts.)

08-11-2007, 11:58 AM #15

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08-11-2007, 12:35 PM #16

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Very interesting. Would be a huge help to smaller independents that can't get
there hands on a GT1, Dis, or Modic (are any of these even still in use). Now that dealers will be going to 3G starting this fall with complete integration within
2 years it may be worth holding out and actually pic up a gt1 though. I see them talking about V39. That software is pretty old,, we're up to cd 50 now and V51 will be out shortly.

I'm confused about how you comunicate with the vehicle though with no DK or OPPS heads. I don't forsee how this would work with all of our D-can vehicles now either.

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has anyone tried this install on MS VirtualPC?


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09-05-2007, 01:12 PM #18

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Dis V44

Is there any body who has experience on installing newer versions of DIS, say V44?

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09-08-2007, 09:11 AM #20

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QuoteOriginally Posted by bimmer_boyis View Post

I'm confused about how you comunicate with the vehicle though with no DK or OPPS heads. I don't forsee how this would work with all of our D-can vehicles now either.

I have not tested CAN yet. Someone brings me a car, I have an interface to try, I think it will work. Who's in Virginia?

10-01-2007, 01:30 PM #21

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V44

We need to reinstall V44. Does anyone can help? The last time we paid some big $$$ to do so, including further head connecting. Thanks to "nuvola rossa" we all know how to do so with V39. Anyone can help w ith V49?

10-22-2007, 09:16 PM #22

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man im too dumb to understand any of these instaructions . is a there a Marine version ? like 1+1=2 i want to do this but i cant seem to understand any of the instructions .

10-23-2007, 11:11 PM #23

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QuoteOriginally Posted by scarface007 View Post

man im too dumb to understand any of these instaructions . is a there a Marine version ? like 1+1=2 i want to do this but i cant seem to understand any of the instructions .

What would perhaps be easier is for someone to post their VMware hdd image it already installed. I finished the install of mine last night which was fairly straight foward but of course without the head/s it was just an exercise to see if I could do it.


I would do it but I only have 1500kb down and 256k up. hardly useful .

Anyone out there that can help those that are having problems with the instructions?