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On 01/27/10 08:47, Marko Obrovac wrote: |
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> Hello Mark, |
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> 2010/1/26 Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> |
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>> 1) If I go the VMWare route is it vmware-workstation that I want? |
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> You might want to try vmware-player (if you want to go the |
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> vmware way). It is free, but it comes with restrictions. The major |
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> disadvantage is - you can't create your own images, you can only "play" |
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> them. |
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Not exactly. VMWare Player's [.vmx] configuration file is a simple |
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plain-text file and you can pretty much create your own disk image for |
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any OS from blank disk image (downloadable). One of my first Linux |
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machine was Ubuntu on VMWare Player from blank disk image (though I did |
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copy the base config file from a pre-made, customizing the .vmx file is |
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near-trivial). |
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I believe there are also some 3rd party software for creating VMWare |
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configuration file, though I never used them. |