Comments on: Disappointed in VMWare Player

By: x86 Virtualization

x86 Virtualization — Sun, 25 Feb 2007 21:59:58 +0000

VMware Player, Part 3, Custom Built Images...

This is the long awaited 3rd post in the 4 part series about VMware Player. The power of VMware player is the ability to build your own operating system images. With a few minutes time, you can install most any x86 operating system, boot it up and be o...

By: Magnus

Magnus — Thu, 18 May 2006 10:05:36 +0000

Another option is to use the LBox. I haven't tried it out, but it looks like it'd do the trick. (I heard of this on Linux Reality, one of the podcasts I've started listening to.)

By: therning.org/ magnus » VMWare server to the rescue

therning.org/ magnus » VMWare server to the rescue — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 19:07:39 +0000

[...] I complained earlier about VMWare Player not allowing me to replace my Windows boxen at work. It seems VMWare took my complaints seriously (yeah right), by releasing VMWare Server they’ve made my dream possible. [...]

By: JiggaDigga

JiggaDigga — Sat, 08 Apr 2006 03:26:04 +0000

Great reading, keep up the great posts.
Peace, JiggaDigga

By: Magnus

Magnus — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 09:34:08 +0000

I’m having problems doing that though

The first problem was that VMWare refuses to open a VirtualPC image unless you’re running as Administrator. It’s not enough to be in the Administrator group, you have to be administrator.

Second I don’t succeed in moving the VMWare image afterwards. It can’t find the HD after I’ve moved everything around. Interestingly its dialogue mentions the exact path to the HD, but still it fails to find it.

By: foo

foo — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 18:13:34 +0000

Actually... that is the trick. Unfortunately for me this is a chicken-and-egg problem. I don't have any Windows PC here, but I do have an XP VirtualPC image. But only if I convert it using_windows I can run it...