On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 11:36:12 +0800, Ow Mun Heng wrote: > > Have you installed vmware-tools into the guest OS? Once you do this, > > and run them, you can shrink disk files, provided you did not create > > them as flat files. > Er.. No I've not done that yet as Based on what I read, it's not > possible.
It is possible, I've done it. Follow the instructions in the VMware manual. > Linux Guest OS is something else and seems like it's only for SVGA > graphhics IIRC. It doesn't seem to be needed for graphics any more,. With older versions of VMware you only got 16 colour graphics until vmware-tools was installed. Now the main reason for installing it seems to be to be able to do what you want. -- Neil Bothwick ... Veni, Vidi, Visa - I came, I saw, I charged it.
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