I'm a longtime user of VMWare for Linux so I'll try to answer the multitude
of questions in this post
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rial Juan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> AFAIK, vm-ware uses the loopback-device principle for its FS.
> That means it
> mounts a file as its filesystem (similar to mounting an
> ISO-image in linux).
> Therefore I fear it's impossible to copy the file directly
> onto the win 3.1
> filesys.
Although vm-ware never explicitly states that this is how they do it, it is
a reasonable assumption. In fact, they offer a utility for mounting vm-ware
virtual disks in Linux for direct manipulation by the host operating system.
The URL is http://www.vmware.com/support/reference/linux/loopback_linux.html
It describes in detail how to set it up and covers common problems.
>
> What you can try is check out if you can get any network
> access in win31,
> preferably FTP, and if that works, log into your linux-box
> and "download" the
> file. So basically: get that internet working under VM-ware.
Win3.1 is going to be more problematic than win9x or NT because you usually
have to use DOS drivers to enable networking and that is a royal pain in the
arse (been there, done that).
If vm-ware is configured with bridged networking, it handles all of the
issues related to having 2 IP addresses (1 for Linux and 1 for guest OS)
with only one network card. The kicker being: You need multiple static
addresses available for that to work (works for me since I could request
additional IP's from my corporate networking group). If you are doing this
at home via dialup or single static ip (cable modem/DSL/etc) that you must
tell vm-ware to set up a private network (host only networking in their
options dialog) for your guest OS. Then the Linux side has to be set up
with something along the lines of IP-Masquerading or web proxies.
>
> ps: isn't there another way? Can't you access the linux FS as
> a network drive in
> vm-ware? I don't use it, so I don't know... Perhaps putting
> it on a floppy, and
> reading the floppy in vm-ware? Just a few suggestions, I
> might not be making
> much sense here. ;-)
My comment above points out that vm-ware offers several networking solutions
for it's guest OS's. Worst case scenario: you could mount the floppy on
Linux, copy files to it, umount the drive, and reconnect the drive to the
guest OS in the vm-ware options, all on the fly. It's tedious, but it does
work.
>
> On Mar 15 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> > Dear friends:
> >
> > This is a footnote to my long letter concerning Linux,
> VMware and Win3.1
> > (which is in fact one of the guest OS's supported by VMware
> for Linux).
> >
Why are you using Win3.1 in the first place. Fire up a copy on Win95 or 98
in the VM and networking is 10 times easier.
Matthew Zaleski
