I put these thoughts (a little expanded) on the wiki http://clug.net.nz/index.php/VMWare
If anyone has expansions/corrections/new ideas, please add them! -jim On Wed, Jul 05, 2006 at 06:48:46PM +1200, Jim Cheetham wrote: > On Jul 5, 2006, at 5:25 PM, Don Gould wrote: > >Ok, following advise I installed VMWare Player... > >I want to install and run ubuntu5.1 > >Could someone give me some pointers where to start in 30 words or less? > > No. 45 words. > > Create a vdmx disk image file with qemu-img > Create a vmx config file with http://www.easyvmx.com > Tell it to access the real CD > Boot the new environment, from CD (via the vmware BIOS) > Partition the disk as seen from the live CD, and install into it. > > Timezone selection isn't clear, as windows f#$%s up such things. But it > works. > > -jim > > >
