On 28/08/07, Noel Goodman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks Dan. > > Just a thought...maybe you should include that bit of info about the VMWare > player in your next readme or make this bit of info available as part of > some online documentation.
Good idea! I will do that. > -Is there any specific version of the VM player or server that should be > used or the current release will do just fine? The current release should work just fine. > Thanks again for the info. My pleasure! > > > Dan Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 28/08/07, Noel Goodman wrote: > > Hey all, > > > > I was looking at the readme.txt file in the root of the evergreen folder. > > Was this image made to run on a linux system? I ask because of the > commands > > seem to be for linux. > > > > At present, we are using a windows system to run both staff and server. > > Since we are working with an image of evergreen on Gentoo, i was assuming > it > > can run on a windows system since everything is self contained. > > -Do I have to use this image on a Linux system or is there a windows > > equivalent set of commands to use the image? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Noel Goodman - University of Guyana > > > Hi Noel: > > Have you installed VMWare Player on your Windows system? VMWare Player > and VMWare Server are both free downloads from vmware.com that let you > run VMWare images. Essentially, you are going to be running a Gentoo > Linux operating system on top of a virtual machine running on top of > your Windows system. > > So my readme assumed a couple of preliminary steps; I'll try to fill > them in here: > > 1) Install a VMWare product (VMWare Player or VMWare Server) > > 2) Unzip the Evergreen_Gentoo.zip VMWare image. > > 3) In VMWare Player or VMWare Server, open the "Other Linux 2.6.x > kernel.vmx" file found in the unzipped directory. Your Evergreen > Gentoo Linux operating system should begin booting up, presenting you > with a login prompt. > > >From this point on, the instructions in the README.txt should be able > to be applied. > > I hope this helps -- if not, keep on posting! > > -- > Dan Scott > Laurentian University > > > > Image by FlamingText.com > > ________________________________ > Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. -- Dan Scott Laurentian University
