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Aspra
06-30-2006, 09:01 AM
If anyone cares to explain how you run KNOPPIX while still in windows it would help alot. I have 4.0 for now but im probable gonig to get 5.0.1
Hi,
you could try this:
1) Get the free VMWare Player from http://www.vmware.com/download/player/
2) Store the ISO image file somewhere on a Windows accessible hard drive
3) save this code in a .vmx file
## VM starts from a CD image
config.version = "8"
virtualHW.version = "4"
displayName = "Knoppix_VM"
guestOS = "other"
memsize = "160"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "c:\path\isoimage.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
4) Open the .vmx in VMWare Player
works like a charm.... Don't forget to set your path in the line starting with ide1:0.fileName =
Best Regards,
marx
Aspra
06-30-2006, 06:13 PM
thanks.
Aspra
06-30-2006, 06:45 PM
Would this work with,say Ubuntu linux live CD ?
Aspra
07-01-2006, 02:30 AM
uh i have no idea how to do this.. t.t
how do i make a VMX file?
and what ISO file?
1) .vmx is the file format used by the virtual machine player
2) the procedure should work for all bootable cd images
3) ISO is an image file of a cdrom. (that you can download and could burn to a CD - but in this case you don't even need to burn it ;-) it runs much faster from the hard drive!!)
Hope this helps...
Best Regards,
marx
Aspra
07-01-2006, 06:12 PM
only thing i dont understand is the VMX file, i know what it is and all but i dont see how you"make" one. Only thing i can think of is a text file?
Aspra
07-01-2006, 06:45 PM
yeah im donig something wrong ,its saying all this about " no floppy" no CDROM" i must be doing something wrong.
and its not working. is the ISO file a single file or is it a folder with the files that where on the CD, because thats all i have is a folder with all the files from my linux CD
JimmyJazz
07-01-2006, 10:08 PM
only thing i dont understand is the VMX file, i know what it is and all but i dont see how you"make" one. Only thing i can think of is a text file?
Almost right.
Open a texteditor, paste the code.
Save file as -> "your_filename.vmx"
In that way you "make" a .vmx file.
Dave_Bechtel
07-05-2006, 11:12 PM
http://easyvmx.com/
http://easyvmx.com/tutorial.html
--Download the Knoppix .iso from ftp-site
--Download Vmware Player
--Use Easyvmx online to create .vmx ; point VM's cdrom to knoppix .iso on your HD
--Start Vmware Player
--Point Player to your .vmx
--Knoppix will boot in the VM
yeah im donig something wrong ,its saying all this about " no floppy" no CDROM" i must be doing something wrong.
and its not working. is the ISO file a single file or is it a folder with the files that where on the CD, because thats all i have is a folder with all the files from my linux CD
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