Running KNOPPIX while still in windows

**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

**marx** · 06-30-2006, 10:38 AM

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

Code:

## 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?

**marx** · 07-01-2006, 08:46 AM

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

Originally Posted by Aspra

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

Originally Posted by Aspra

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