VMware Player

Brad Fuller brad at sonaural.com
Thu Oct 27 20:35:51 UTC 2005


Brad Fuller wrote:

> Cees De Groot wrote:
>
>>I think that Darius meant that VMWare player + an OS image is not so
>>far removed from Squeak VM + Squeak Image.
>>  
>>
> Right.
> But, do you know how VMplayer works? In a nutshell.


>Here's why:
>
>Why you should try VMWare's free virtual machine runtime
>Posted by David Berlind
>http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=2060
>
Ok, See, you need VMware Workstation to create the images first.

>>On 10/27/05, Brad Fuller <brad at sonaural.com> wrote:
>>  
>>
>>>>Now that VMware has made their VMware Player available for free, everyone can
>>>>soon enjoy the advantages and frustrations of "living in Images..."
>>>>:)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>      
>>>>
>>>How does this work, Darius? The VMware site says you can run any virtual
>>>machine. Then, it immediately says "Run virtual machines created by
>>>VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server"  So, obviously not any
>>>virtual machine.
>>>I would imagine that another layer would have to be created or a current
>>>VM would have to be re-configured so that it can call VMware Player to
>>>operate.
>>>
>>>brad
>>>      
>>>
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