Re: [sheflug] Free VMWare Server and Player

["Wonkey Donkey" <wonkey_donkey [at] xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Marcus D. Hanwell" <linux [at] cryos.net>
To: "sheflug" <sheflug [at] sheflug.co.uk>
Sent: Monday, February 13, 2006 12:41 PM
Subject: Re: [sheflug] Free VMWare Server and Player


> On Monday 13 February 2006 12:34, Wonkey Donkey wrote:
>> Yes, I'm currently running a Gentoo VM, and it works great. I posted some
>> messages earlier in the VMware forums about not being able to upgrade the
>> player thats installed with the full version of VMware, but I'm still
>> awaiting an answer.
>>
>> Steve.
>>
> I would have thought you would have to remove player, install server and 
> then
> import the virtual machine. You need to remember that server is still in 
> beta
> right now too. I haven't had chance to use player yet, but I am using 
> server.
>
> It is great for stuff like my GCC 4 rebuilt Gentoo, using KDE 3.5.1 and
> modular xorg. It also lets us test stuff in multiple environments to make
> sure it works for users, although someone should fund buying us all an 
> extra
> hard drive! :P
>
> Marcus

Ahh yes, I meant I'm using the Workstation edition, as I won't have any beta 
software on any of my machines.

>From what I have read though, it is the same right across their product 
range. I'm pondering just creating a set of default machines with no actual 
content in them and then removing the Workstation and just running them 
through the player. With dhcp set for networking, and the ability to specify 
iso images for the cd drive, I really don't see any reason to use the full 
blown edition once the VM's are created anyway.

Steve. 


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