[AuckLUG] Running multiple operating systems simultaneously

[Scott Newton]

On Tuesday 24 July 2007 13:43, Martin Bähr wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 24, 2007 at 12:45:19PM +1200, Michal Ludvig wrote:
> > You want VMware Server, not VMware Player. AFAIK Player can't create new
> > Virtual hosts, Server can. Both are free (as in beer).
>
> what does "creating new virtual hosts" mean?
> i thought you just point vmware at a disk or a disk image and start
> running it...

You have three options:
1. Create a new virtual host and install Linux on it from scratch. This is the 
equivalent of an install on an unformatted hard drive. This does require 
VMWare Server - Player only lets you "play" images, not create or change 
them.
2. Use the converter that is also free to convert an existing disk to a VMWare 
image which you "play" using VMWare Player.
3. Download an image from the Appliance section on the VMWare site (or from 
somewhere else) and "play" it using VMWare Player.

There may be others but those are the three I know about :-)

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