[AuckLUG] Running multiple operating systems simultaneously

[Michael]

Check VirtualBox:
http://virtualbox.org



On 7/24/07, Ravi Chemudugunta <chemuduguntar at gmail.com> wrote:
> VMware rocks! yes VMware player only lets your "play" images and you need
> VMware Workstation to create images;
>
> but you can use easyvmx to create empty images / virtual machine
> configuration files (http://www.easyvmx.com/) and install your favorite os
> on them (using iso's or cd's).  You can achieve similar things with qemu-img
> but you have to write the configuration file(s) yourself.
>
> hope this helps,
>
> ravi
>
> On 7/24/07, Scott Newton <scott.newton at integralgroup.co.nz> wrote:
> >
> > 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 :-)
> >
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> > Scott Newton | Technical Analyst | Integral Technology Group Ltd
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> >
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Michael