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| Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware Player installed? Damned if I can dredge one up in Google..... jim |
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| jim wrote: > Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware Player > installed? As far as I know, no, but you can always make your own LiveCD, there are quite many HOWTOs for that. -- //Aho |
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| jim wrote: > Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware Player > installed? > > Damned if I can dredge one up in Google..... > > jim > > Look for "geexbox". It's a small dedicated program devoted ONLY to media playback. It's out of Quebec so I know at least English and French languages are supported. Later Mike |
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| On Sat, 17 May 2008 13:55:27 -0400, jim wrote: > Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware > Player installed? > > Damned if I can dredge one up in Google..... > > jim I doubt that one exists however it would be easy to do that with Fedora9. F9 has added a couple of features that make custom LiveCDs really easy. If you want a CD or DVD you can create a custom image that includes anything you want. If you use a USB FLASH drive it's even easier. You install the F9 LiveCD image using the overlay feature. Overlays make the USB LiveCD act like a normal Fedora system, i.e. you can install additional software, create user accounts, and modify the system just as you would if it was on a hard drive. You would install VMware just like you would on a regular Fedora box. I don't know if VMware 1.0.5 will run on a 2.6.25 kernel but the beta of VMware Server 2.0 does, I have VMware Server 2.0 running on a couple of F9 systems. http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live |
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| "General Schvantzkopf" news:RqOdnV6pcu0qLa_VnZ2dnUVZ_qXinZ2d@comcast.com. .. > On Sat, 17 May 2008 13:55:27 -0400, jim wrote: > >> Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware >> Player installed? >> >> Damned if I can dredge one up in Google..... >> >> jim > > I doubt that one exists however it would be easy to do that with Fedora9. > F9 has added a couple of features that make custom LiveCDs really easy. > If you want a CD or DVD you can create a custom image that includes > anything you want. If you use a USB FLASH drive it's even easier. You > install the F9 LiveCD image using the overlay feature. Overlays make the > USB LiveCD act like a normal Fedora system, i.e. you can install > additional software, create user accounts, and modify the system just as > you would if it was on a hard drive. You would install VMware just like > you would on a regular Fedora box. I don't know if VMware 1.0.5 will run > on a 2.6.25 kernel but the beta of VMware Server 2.0 does, I have VMware > Server 2.0 running on a couple of F9 systems. > > http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live But didn't RedHat abandon the desktop? I am not at all comfortable using desktop software from a vendor that just gave up the fight for the desktop. jim |