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Re: VMWare

here is a screenshot of me using winxp in debian. You have to love how
bad microsoft makes their products look. 

http://devslash.org/gerard/debian_vmware.jpg

~gerard


On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 00:34, jeff wrote:
> Ok, I know this is a debian list but I just wanted to 
> contribute something, it's not meant to take away from 
> debian just my experience (linited as it may be).  I am a 
> novice linux user so i also used vmware for a while for 
> similar reason, to learn more about linux, especially 
> desktop use. VMWare helped me get a chance to try several 
> differnt versions of linux in a very convienient way.  Red 
> Hat, Suse, Lycoris and Mandrake all installed very 
> simply.  I haven't tried Debian but maybe you can try one 
> other of the Linux distros I mentioned to help narrow down 
> the reason you can't get debian working in graphical 
> mode.  
> 
> I would really love to know if anyone has been able to 
> install VMWare on a Linux host in order to install other 
> linux, bsd's and windows os's.  
> 
> Jeff  
> 
> 
> 21:10:41, lists1 wrote:
> 
> > On Thursday 05 June 2003 04:27, mavi-net internet 
> hizmetleri wrote:
> > > I am a Windows User, I want to learn GNU/Linux Debian, 
> but all of my
> > > special docs and project in Win32 platform. So I tried 
> to use VMWare to
> > > learn Debian, after that, if I can success that, I 
> will transfer all of my
> > > projects to Linux. Now; I have a problem about Debian 
> in VMware, graphical
> > > sytem does not run. I tried a lot of screen config on 
> XF86Config file but
> > > noting change. So, if anybody now, can you help me 
> about using Debian in
> > > VMware on Win32 machine?
> > >
> > > Thanks
> > 
> > Try Knoppix.  It isn't a straight install of Debian, but 
> it is Debian based,
> > 
> > and has the apt package manager which works if you 
> decide to install to the 
> > hard disk.  I wouldn't recommend the knoppix hard disk 
> install though, as it
> > 
> > requires a ridiculous 2.2+ GB in /.
> > 
> > You can try the distro out by simply downloading and 
> burning the iso image of
> > 
> > knoppix, or buying it from one of the distributors for a 
> few dollars if you 
> > don't have a broadband connection or cd burner.  If you 
> can boot from the cd
> > 
> > or floppy drive, this is an ideal distro to try out, as 
> it doesn't alter your
> > 
> > hard drive (unless you decide to install it to hard 
> disk), and once you log 
> > out of knoppix, it ejects the cd, and nothing is changes 
> on your hard drive. 
> > 
> > If you can spare a bit of space, a couple hundred MB in 
> your home directory 
> > of your windows installation, you can save your 
> settings, so that you don't 
> > have to re-enter your networking info (ethernet card, ip 
> address or dhcp, 
> > nameservers, new passwords, etc), it saves it all for 
> you in a single file, 
> > which you can delete from windows at any time later if 
> you need the space.
> > 
> > If you do decide to use knoppix, make sure it can use 
> your windows swap 
> > partition, if you have one, or create some swap space 
> (temporary file on your
> > 
> > windows drive), and allocate enough space (at least a 
> couple hundred MB if 
> > possible, more if you have less than 128 MB Ram) for the 
> swap file.  If you 
> > save your settings in the configuration file you 
> created, you can also save 
> > the swap space, if you can spare the room.
> > 
> > To boil it down, if you have the space, save 
> configuration info in one file,
> > 
> > save a knoppix/debian home directory (for your debian 
> files and for your 
> > windows files you'd like to edit under knoppix/debian), 
> and save a swap file.
> >  
> > When you boot up the disk, it may ask you (especially if 
> low on ram) how much
> > 
> > space you'd like to allocate for swap.  Once the desktop 
> appears, go to 
> > "start" (lower left icon on bottom taskbar), 
> then "Knoppix" then choose among
> > 
> > the handful of directory choices there.  One or more of 
> the sub-directories 
> > will allow you to do all I mentioned above, another will 
> allow you to set up
> > 
> > your network if not using dhcp, and another will allow 
> you to start your ssh
> > 
> > daemon if and when needed.
> > 
> > Once that is all done, remember to save your settings 
> before logging out. 
> > The 
> > next time you want to practice with knoppix/debian, all 
> you have to do is 
> > type: knoppix myconfig=scan  at the boot prompt, and it 
> will pick up all your
> > 
> > previous settings and find your home and swap 
> directories if/when created.
> > 
> > To see your windows files, you'll need to "mount" the 
> indicated partitions 
> > (should show up on your desktop), and then you can 
> browse your windows files
> > 
> > by opening konqueror browser (or other favorite), and 
> typing /mnt/hda1 or 
> > /mnt/hda2 or /mnt/hda3 or whatever your hard drive 
> partitions show up as.  If
> > 
> > you have more than one ide hard disk, you'll have hda 
> and hdb, and the cdrom
> > 
> > may be among these, hdb, hdc or whatever, or it may show 
> under /mnt/cdrom as
> > 
> > well.  If you have scsi drives, or a raid card with ide 
> drives, the 
> > partitions will show up as sda1, sda2, etc.
> > 
> > Don't forget that the partitions may be mounted read 
> only, so that you don't
> > 
> > run the danger of writing to your windows partitions.  
> If you need to change
> > 
> > this, you'll have to mount as root, and possibly edit 
> the fstab file as well
> > 
> > (don't remember right now).
> > 
> > Get on Knoppix's mailing list, and check the archives, 
> and faqs.  It's  a 
> > little sparse right now, but the faq helps, and after 
> checking the archives,
> > 
> > if you don't have an answer you're looking for, post the 
> question.
> > 
> > One of the good things about knoppix is that it picks up 
> a lot of hardware 
> > that other distros have difficulty with.  This may help 
> with your graphics 
> > problem.
> > 
> > Now if knoppix would only fix their hard disk installer 
> (ridiculous / space 
> > requirement, non-partitioning, non ReiserFS unless 
> already existing)...
> > 
> > Good luck.
> > 
> > Bing.
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