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Today's Topics:

1. Re: VMWare (Mike Yates)


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Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 11:01:37 +0000
From: Mike Yates <bblug@fonehelp.co.uk>
To: Bristol and Bath LUG <bristol@mailman.lug.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [bristol] VMWare
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> Date: Sat, 05 Mar 2016 16:05:58 +0000

> From: Dave Addison <dave@redmoor.org.uk>
>
> On Saturday 05 Mar 2016 15:57:36 Martin Moore wrote:
> > I?m pondering running my Debian systems on VMWare. Trouble is the VMW
> > website doesn?t tell you much except how wonderful it is :)
> >
> > So,
> >
> > 1. Is there a free for commercial use option
> - not as far as I know. You used to be able to get a free copy of vmware
> server 2 but this is now obsolescent and virtually unusable. Last time I
> looked for a replacement, I couldn't find anything on the website. The
> player
> software is free but you can't create virtual machines with this.
>
> I must correct that.
You certainly CAN create VMs with the player and it is an excellent
training and testing resource.
It is also fairly easy to replicate a running system into a virtual
machine. You'll need to install a Linux system first, then within it set up
the disc for the replication. You can either completely replicate the
partitions and boot system (dd) into a VMDK file of identical geometry,
which will be physically much smaller (the size of the data) or you can
rsync (or cp -a) the files into partitions prepared by the installed VM.

I also recommend Virtualbox - it can use VMDK files as well as its own VDI
files and is easier to set up and use than Vmware Player.

Both have (almost as good) Windows versions if you find that more
convenient and would like a Linux (or BSD or OS/X etc) box inside your
Windows or vice versa.

Have fun!
Mike
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