On 7/25/07, Ted Roche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I thought I'd try running VMWare ...
Heh. I just started playing around with VMware Workstation for the first *today* (literally). I must say, it has some impressive features. On my 'doze box at work, it was able to go out on the network to another running 'doze box, and import that pre-existing computer into a VM, which I can now use for testing against the production environment without crashing the production box. > 1. How do I tell Fedora that /dev/hda ought to be read-write for group > disk? (Currently owned by root, group disk, permissions brw-r-----) Look under /etc/security/ ... it's one of those, I believe. There's also a method to give permissions just to the user logged in on the console (useful for sound devices, etc.). Be warned that by doing this, you're creating a huge exposure in terms of system security and stability. There's a famous story about how, in the early days of Linux, Linus didn't think security permissions were important until one day he wanted to use his modem but tried to dial his hard disk... It might be better to create a separate "vmware" user, put that user in the "disk" group (and get the permissions to stick), and use su or sudo to run VMware from your regular logon account. That way at least the "attack surface" is reduced from "anything" to "VMware itself". > 2. Recommended steps for debugging the Windows configuration? When it fails to boot that early, you're in rough shape. Some shots in the dark: VMware does keep some logs with the rest of the VM files; you might try looking there. And there are some "debug logging" options for VMware. As a sanity test: Can you create a new, "empty" VM, and install Windows on that? Or at least boot the installer CD? As another sanity test: Can you use the "VMware Converter" to pull in the "real" Windows partition into a virtual disk and boot that as a VM? As another sanity test: Do you have an open primary partition slot and a partition resizer program? If so, what if you install plain old DOS to another partition and attempt to boot that with VMware? As another sanity test: Why is a raven like a writing desk? ;-) -- Ben _______________________________________________ gnhlug-discuss mailing list gnhlug-discuss@mail.gnhlug.org http://mail.gnhlug.org/mailman/listinfo/gnhlug-discuss/