RE: [newbie] Vmware Linux
Marcia When you hava vmware running on any Linux platform, is as if you had another machine. If you want to share data from Linux to your vmware or viceversa you need to use SAMBA. It emulates the protocol used to share data in a Win network. If you are also new to samba, you can go to www.oreilly.com, there you can download a book called Using Samba. It is in PDF format and explains how to connect a Linux machine with a Windows machine. Good luck. Esteban - Original Message - From: marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 5:06 AM Subject: [newbie] Vmware Linux Dear All, I now have vmware running Windows 95 on my LM 7.2 which is great. Thanks to the help of some of those here. Now, I would like to share files between the two. Does anyone know how to do this? I am quite a newbie in this area. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Marcia
RE: [newbie] VMware(again)
Marcia, to install Win on your vmware is as if you were installing on a real machine. The first thing I recommend is to have a boot disk which may include fdisk, format and cdrom access (ask someone close to you who has given tech support). Start your vmware with the disk in your floppy, and then run fdisk to activate your partition. Then you can format your virtual disk. Greetings, Esteban Villeda - Original Message - From: marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 28, 2001 7:06 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] VMware(again) Dear Fabian, Esteban, and Sridhar, Thank you all very much for your help. I have successfully installed and configured(I believe) Vmware 2.0.3 on my LM 7.2 and I am very pleasantly surprised about that and thanks to your help. However, I am having problems installing my Windows 95 version 4x. I have been following the instructions given from the vmware support page but all I get are error messages such as invalid commands, etc. Would anyone be able to help me step by step with the Windows 95 installation? It seems they say it is necessary to format your disk first that is where I am having problems. I am not familiar with Dos at all. I just downloaded alot of Dos info to help me,however something as simple as exiting Dos I cannot seem to do. How do you safely exit DOS? Also, does anyone know of a good vmware email support group? Thanks for any help or suggestions. Sincerely, Marcia
RE: [newbie] VMware
In your home directory (depends weather you are root or a user), there is a hidden directory called ".vmware". There is where you have to install the file that came attached within the email that VMWare sent to you. It's not necesary to make a copy-paste work, simply download it to that directory and you'll see vmware working fine, cause the filename begins with the word "license". Good luck!!! Esteban - Original Message - From: marcia [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 9:40 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] VMware Dear All, I just installed VMware 2.0.3 on my Linux-Mandrake 7.2 successfully however I am having problems installing the license key so that I may install my Windows 95. Below are the instructions I have from the vmware web page for installing the license key. My question is since I am quite a newbie here: How exactly does one do the cut and paste and then drop it into the vmware file? Do you copy as suggested place in another program such as StarOffice, name it license, then copy to the file through a terminal? Could someone provide the exact steps for me because this so far is the only thing hanging me up. Thank you very much for your help. Sincerely, Marcia 4.Installation of the license: In the email you received, you will find a file attachment a text version of the license, and text describing the license installation procedure. The easiest way to install is to click on the attachment, rename it "license" (without the quotes) and drop it into ~/.vmware. If you are installing via cut and paste, select beginning atthe line "# VMware software license" and ending at the end of the line "HASH = ... Do not include any additional characters, otherwise you will encounter an invalid license error.
Re: [newbie] XConfig
Yes, you can use the Xconfigurator tool in console mode, and it's very easy to use. Esteban - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 19, 2001 10:28 AM Subject: [newbie] XConfig are there any xf86 (ver 4?) config tools for mndrake 7.2 that do not use x other than XF86Config?
