CookBook gentoo4ReelBox Setting up vmware
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[edit] Setting up vmware
[edit] vmware Workstation
To create a new virtual engine, following these steps / settings:
- Typical
- Linux
- Other Linux 2.6.x kernel
- Name (your choice)
- Choose memory location as required
- Set up network (NAT oder bridged, NAT maybe easier to handle)
- Harddisk 8 GB (Splitting) (4 GB minimum)
- RAM 256 MB
- USB and Audio may be deselected
- CD ROM -> Image -> install-x86-minimal-2006.0.iso
[edit] vmware Player
If no vmware workstation is available, the free vmware player may be used. You’ll need to download the vmware configuration additionally, which you find here. The archive contains an 8 GB splitted virtual disk and all configuration files needed.
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This version was created on a Linux host, which should also work for Windows.
If the standard vmx file of the vmware player is used for the gentoo installation, the minimal CD can not be mounted as a file (ISO image) from the hard disk but must be burned as a CD before. vmware saves its configuration in a file named *.vmx. This is a text file which you may adapt to the needs of the installation of the gentoo Linux environment. This way a predefined CD-ROM drive can be replaced by an ISO CD image.
The following sample part of a vmx file shows the lines to be changed to be able to mount an ISO image instead of asking for a real CD:
| File: vmware configuration file |
|
config.version = "8" |
Your configuration file will look a little different certainly. Anyway, the two lines for an ISO CD image to be adjusted are:
| File: changes to vmware configration file |
|
ide1:0.fileName = "C:\temp\boot.iso" |
Have a look at theses pages to get a better understanding of the parameters and the possibility to edit or even create a vmx file:
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