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Linux & VMware Workstation

Old 23rd June 2004 | 21:42
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Linux & VMware Workstation

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Has anybody had any experience with installing linux onto a Windows 2000 machine using VMware Workstation? the application is still new to me but i would like to get some form of linux on to play about with..

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Old 23rd June 2004 | 23:22
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no, but...

Rather than an install try Knoppix (http://www.knopper.net/knoppix/index-en.html) it's a live (Very) fully featured linux distribution that runs from CD without installing anything, great hardware detection too.

I keep one in the laptop bag as a rescue disk.
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Old 23rd June 2004 | 23:26
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I have a virtual Red Hat installation on my XP machine that runs quite well. I mostly use it as a web server for testing, but it's great for playing about with too.

There are often a few tweaks that need to be done before the installations work in VM Ware, but most of it is documented on VM's website. It's probably best to choose a supported OS too.
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Old 24th June 2004 | 22:01
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Thanks for that excellent suggestion of using Koppix.. Excellent introduction to Linux

Thanks voidhawk too for your contribution...

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Old 28th June 2004 | 15:12
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