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[NMLUG] Note on VMware



On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 10:05:15PM -0600, Steve Browne 
carved this out of pure phosphors:
> On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 21:20:37 -0600, you wrote:
> 
> >On Tue, Apr 27, 2004 at 08:22:15PM -0600, Steve Browne 
> >carved this out of pure phosphors:
> >> Bumbing along with the installation of XP to run on Mandrake 10.0 via
> >> VMware workstation, I see that one must have a separate VFAT/NTFS
> >> partition/HDD to hold XP. I had envisioned a virtual partition running
> >> "VFAT/NTFS" on ext2/ext3, but I guess that is asking for too much.
> >
> >Hrm. I'm able to create a virtual partition stored in .vmdk files using my copy
> >of vmware.
> 
> What, and where, is ".vmdk files." How much RAM does this consume?

VMDK files are Virtual Machine Disks. you can create one from within the VMware
user interface (again at least with my copy.) They're emulated SCSI or IDE
devices.

> 
> Steve
> 
> 
> Stephen B. Browne
> sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
> "Ubi bene, ibi patria."
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