7 Jun
2006
7 Jun
'06
9:53 p.m.
On Wed, 2006-06-07 at 12:45 +0200, Ralph Angenendt wrote:
You cannot install a system with vmware player. Use vmware server for that (or the workstation evaluation copy).
Actually, you can. qemu-img can create VMWare disk images, and create or modify a VMWare configuration file. According to VMWare employees this is in compliance with the VMWare Player License, e.g.:
http://www.vmware.com/community/message.jspa?messageID=320559#320559
Other distributors even openly encourage taking this route:
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/VMwarePlayerAndQemu
I guess that it is not much of an issue anymore, now that VMWare Server is free. But the qemu-img route is fun, and easily scriptable.
-- Daniel