[CentOS] Installing Centos4.3 in VMWare on XP

Ralph Angenendt wrote:
> William Hooper wrote:
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>> Ralph Angenendt wrote:
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>>> Azil Adi Permana wrote:
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>>>> but  this trick cannot be used with VMWare Player, since i use this
>>>> to minimizing my desktop's memory.
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>>> You cannot install a system with vmware player.
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>> Why not?  Editing the config file to point to the ISO is all you need.
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> Since when does vmware player(!) allow for the creation of vmware vmdks?
> ^^^^^^^^^
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> Again: You need either a prebuilt vmdk image or one of the other vmware
> products to create vmdks. vmware player can not do that.

Creating a vmdk is completely different then "install[ing] a system". 
There are a number of vmdk's available (some from VMWare, some from other
sources) that one could reformat quite easily.

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William Hooper