[Discuss] Re: Discuss Digest, Vol 44, Issue 6

[Lionel Widdifield]

On Sun, Apr 06, 2008 at 10:54:19PM -0700, John Blomfield wrote:
> >
> >Thanks for doing some research on this......I thought that the program
> >recommended was VMWare *Player *not Server......
> >
> >  
> Yes, Andrew pointed this out to me.  I think the difference is that 
> VMware Player runs those "VMware Applications" where as the VMware 
> Server allows you to install a regular Windows or Linux OS as a virtual 
> guest but I'm not sure I'm just trying to get my head around it.


 VMware Player is simply VMware workstation without the GUI VMware
machine setup/editor.

 VMware workstation and server can create .vmx files (machine descriptions)
while Player can not. Player can only play existing vmx files.

 If you have a VMware .vmx file and know how to use a text editor, you can
modify the .vmx file yourself.

 Great for testing ISO images, as it is as simple as editing the line
pointing to the ISO file.

 
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