On Wed, 23 Nov 2005, Kwan Lowe wrote:
> > So I have VMware 3.1.1 (yeah it's old), and I want to try out recent
> > Linux distros in it.
I plan to test various apps in it, including VMware, so I'll be running
Windows in VMware in Linux in VMware in Linux. :-)
[failures]
> > Does anyone know a distro that's likely to work? I don't have to burn
> > it to a CD to try, as VMware will read an iso. Even if I do, I can use
> > a CD-RW.
>
> One thing you can try doing...
> VMWare now has a freely available program called VMPlayer. With it you can
> run, but not create VMWare images. If you were to get a configured VM from
> the full-fledged VMWare with nothing but the bare guest, you could use it
> like a blank PC.
Tried that, it hosed my existing VMware settings. Good idea though.
> For the others, I know that twiddling with the ACPI settings can help it
> to work.
Doesn't have ACPI, but just for kicks I unchecked "Use APM features of guest
OS when suspending". And while I'm in there, I'll play with "Guest OS type"
(right now "Linux")...
Thanks for the hint.
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