VmWare

[Alex Snow]

yYou want to download the vmware server program...install it, create a 
new virtual machine, specify linux as the OS and choose a specific 
distribution from the list, or the closest choice it gives you, then 
go into vm->settings and add a serial port to the hardware, and make 
sure the cd-rom drive is pointing to the drive you want to install 
from, or an iso image, and boot the vm.  Use control-g to grab input 
and allow you to use the vm, and control-alt to release input.
On Sun, 
Apr 15, 2007 at 06:34:27PM -0700, Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> Mind describing the procedure you took, (I.E. what vmware programs to
> download, since there is a player and server), and everything that you
> did? Is running gnu/linux in vmware with windows as the host really a
> viable alternative to resizing existing partitions, and dealing with
> installing on machines with no serial ports? Thanks.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 06:23:10PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
> > Howdy,
> >     I'm glad to be able to report that I was able to get a fully speakup-enabled installation of Gentoo Linux onto a VmWare image.  This helps solve some rather annoying problems with my particular computer, specifically the cdrom drive being a little flaky.
> >     I've found that Espeak works very well in the virtual machine, and that in general unless I'm doing something intensive--like compilation--the performance is great.
> >     I'm actually rather proud of myself in that I was able to do this installation without sighted help, something which I had previously needed.
> > I'll stop rambling now.
> > Thanks for listening,
> > Zack.
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