VmWare

[Alex Snow]

yOnce you press control-g to grab input you can interact with the vm 
like it was a normal computer, so all keyboard commands such as 
speakup review keys work as they normally do.  I always have done my 
installs on vmware using speakup, which works exactly the same  as it 
would on a regular computer.
On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 08:40:49PM -0700, 
Gregory Nowak wrote:
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> Thanks, both what you and Alex said is very clear. I assume that once
> you hit ctrl+g to interact with the vm, you can use normal speakup
> review keys, and get speech from a serial hardware synth, assuming you
> correctly redirected the virtual serial port to the machine's physical
> serial port? Did you use ssh to do the install, because interacting
> with the vm isn't as simple as I assumed in my previous question, or
> was it simply because you just wanted to use ssh to do the install, or
> because you didn't have a physical serial port/hardware synth?
> Has anyone tried running gnome in a vmware machine running on a
> windows host? If this is all as straight forward as it sounds, and as
> good as it sounds, I may not have to worry about gnu/linux compatible
> hardware, (I.E. modem, wireless card, on-board serial ports, ETC.), and about the
> warranty if you resize partitions or remove windows, when looking for
> a new laptop in the future.
> 
> Greg
> 
> 
> On Sun, Apr 15, 2007 at 07:41:41PM -0700, Zachary Kline wrote:
> > Hiya,
> >     I at least have found it to be a viable alternative so far, and would be 
> > glad to describe my methodology as best I can.
> >     I downloaded VMWare server and installed it on Windows.  I then ran the 
> > VMware Virtual Machine Console, as it's called, and created a new VM.  The 
> > console GUI is quite easy to navigate, at least with Window-Eyes.
> >     I had previously downloaded a Gentoo ISO, which I used as my cdrom 
> > image.  The process of adding a cdrom to the vm is fairly straightforward: 
> > if someone wants more details I'll add them.
> >     I also switched the Ethernet adapter--which is an emulated PCnet32 to 
> > 'bridged' mode, because I happen to be on a private network that can handle 
> > that sort of thing.
> >     Finally, I booted up the ISO and waited a few seconds, then hit ctrl+g 
> > to switch the input to the VM.  I gave an ifconfig command to switch eth0 to 
> > an IP address I knew, changed the password on the root account, and started 
> > sshd.
> >     From that point, I just ssh'd into the VM--after hitting ctrl+alt to 
> > switch input back to Windows.  The Gentoo install, including partitioning 
> > and kernel compilation, went off without a hitch.  I just made sure to start 
> > sshd at boot, configure the network appropriately, etc.
> > I'm glad to answer any questions you may have.  I apologize if this has been 
> > vague.
> > I hope I can help.
> > Thanks,
> > Zack. 
> > 
> > 
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