VMWare

[ixy]

Hello,

I was wondering if anyone had a good link that would help a newbie (me) with getting started with VMware. I've had a look around the web but not found much. i'll keep looking meantime, but any leads are appreciated.

Thanks

[jaclaz]

Well,

don't take this as an offence (it is not intended to) , but VMware is a pretty straightforward piece of software and it is well documented in the manual.

http://www.vmware.com/support/pubs/ws_pubs.html

Or you need specific help?

jaclaz

[ixy]

Thanks mate. Not really to be honest, I just wanted to know if there was a trusted resouce available for common issues. I know, RTFM

Thanks anyway.

[jondercik]

What issues are you expecting? If you have questions I can help you.

Jim

[darph]

google should help you too

[DigeratiPrime]

VMWare has alot of information availible on its site and forums too.

Just want to put in a word for VirtualBox though, its free/open source and of course has a manual (pdf) availible

http://www.virtualbox.org/

[jimmsta]

There's also Ken Kato's site, VMWare's Back: http://chitchat.at.infoseek.co.jp/vmware/index.html

He has links to various utilities and gui's that help you work with vmware images.

[Shark007]

My 2 cents...

Installing it using the defaults has always worked for me.

Same with installing the vmware tools into a virtual machine.

shark

[Idontwantspam]

What OS are you on? If you're on Windows XP (as the host) DO NOT USE VIRTUAL BOX!!!

For me it killed the USB ports and gave me a BSOD. I advise you find more info or don't use it.

[geezery]

I've found this page very usefull.

http://www.petri.co.il/virtualization.htm