NewsForge: How to Use VMware Player to Create Your Own Images

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Jun 19, 2006

“A few months ago, VMware released a free version of its desktop
virtualization software, VMware Player. It’s a great application
for running a second operating system on your desktop; the only
problem is you can’t create new virtual images using VMware Player.
With a little work, however, you can use VMware Player to create
guest operating systems.

“The easiest way to get a virtual image is to have someone with
VMware Workstation create one for you, or to download a pre-made
image from VMware…”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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