Tonight I wanted to try out the recently released Ubuntu 10.0.4 so I downloaded the ISO and gave it a shot with VMware Player on my home machine. While the install itself went well, once I was at a logon screen I couldn’t use the keyboard. Mouse worked, but to … Continue reading
I’ve mentioned VMware Player here a lot in the past and always with the caveat that while it is great to run virtual machines, it can’t create them (without hacks). After all, the name is “Player” right? That all changed when version 3 of Player was released last month. Here’s … Continue reading
I updated VMware Player to the latest version (3.0) on my home machine last night[1]. Wanted to check out the latest version and get a first hand look at the new features. I pointed it to my trusty Xubuntu “security” virtual machine and booted up. I ran into a snag … Continue reading
Tip: vmnetcfg is a really handy tool to tweak VMware network configs. Just don’t forget to run it as admin if on Vista or Win 7 (I always do…).
As many long-time readers are aware, I’m a big fan of virtualization. I like to do testing and dev work in virtual machines as that helps keep my primary machine(s) cleaner and leaner. It also lets me keep a whole fleet of machines around without needing all that extra hardware … Continue reading
