[nmglug] VMware free appliances?

[BrianO'Keefe]

Just a note that in May's issue of Linux Pro Magazine, page 40 has an
article on how to dual boot Vista and Linux. Maybe that will help.
Brian

Aaron wrote:
> Can the free VMWare player with some of the free LINUX appliance-apps
> update its disk images?
> i.e.  Can I start with the free "debian minimal-install" appliance,
> and then install what I want on it...  to build whatever debian-VM I
> want?
>
> Or...  will I need to go with a more complete guest machine,
> and hack ways for it to use an NFS or Samba share to add more
> stuff?  It would be a pain.  Start up.  rsync my configuration
> and extra apps from NFS/Samba to the VM, run my custom
> "rest of start-up" script, then go to work?
>
> I'm looking for a way to get around the problem
> of my new vista laptop's inability to dual-boot
> (short of removing vista!)
>
>            aaron
>
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