vmware player

[Eberhard Roloff]

On Thu, 06 Jul 2006 12:55:23 +0200
Alexander Skwar <listen at alexander.skwar.name> wrote:

> Tony Arnold wrote:
> > I have a Windows partition on my system. Can I configure the
> > free VMware player to boot and run this Windows system under
> > Dapper?
> 
> No.
> 
> > Or do I need
> > the full VMware product.
> 
> No. As the hardware of the VMware will differ from the hardware
> of your machine, you'll need a new installation of Windows (or
> any guest OS).
> 
Well, there is vmware p2v (physical2virtual) which enables you to
transform an existing windows installation into a vmware image.
However, this Product is NOT free.

> To do that, you'd need the full VMware product - the free
> VMware server would be sufficient.

alternatively you could use vmware workstation which you can
run for a 30day trial - for free.
> 
> And after you've created a VMware image, you can then use
> VMware Player to start the VMware image.
> 
regards
Eberhard