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VMWare Player Tutorial
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Generate a VMWare compatible image
Where n is the size of the disk image you want to create.
$ qemu-img create -f vmdk imagename.vmdk nG
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Generate a vmx configuration file for VMWare Player
#!/usr/bin/vmware config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "4" memsize = "256" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "imagename.vmdk" ide1:0.present = "TRUE" ide1:0.fileName = "/path/to/iso" ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image" floppy0.startConnected = "FALSE" floppy0.fileName = "/dev/fd0" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:03:31:3d" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" usb.present = "TRUE" sound.present = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "es1371" scsi0:0.redo = "" ide0:0.redo = "" displayName = "DisplayName" checkpoint.vmState = "test.vmss" displayuName = "Test Machine" guestOS = "otherlinux"