[Live-demo] vmware quickstart

[Angelos Tzotsos]

On 02/14/2012 04:31 AM, Alex Mandel wrote:
> On 02/13/2012 01:00 PM, Angelos Tzotsos wrote:
>> On 02/13/2012 10:35 PM, Hamish wrote:
>>> Frank wrote:
>>>> An other cool idea would be an enhanced build script that
>>>> already creates a vmx file where the filename and the references
>>>> within matching the vmdk file. This vmx file could be zipped as
>>>> well with 7z...
>>> I believe that's how it has been in the past.
>>>
>>>
>>> Hamish
> A vmx was created in the past because the machines were built on VMWare
> Server (Now obsolete). Yes there is a way to convert between various xml
> descriptor files using libvirt. I'll test it out and see if I can create
> such a file for all flavors.
>
> The process has always been this way for VBox users, I don't see any
> particular reason to bend over backwards for Vmware users only. I
> personally recommend VBox in part due to it's license.
>
> Thanks,
> Alex
>
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Angelos Tzotsos
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National Technical University of Athens
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