HowTo: Windows (XP) on Ubuntu with VMWare Server

[petersjm]

Just a question for anyone who can answer... WinXP through vmware doesn't seem to recognise any CD-Rs or CD-RWs I put in the drive. It still thinks there's a different CD in there... Any one got any suggestions?

EDIT: My bad. I powered the vm-window off and on again, and now it seems to be okay... Should have done that first!

[Burgresso]

A quick question b4 I decide to install or not: does this allow you to access files Ubuntu files with software the XP install? Could you browse with IE files on the Ubuntu system, and can you save from the XP install to ubuntu?

gracias

burgresso

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Edit: never mind, read a few posts back - I guess not...

[pinklerose]

Howto totally uninstall vmware also deleting config files?
Beagle found some vmware words in sharing system files after used uninstall script.

[urusaiyatsu]

Hi,

VMWare server was working fine up until recently. Now I run vmware and the window loads but stalls, I force quit the window, then vmware runs fine. I'm guessing a recent upgrade somewhere has caused this...? How do I solve?

Thanks.

[lime4x4]

also which version should we download?? They no longer have a beta version

[RajivNair]

hi everyone,

i'm having a rather queer problem.im running Win XP in VMWare n i connect to internet through pppoe so i have used the ethernet connection in VMWare as NAT.but now im not able to connect to net nor browse my LAN thru DC++ unless i switch on my Virtual Machine n also i get an error about my sound device being busy n it isn't used by the Virtual Machine.the internet connection is solved if i keep my settings to bridged but it doesnt work with NAT.any help guys.

thnx in advance,
rajiv

[rshel]

Thanks for the easy to follow guide. I have a problem, however. As I'm going through the vmware installalation/creation of directories I get a message saying

"Unable to get the access rights of source file "./vmware-vix/bin".

and the operation aborts.

I'm pathetically new, so please forgive me if the answer is obvious.

Cheers

[rshel]

Oh yes,

I am never asked for the serial number.

thanks

[PingunZ]

Nice guide, I use it for testing edgy.

[orbital]

Is it possible for me to use an already existing windows xp-install with vmware server? Right now I'm dual-booting and don't really want to re-install xp.