Thanks Simon - I've got VMWare Workstation 4.5.2 installed so a quick edit to the config.version value and it's up and running! :) -----Original Message----- From: openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:openbeos-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Simon Kennedy Sent: 31 October 2005 08:43 To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [openbeos] Re: automated haiku disk images Chris Peel wrote: >This is going to sound really stupid, but how do I get the vmware image >into a virtual machine? > > Chris, this works for me... Extract the image to the hard disc enter the text between the dashes into a text file named haiku.vmx putting the name of the image in ide0:0.fileName = "2005-10-31_09-00_vmware" ----------------------------------------------------------- config.version = "8" virtualHW.version = "3" memsize = "256" ide0:0.present = "TRUE" ide0:0.fileName = "2005-10-31_09-00_vmware" floppy0.fileName = "A:" ethernet0.present = "TRUE" ethernet0.connectionType = "nat" usb.present = "TRUE" sound.present = "TRUE" sound.virtualDev = "es1371" displayName = "Haiku" guestOS = "other24xlinux" nvram = "haiku.nvram" scsi0:0.redo = "" ethernet0.addressType = "generated" uuid.location = "56 4d ee 88 31 d2 58 57-dd c7 e6 00 fe 71 59 8a" uuid.bios = "56 4d ee 88 31 d2 58 57-dd c7 e6 00 fe 71 59 8a" ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE" ethernet0.generatedAddress = "00:0c:29:71:59:8a" ethernet0.generatedAddressOffset = "0" checkpoint.vmState = "" tools.remindInstall = "TRUE" ide0:0.redo = "" ----------------------------------------------------------- Then using the VMWare player from http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ open the VMX file and accept any prompts and it should run fine. Regards Simon Kennedy ___________________________________________________________ To help you stay safe and secure online, we've developed the all new Yahoo! Security Centre. http://uk.security.yahoo.com