Re: [Qemu-devel] VMWare player

[Mike Swanson]

Yeah, it barely on topic. But the .vmx files are extremely simple text
files, and qemu-img creates vmdk disk images. Yes, it's possible to
install operating systems solely withing VMware (this is the correct
spelling, btw) Player, but you cannot install VMware Tools, even with
the appropriate (windows|linux|freebsd|netware).iso file.

On 10/21/05, John R. Hogerhuis <address@hidden> wrote:
> Barely on-topic, but since VmWare interop crops up from time to time:
>
> http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
>
> I doubt this is targeted at QEMU, but rather at competing with Microsoft
> and VirtualPC. That or they are leaving the low-end market for server
> consolidation.
>
> This may in fact be as much VmWare as most people would need. Countdown
> has started for the first person to create a system image solely from
> freeware "VmWare Player" ;-)
>
> -- John.
--
Mike