Running .iso Files in VMWare Player

Step 3 The Proof of the Pudding is in the Eating.

Next thing is to test it see if it'll work.....

Double click (default on windowz) the edited *.vmx file which *should* then start-up VM-Player....

-If you have any problems in doing this, or following this Instructable, Please comment saying what's wrong. =)

Comments

[taronson]

I am using it with Fedora iso. I get "No DEFAULT or UI direcftive configuration found".

[hoyusnd]

thx so much~! it was really easy following your instruction :-) now i'm installing fedora 10! i found this instruction is compatible with Fedora 10 on VMware Player 2.5.2! good luck!

[funyson]

Hi al
I'm new with VMWare stuff. But i did folowing u people instruction. However, i still can't make it run on VMWare player

The screen of my VMWare player said "
Network boot from AMD Am79c97oa
Copyright (c) 2003-2005 VMWare, Inc.
copyright (c) 1997-2000 Intel Corporation

Client Mac ADDR: 00 0c 29 86 ab f9 GUID: 564dc93d-93b2-daoe-51db-3e5fe786abf9
PXE-E53: No boot filename received

PXE-M0F: Exiting Intel PXE ROM.
Operation System not found


That's all i got, Are u have any solution help me to solve this problem ---------------- thanks inadvance

u can email me @ [e-mail]

[billducky]

I was able to overcome this by switching the physical CD-Rom and ISO "cd-rom" in the master/slave settings. For instance, in the cdrom setup area of your vmx file, switch the IDE1:0 of the physical cd with the IDE1:1 of the virtual cd. Worked like a charm!

[ll.13]

Are you sure you have it linked to the .iso file name correctly?

[funyson]

Yes! It's work for me as long as installation progess start ---then i cna't install it! do u have any ideal about this? please help me!