Installing Libranet in VMware ?

[Net Llama!]

On Fri, 26 Dec 2003, Michael Hipp wrote:
> Leon Goldstein wrote:
> > Michael Hipp wrote:
> >
> >> Has anyone successfully installed Libranet inside VMware?
> >>
> >> It keeps telling me that "no partitionable disk drives have been
> >> found". I tried both scsi and ide install modes. This is Libranet 2.7
> >> Classic (free download version). The host is RH9.
> >>
> >> Any help appreciated,
> >
> >
> > This sounds like something for the Libranet users' forum, unless Ken
> > Moffat has pulled this off.
> > Out of curiosity, what happens if you try to install a different Linux
> > inside VMware?
>
> The only one I've done recently was RH9 and it seemed to work fine. But
> VMware can be finicky. For example, I never got Lycoris to work because
> there is no obvious way to opt-out of the graphical installer.
>
> I ought to try Fedora just for fun. VMware makes a great way to install
> something in a "sandbox".

As does user-mode-linux, which doesn't carry VMWare's nasty pricetag or
licensing restrictions.

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