Of course, I’ve spent some time with posts on VMware player (free download to “play” existing vmware images). And more recently on the VMware server which is also a free download but can create images as well. If you’re not in a position to try the VMWare server, you might be interested in this website which walks you through to create the vmx file that defines a virtual machine environment for vmware products. Of course, it doesn’t create the actual disk images for you, but you can use free tools like those supplied with qemu to do that.
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[…] You might be interested in some of my previous VMware related posts…. vmplayer VMX builder, ubuntu server 606 plus vmware server and other vmware server notes, vmware-server, VMPlayer on Mandriva 2006 finally. These give a summary of my experiences with both vmplayer and vmware server through the pre-release process. In some cases, I’ve done simple tests (boot iso time to boot) timing the virtual machine boot process. Due in part to the recent fluctuations in Google’s actual indexing of this site, I suggest you give a try to the MSN site search option first. […]