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| ==Appliances from a Live .iso file== | | ==Appliances from a Live .iso file== |
| *Make new Appliance in VMWorkstation with 2GB (or smaller) hard disk | | *Make new Appliance in VMWorkstation with 2GB (or smaller) hard disk |
− | *start with live .iso as CD | + | *set XXX- live-.iso as CD in VMworkstation with a 0.1GB Hard disk. |
− | * boot and run program, shut down. | + | * boot and run VMworkstation, shut down. |
− | *copy contents of Appliance in VMWARE directory to USB | + | *copy contents of new Appliance in the VMWARE directory to USB |
− | *copy live.iso file to same USB | + | *copyXXX- live.iso file to same USB |
− | *Open this Appliance with VMWorkstation and edit location of live.iso file to point to one on USB stick, then close it. | + | *Open this copied Appliance on USB with VMWorkstation and edit location of live.iso file to point to one on USB stick, then close it. |
− | *start VMPlayer and open this Appliance. | + | *start VMPlayer and open this Appliance on USB. Or any other VMPlayer on any PC |
| + | this appliance is just like a boot CD it has no persistence. |
| + | (you are playing the .iso image with VMPlayer) file size is only larger the .iso file |
| ===Boot this Appliance from a USB Boot stick (see below)=== | | ===Boot this Appliance from a USB Boot stick (see below)=== |
| *can be opened on any PC without changing or accessing it's hard disk | | *can be opened on any PC without changing or accessing it's hard disk |