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<noinclude>[[Category:Virtual machine or platform emulator]]</noinclude>
<noinclude>[[Category:Virtual machine or platform emulator]]</noinclude>
[[wikipedia:VMware|'''VMware''']] (Workstation, Player, Server) is a commercial, "non-free", virtualization system that emulates hardware resources allowing one computer to host a number of x86 architecture-compatible operating systems. The Player and Server versions are distributed free of charge (gratis). It runs on either Win32 or Linux host machines, allowing one to run Sugar images within the virtual machine. A Mac version is also available, VMware Fusion, however this is not provided free of charge. A free 30-day evaluation is available, and free licenses are [http://www.vmware.com/partners/academic/ available] for academic instruction and research use.
[[wikipedia:VMware|'''VMware''']] (Workstation, Player, Server) is a commercial, "non-free", virtualization system that emulates hardware resources allowing one computer to host a number of x86 architecture-compatible operating systems. The Player and Server versions are distributed free of charge (gratis). It runs on either Win32 or Linux host machines, allowing one to run Sugar images within the virtual machine. A Mac version is also available, VMware Fusion, however this is not provided free of charge. A free, 30-day evaluation is available, and free licenses are [http://www.vmware.com/partners/academic/ available] for academic instruction and research use.
Software applications, such as the Sugar platform, may be deployed as VMware Virtual Appliances, which are one or more virtual machines pre-built, packaged, installed, updated, maintained, and managed as a unit.
Software applications, such as the Sugar platform, may be deployed as VMware Virtual Appliances, which are one or more virtual machines pre-built, packaged, installed, updated, maintained, and managed as a unit.
==='''Look at this Page first'''===
==Appliance files==
'''http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files#VMware_Player'''
See '''[[Emulator image files#VMware Player]]'''.
=====EasyVMX (build your own VMware Machine for VMplayer)=====
=====EasyVMX! (build your own VMware virtual machine for VMware Player)=====
: Lets you bypass requirement to have a copy of VMworkstation to create your own VMPlayer appliance from a burned CD of a live .iso
: Lets you bypass the requirement to have a copy of VMware Workstation to create your own VMware Player appliance from a burned CD of a live .iso
::Free website to download a custom .vmx file to use with your CD Drive
:: Free website to download a custom .vmx file to use with your CD Drive
:: (You must have the free application VMplayer installed to use it.)
:: (You must have the free application, VMware Player installed to use it.)
* Web Page:-[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml] Info:[http://www.virtualization.info/2005/12/guide-to-create-vmx-files-for-vmware.html]
* Web Page:-[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml] Info:[http://www.virtualization.info/2005/12/guide-to-create-vmx-files-for-vmware.html]
====Prebuilt Blueberry 615MB.vmx file for VMware Player====
====Prebuilt Blueberry 615MB.vmx file for VMware Player====
File: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Blueberry-vmx.tar.gz
File: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Blueberry-vmx.tar.gz
Readme: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Blueberry-vmx.txt
(Copy the uncompressed files to a 2 GB or larger USB/SD and run it from the KEY on any computer running VMPlayer)
(Copy the uncompressed files to a 2 GB or larger USB/SD device and run it from the device on any computer running VMware Player.)
====Other Prebuilt.vmx and .img files available====
====Other prebuilt .vmx and .img files available====
*See: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/
*See: http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/
*openSUSE-edu: https://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/
*openSUSE-edu: http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/
==Building a virtual appliance==
====from a live.iso file (No persistence)====
This appliance runs just like a bootable CD—it has no data persistence—the system image is treated as a read-only file. (You are running the .iso image with VMware Player.) The appliance file size is only slightly larger than the .iso file.
* Make a new Appliance in VMware Workstation ([http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/ 30-day, free evaluation license]) with (minimal) hard disk.
* Make a new Appliance in VMware Workstation ([http://www.vmware.com/products/ws/ 30-day, free evaluation license]) with (minimal) hard disk.
* Set XXX-live.iso as CD in VMware Workstation with a 0.1 GB hard disk.
* Set XXX-live.iso as CD in VMware Workstation with a 0.1 GB hard disk.
* Open this copied Appliance on the USB drive with VMware Workstation, and edit the location of the live.iso file to point to one on the USB stick, then close it.
* Open this copied Appliance on the USB drive with VMware Workstation, and edit the location of the live.iso file to point to one on the USB stick, then close it.
* Start VMware Player ([http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ free downwload]) and open this Appliance from the USB drive, or ''any other VMware Player on any PC''.
* Start VMware Player ([http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ free downwload]) and open this Appliance from the USB drive, or ''any other VMware Player on any PC''.
'''Boot this Appliance from a USB boot drive/stick (see below)'''
'''Boot this Appliance from a USB boot drive/stick (see below)'''
* Run Sugar on unbootable PC's using a VMware Player application
* Run Sugar on unbootable PC's using a VMware Player application
====Appliances with Persistence====
====Appliances with persistence====
* VMware Workstation 6.5.2 with Fedora-11-i386-netinst.iso
* VMware Workstation 6.5.2 with Fedora-11-i386-netinst.iso
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/11/i386/
http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/11/i386/
* Fedora-edu spin-(latest versions of F12(rawhide) Gnome & Sugar) [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/edu/]
* Fedora-edu spin-(latest versions of F12(rawhide) Gnome & Sugar) [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/edu/]
(enter liveinst in terminal to install to VMworkstation disks or USB)
(enter liveinst in terminal to install to VMworkstation disks or USB)
* SUSE Sugar Spin: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:VMware#openSUSE
* SUSE Sugar Spin: [[Talk:VMware#openSUSE]]
*EasyVMX(build your own VMware Machine for VMplayer)-[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml] info:[http://www.virtualization.info/2005/12/guide-to-create-vmx-files-for-vmware.html]
* EasyVMX! (build your own VMware virtual machine for VMware Player)-[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml] info:[http://www.virtualization.info/2005/12/guide-to-create-vmx-files-for-vmware.html]
====Comments====
====Comments====
* Run on free VMplayer loaded on any PC with 512 kB of memory (256 kB required for VMplayer).
* Run on VMware Player loaded on any PC with 512 kB of memory (256 kB required for VMware Player).
* ADVANTAGE: No need to boot USB stick on problem machines.
* ADVANTAGE: No need to boot USB stick on computers that have a problem booting from a USB device.
* Same machine can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of Sugar.
* The same computer can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of Sugar.
* Students can take USB/SD drives home and run them on their own PCs.
* Students can take USB/SD drives home and run them on their own PCs.
* Disadvantage: Have to install VMplayer on PCs
* Disadvantage: Have to install VMware Player on PCs
====More Info====
====More Info====
# Other Methods:http://www.pendrivelinux.com/category/virtual-machine/
# Other Methods:http://www.pendrivelinux.com/category/virtual-machine/
====Re-boot PC with USB stick====
====Re-boot PC with USB stick====
* Start Firefox and download VMplayer (free) Linux xxxx.bundle
* Start Firefox and download VMware Player Linux xxxx.bundle
* Place .bundle file in /tmp
* Place .bundle file in /tmp
* su - command in /tmp
* su - command in /tmp
* It is complicated to make, but simple to use and it works.
* It is complicated to make, but simple to use and it works.
==Host operating systems==
===Operating system notes===
Archive: http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Talk:VMware#Operating_System_Notes
Archive: [[Talk:VMware#Operating System Notes]]