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[[wikipedia:VMware|VMware]] (Workstation, Player, Server) is a commercial 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.
 
==Appliance files==
See '''[[Emulator image files]]'''.
 
=====[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml EasyVMX!] (build your own VMware virtual machine for VMware Player)=====
: 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
:: (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]
 
*openSUSE-edu:
:'''NEW''' : [[OpenSUSE#openSUSE_12.2-sugar_0.96.2]]  --[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 08:07, 10 September 2012 (EDT)
:Old : http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/


==Building a virtual appliance==
==Building a virtual appliance==
===from a live.iso file (No Persistence)===
====from a live.iso file (No persistence)====
This appliance runs just like a bootable CD&mdash;it has no data persistence&mdash;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.
* Boot and run VMware Workstation, then shut down.
* Boot and run VMware Workstation, then shut down.
* Copy contents of the new Appliance in the VMware directory a [[wikipedia:USB flash drive|USB flash drive]].
* Copy contents of the new Appliance in the VMware directory to a [[wikipedia:USB flash drive|USB flash drive]].
* Copy XXX-live.iso file to the same USB drive.
* Copy XXX-live.iso file to the same USB drive.
* 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''.
*: this appliance is just like a boot CD&mdash;it has no persistence&mdash;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.
 


'''Boot this Appliance from a USB boot drive/stick (see below)'''
'''Boot this Appliance from a USB boot drive/stick (see below)'''
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* 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/
http://fedora.osuosl.org/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/iso/
  Fedora 11 DVD does not include Sugar Desktop
  Fedora 11 DVD does not include Sugar Desktop
* Settings for VMware Workstation:
* Settings for VMware Workstation:
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:# shutdown -h now
:# shutdown -h now


===Alternatives===
====Alternatives====
* Fedora 11 Sugar Spin :http://spins.fedoraproject.org/torrents//F11-Preview-i686-Live-Edu.torrent see Fedora 11 below
* Fedora-edu spin-(latest versions of F12(rawhide) Gnome & Sugar) [http://spins.fedoraproject.org/edu/]
* SUSE Sugar Spin:(see section below)
(enter liveinst in terminal to install to VMworkstation disks or USB)
===Comments===
* SUSE Sugar Spin: [[Talk:VMware#openSUSE]]
* Run on free VMplayer loaded on any PC with 512 kB of memory (256 kB required for VMplayer).  
* 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]
* ADVANTAGE: No need to boot USB stick on problem machines.
 
* Same machine can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of Sugar.
====Comments====
* 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 computers that have a problem booting from a USB device.
* 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
:Two virtual machines on different PCs, each running NAT on same network, seem to cause "collisions" in jabber (Neighborhood View gets depopulated on both ???).
====More Info====
* Logon screen allows user to  switch session types:
# Other Methods:http://www.pendrivelinux.com/category/virtual-machine/
** KDE
** Sugar
** Failsafe


==Two stick alternative==
===Two stick alternative===
* Install VMware Player on a 2-GiB USB/SD boot stick
* Install VMware Player on a 2-GiB USB/SD boot stick
* Install the Sugar platform in a virtual appliance on a second 4-GiB or larger stick.
* Install the Sugar platform in a virtual appliance on a second 4-GiB or larger stick.
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'''This allows VMware Player to be used by multiple students without rebooting the PC.'''
'''This allows VMware Player to be used by multiple students without rebooting the PC.'''


==One 8-GiB stick with 2 partitions==
===One 8-GiB stick with 2 partitions===
Ubuntu 9.04 has a "USB Startup Disk Creator". I used a 8-GiB USB stick with 2 partitions to run a VMware Player Appliance on the Same Stick
Ubuntu 9.04 has a "USB Startup Disk Creator". I used a 8-GiB USB stick with 2 partitions to run a VMware Player Appliance on the Same Stick
VMware Player WILL install on Ubuntu or Fedora 10, but NOT on F11 at this time.
VMware Player WILL install on Ubuntu or Fedora 10, but NOT on F11 at this time.
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* In PC running Ubuntu 9.04 (or running in VMware Workstation 6.5.2.)
* In PC running Ubuntu 9.04 (or running in VMware Workstation 6.5.2.)


===Start partition manager===
====Start partition manager====
* Delete existing partitions on USB [/dev/sdb?]
* Delete existing partitions on USB [/dev/sdb?]
*: (BE CAREFUL TO BE LOOKING AT the USB drive and not your Hard Disk.)
*: (BE CAREFUL TO BE LOOKING AT the USB drive and not your Hard Disk.)
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* Create a FAT32 primary partition with the remaining, unformatted space on the USB drive, set boot flag, and label VM_Apps
* Create a FAT32 primary partition with the remaining, unformatted space on the USB drive, set boot flag, and label VM_Apps
* Exit Partition Manager
* Exit Partition Manager
===Remove and reinstall USB stick===
====Remove and reinstall USB stick====
* Two USB icons will appear  
* Two USB icons will appear
* Cut and paste previously obtained VMplayer Appliance to VM_Apps
* Copy VM Appliance into VM_Apps
===Re-boot PC with USB stick===
 
* Start Firefox and download VMplayer (free)  Linux xxxx.bundle
====Re-boot PC with USB stick====
* 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
* Enter password for root
* Enter password for root
* Install bundle in /tmp ( ./ command as administrator. )
* Install bundle in /tmp ( ./ command as administrator. )
===Run VMware Player===  
====Run VMware Player====  
* Start VMware Player
* Start VMware Player
* Choose VM_apps Icon and open VM Appliance file
* Choose VM_apps Icon and open VM Appliance file
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* 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===
===Windows XP SP2===
Loads and runs VMware virtual machine in Windows XP SP2 {tested on a Dell 2350 Tower}
 
Appliance (packaged virtual machine) transfered by DVD and loaded on hard disk.
 
=== Ubuntu 8.04 and 9.04 ===
VMware Workstation 6.5.2 can make virtual machine image files in Ubuntu. VMware Player will run these virtual appliances. The appliance can be distributed by copying to a DVD or a 4-GiB SD or USB drive or (in the future) by downloading from a Sugar Labs or other server.
 
===Fedora 11===
VMware Player will not load in Fedora 11 beta or Fedora Preview loaded with shell command; One gets "Unable to modify kernel" error and quits.
=== Spin of Sugar on Fedora F11 preview live===
http://spins.fedoraproject.org/torrents//F11-Preview-i686-Live-Edu.torrent
* It works well as a boot CD or as a 4-GiB Appliance for VMware Player.
* It contains version 0.84.2 Sugar and Xfce 4 Desktop with a KDE switcher.
* It installs nicely in the normal manner.
 
* See the procedure above to make a VMplayer on a USB boot stick run the latest version of the Sugar platform in Fedora 11 as an Appliance.
 
===Fedora 10===
* VMplayer can be loaded in Fedora 10 and used to run a VMplayer Appliance of Sugar platform based on Fedora 11.
* The Sugar platform included in Fedora 10 is not the current version.
 
===openSUSE===
====SUSE Sugar page====
* http://en.opensuse.org/Sugar
:(See: nubae and cyberorg on #irc  #sugar #opensuse-edu for details.)
 
SUSE is building and hosting appliances at these sites for downloading.
 
====Live CD====
'''with a very large number (~50) of activities'''
* http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/iso/
* http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/iso/openSUSE-Sugar-live-unstable.i686-0.0.4-Build31.1.iso (latest one)
=====Installation to hard disk=====
Sugar terminal:
:<code>su -
: yast2 live-installer
</code>
 
=====add user=====
:<code> yast2 users
</code>
 
=====change networking=====
:<code> yast2 lan
</code>
=====wireless networking=====
:<code> yast2 lan
</code>
* latest USB .raw file contains wireless drivers.
: (EeePC900 booted from 2-GiB SD card works on Apple Airport extreme after this was done.)
* need to switch networking out of network manager; edit and add wireless wlan wireless wlan0; and enter info on encrypted or open, and if WEP, SSID plus WEP Key information.
* select the new wlan0, then select "manage with network manager".
* Reboot USB.
* Go to drop down box on network and delete network history. Be sure to have radio box checked.
* Reboot again, On F1 neighborhood should see circles for wireless network connections.
* Mouse over the one you want to use and enter passwords if requested on drop down box
: This is a preliminary writeup please edit if you find a faster way.
 
: Have Fun
 
====Prebuilt Sugar Appliance====
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/Education/images/
* Run on VMware Player or VirtualBox after decompressing.
 
====Image USB/SD Drives====
* Details on how to use uncompresses raw file: http://en.opensuse.org/Disc_image_howtos
: Unmount the USB first, then from terminal: <code>sudo dd if=/home/suse/myappliance.raw of=/dev/sdb bs=4k</code>
* Typical Image Session with raw file on Desktop (BE CERTAIN YOUR USB is sdb (the volume ID). (DO NOT use sdb1, the first partition ID). Change. if different.
: <code>xxxx@xxxx-Hardy:~/Desktop/$ sudo dd if=openSUSE-Sugar-liveUSB-unstable.i686-0.0.1-Build11.2.raw of=/dev/sdb bs=4k</code>
: <code>[sudo] password for XXXX:</code>
: 463360+0 records in
: 463360+0 records out
:1897922560 bytes (1.9 GB) copied, 195.168 s, 9.7 MB/s


==Resources==
Archive: [[Talk:VMware#Operating System Notes]]
* http://www.vmware.com/
* [[OLPC:VMware]]
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