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<noinclude>[[Category:Virtual machine or platform emulator]]</noinclude>

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[[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.

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[[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.

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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.

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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.

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~~==='''Look at this Page first'''===~~

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~~'''http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Emulator_image_files#VMware_Player'''~~

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==Appliance files==

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See '''[[Emulator image files]]'''.

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===~~Prebuilt Blueberry 615MB~~.~~vmx file~~ for VMware Player===

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=====[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml EasyVMX!] (build your own VMware virtual machine for VMware Player)=====

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: 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

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:: Free website to download a custom .vmx file to use with your CD Drive

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:: (You must have the free application, VMware Player installed to use it.)

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~~File~~: http://~~people~~.~~sugarlabs~~.~~org~~/~~Tgillard/Blueberry-vmx~~.~~tar.gz~~

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* Web Page:-[http://www.easyvmx.com/easyvmx.shtml] Info:[http://www.virtualization.info/2005/12/guide-to-create-vmx-files-for-vmware.html]

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~~ReadMe~~: http://~~people~~.~~sugarlabs~~.~~org~~/~~Tgillard~~/~~Blueberry~~-vmx.~~txt~~

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(~~Copy the uncompressed~~ files ~~to a 2 GB or larger USB~~/~~SD and run it from the KEY on any computer running VMPlayer)~~

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*openSUSE-edu:

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:'''NEW''' : [[OpenSUSE#openSUSE_12.2-sugar_0.96.2]] --[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 08:07, 10 September 2012 (EDT)

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:Old : http://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/

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===~~Other Prebuilt~~.~~vmx and .img files available~~===

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==Building a virtual appliance==

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*See: http://people.~~sugarlabs~~.~~org/Tgillard/~~

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====from a live.iso file (No persistence)====

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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.

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*openSUSE-edu: https://sourceforge.net/projects/opensuse-edu/files/Sugar/

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~~==Building a virtual appliance==~~

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~~===from a live.iso file (No Persistence)===~~

* 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.

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* 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''.

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*: this appliance is just like a boot CD—it has no 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.

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'''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

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===Appliances with ~~Persistence~~===

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====Appliances with persistence====

* VMware Workstation 6.5.2 with Fedora-11-i386-netinst.iso

http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/11/i386/

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~~http://fedora.osuosl.org/linux/releases/11/Fedora/i386/iso/~~

Fedora 11 DVD does not include Sugar Desktop

* Settings for VMware Workstation:

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:# shutdown -h now

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===Alternatives===

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====Alternatives====

* 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)

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* SUSE Sugar Spin:~~(see section below)~~

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* SUSE Sugar Spin: [[Talk:VMware#openSUSE]]

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*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]

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* 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]

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===Comments===

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====Comments====

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* Run on ~~free VMplayer~~ loaded on any PC with 512 kB of memory (256 kB required for ~~VMplayer~~).

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* Run on VMware Player loaded on any PC with 512 kB of memory (256 kB required for VMware Player).

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* ADVANTAGE: No need to boot USB stick on problem ~~machines~~.

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* ADVANTAGE: No need to boot USB stick on computers that have a problem booting from a USB device.

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* ~~Same machine~~ can be used by a succession of students with their own copy of Sugar.

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* 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.

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* Disadvantage: Have to install ~~VMplayer~~ on PCs

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* Disadvantage: Have to install VMware Player on PCs

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===More Info===

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====More Info====

# Other Methods:http://www.pendrivelinux.com/category/virtual-machine/

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==Two stick alternative==

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===Two stick alternative===

* 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.

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'''This allows VMware Player to be used by multiple students without rebooting the PC.'''

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==One 8-GiB stick with 2 partitions==

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===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

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.)

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===Start partition manager===

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====Start partition manager====

* Delete existing partitions on USB [/dev/sdb?]

*: (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

* Exit Partition Manager

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===Remove and reinstall USB stick===

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====Remove and reinstall USB stick====

* Two USB icons will appear

* Copy VM Appliance into VM_Apps

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===Re-boot PC with USB stick===

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====Re-boot PC with USB stick====

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* Start Firefox and download ~~VMplayer (free)~~ Linux xxxx.bundle

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* Start Firefox and download VMware Player Linux xxxx.bundle

* Place .bundle file in /tmp

* su - command in /tmp

* Enter password for root

* Install bundle in /tmp ( ./ command as administrator. )

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===Run VMware Player===

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====Run VMware Player====

* Start VMware Player

* 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.

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==~~Host operating systems~~==

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===Operating system notes===

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~~See this Page for Information on other operating systems [http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Downloads]~~

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~~==OPERATING SYSTEM NOTES~~==

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Archive: ~~http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/~~Talk:VMware#~~Operating_System_Notes~~

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Archive: [[Talk:VMware#Operating System Notes]]

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