VMWare Player is a free software available from VMWare Inc. enabling the creation
of guest OS within an existing OS
Notes for a beginner …
* VMWare Player and VMWare Server are available for free
* A .vmdk file is the virtual hard drive for the guest OS
* A .nvram file stores the BIOS settings of the virtual machine
* A .vmx file stores the configuration settings for the virtual machine. All you
need is a text editor to edit the VMWare configuration settings.
* A .vmsd file stores information about VMWare snapshots.
Some links to get you started in the VMWare’s Virtual World
.vmx creation utilities
EasyVMX (to create virtual machine settings that run on VMWare Player)
VMBuilder
Virtual Machines using VMWare Player – Blogs
Easy to follow Blog on creating virtual machines using .iso image
Create a windows XP virtual machine
Virtual machine repository (Linux distributions)
Linux sourceVMWare’s Appliances Listing (There is more to the virtual world than OS)
