Question about the VM hard disk
Submitted by puneet on October 14, 2006 - 1:02pm.
I want to store the VM on my local disk to use it offline.
I tried to search for the vm disk and vmx file but the disk size is 1k. Also the vm folder has cdsk files. I don't see these files in a vmware virtual machine folder. What are these files used for?
Rishi is right, if you would
Submitted by John Whaley on October 15, 2006 - 10:45am.
Rishi is right, if you would like to use a LivePC offline, you should click the "Let me use this LivePC offline" checkbox. This will lock the disk contents for that LivePC in the cache, so it won't be evicted. Once the LivePC is fully downloaded, it will be safe to use it offline.
"cdsk" files are the disk format that we use. It supports features like compression, efficient snapshotting and backup, and fast lookup of parent disks. There are some tools for conversion to/from this disk format; for example, when importing an existing VMware image.
-John
Hi, The vmdk files are just
Submitted by John Whaley on October 17, 2006 - 10:52am.
Hi,
The vmdk files are just small headers that point to our disk format. They include the disk geometry information (heads, cylinders, etc.) which is not in the disk format but is required by VMware.
-John
using the livepc offline
Did you check the option "use this live pc offline" in the settings part of the livepc launch screen?