VMware Player 2.0 Compatibility
Submitted by Kevin W on May 10, 2007 - 3:14pm.
VMware has released the offical version of VMware Player 2.0 and VMware Workstation 6.0.
LivePC Engine is going through compatibility testing with Player 2.0. You may encounter a warning that it is untested...it's just a warning.
Known issue: Starting LivePC may report that Virtual Machine is in use/busy.
For local LivePCs, check the LivePC's activation folder for "*.lck".
For LivePCs subscribed from the Library listing, please drop us an email or add a comment to the LivePC requesting an update. We can also attempt to contact the publisher on your behalf.
Desktop:
%userprofile%\Application Data\moka5\Engine\[LivePC Name]
USB User:
"moka5\Documents and Settings\moka5User\Application Data\moka5\Engine\"
Publisher: If a user reports this issue, just repackage the livePC (using the faster - diff only) using Engine 1.0.8724 or later and update the library link.
If you are using VMware Player 2.0/VMware Workstation 6.0, please let us know of your success or any issues you encounter.
Thanks for your support!!!
Update 1
Submitted by Johnathon Publique on May 17, 2007 - 10:49am.
I manually installed VMware Player 2.0 on a different machine, and Moka5 successfully opened/ran my VM stored on my flash drive (created in Workstation 6.0). The VM Player installer is 148,608 KB compared to only 26,930 KB for v1.0.4! It appears that v2.0 is packaged with some operating system .iso's. Hopefully, there will be a reduced installer available without that bloat...
Yes, installing VMware
Submitted by Kevin W on May 17, 2007 - 12:40pm.
Yes, installing VMware Player 2.0 would be a solution. We also noticed the bloating of the installer as well. We'll see what happens in testing.
In general, when running the Engine from USB, it will use the VMware Player version already on the host if one exists.
Kevin
Trying it out...
I created a VM using the new 6.0 version of Workstation, and it converted fine when importing into Moka5. However, using the flash drive on another computer (no prior install of a VM product), it appears to install VM Player 1.0.4, then fails to load the VM, citing a version error.
This makes sense, as I should need VM Player 2.0 to run my VM. Where can I find a .msi (or how may I extract it from the .exe) of VM Player 2.0 to try to get Moka5 working with this image (USB 2.0 support is key)? Failing that, what files do I need to replace manually to get this to run?
Thanks,
~JP