Ok, I know this is a debian list but I just wanted to contribute something, it's not meant to take away from debian just my experience (linited as it may be). I am a novice linux user so i also used vmware for a while for similar reason, to learn more about linux, especially desktop use. VMWare helped me get a chance to try several differnt versions of linux in a very convienient way. Red Hat, Suse, Lycoris and Mandrake all installed very simply. I haven't tried Debian but maybe you can try one other of the Linux distros I mentioned to help narrow down the reason you can't get debian working in graphical mode.
I would really love to know if anyone has been able to install VMWare on a Linux host in order to install other linux, bsd's and windows os's. Jeff 21:10:41, lists1 wrote: > On Thursday 05 June 2003 04:27, mavi-net internet hizmetleri wrote: > > I am a Windows User, I want to learn GNU/Linux Debian, but all of my > > special docs and project in Win32 platform. So I tried to use VMWare to > > learn Debian, after that, if I can success that, I will transfer all of my > > projects to Linux. Now; I have a problem about Debian in VMware, graphical > > sytem does not run. I tried a lot of screen config on XF86Config file but > > noting change. So, if anybody now, can you help me about using Debian in > > VMware on Win32 machine? > > > > Thanks > > Try Knoppix. It isn't a straight install of Debian, but it is Debian based, > > and has the apt package manager which works if you decide to install to the > hard disk. I wouldn't recommend the knoppix hard disk install though, as it > > requires a ridiculous 2.2+ GB in /. > > You can try the distro out by simply downloading and burning the iso image of > > knoppix, or buying it from one of the distributors for a few dollars if you > don't have a broadband connection or cd burner. If you can boot from the cd > > or floppy drive, this is an ideal distro to try out, as it doesn't alter your > > hard drive (unless you decide to install it to hard disk), and once you log > out of knoppix, it ejects the cd, and nothing is changes on your hard drive. > > If you can spare a bit of space, a couple hundred MB in your home directory > of your windows installation, you can save your settings, so that you don't > have to re-enter your networking info (ethernet card, ip address or dhcp, > nameservers, new passwords, etc), it saves it all for you in a single file, > which you can delete from windows at any time later if you need the space. > > If you do decide to use knoppix, make sure it can use your windows swap > partition, if you have one, or create some swap space (temporary file on your > > windows drive), and allocate enough space (at least a couple hundred MB if > possible, more if you have less than 128 MB Ram) for the swap file. If you > save your settings in the configuration file you created, you can also save > the swap space, if you can spare the room. > > To boil it down, if you have the space, save configuration info in one file, > > save a knoppix/debian home directory (for your debian files and for your > windows files you'd like to edit under knoppix/debian), and save a swap file. > > When you boot up the disk, it may ask you (especially if low on ram) how much > > space you'd like to allocate for swap. Once the desktop appears, go to > "start" (lower left icon on bottom taskbar), then "Knoppix" then choose among > > the handful of directory choices there. One or more of the sub-directories > will allow you to do all I mentioned above, another will allow you to set up > > your network if not using dhcp, and another will allow you to start your ssh > > daemon if and when needed. > > Once that is all done, remember to save your settings before logging out. > The > next time you want to practice with knoppix/debian, all you have to do is > type: knoppix myconfig=scan at the boot prompt, and it will pick up all your > > previous settings and find your home and swap directories if/when created. > > To see your windows files, you'll need to "mount" the indicated partitions > (should show up on your desktop), and then you can browse your windows files > > by opening konqueror browser (or other favorite), and typing /mnt/hda1 or > /mnt/hda2 or /mnt/hda3 or whatever your hard drive partitions show up as. If > > you have more than one ide hard disk, you'll have hda and hdb, and the cdrom > > may be among these, hdb, hdc or whatever, or it may show under /mnt/cdrom as > > well. If you have scsi drives, or a raid card with ide drives, the > partitions will show up as sda1, sda2, etc. > > Don't forget that the partitions may be mounted read only, so that you don't > > run the danger of writing to your windows partitions. If you need to change > > this, you'll have to mount as root, and possibly edit the fstab file as well > > (don't remember right now). > > Get on Knoppix's mailing list, and check the archives, and faqs. It's a > little sparse right now, but the faq helps, and after checking the archives, > > if you don't have an answer you're looking for, post the question. > > One of the good things about knoppix is that it picks up a lot of hardware > that other distros have difficulty with. This may help with your graphics > problem. > > Now if knoppix would only fix their hard disk installer (ridiculous / space > requirement, non-partitioning, non ReiserFS unless already existing)... > > Good luck. > > Bing. > -- > All spam received is reported to SpamCop. > > http://spamcop.net/ > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
