Guide to creating and running VMs

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10-25-2007, 03:07 PM
dritar

lolpie, help me i got the xp in .iso file, what i need to do next?
10-25-2007, 04:18 PM
deathie

Thanks for typing this guide up.
10-25-2007, 05:36 PM
lolpie

Quote:

Originally Posted by dritar

lolpie, help me i got the xp in .iso file, what i need to do next?

After you make the VM, go to "Edit this VM's settings"
Scroll down to the CD drive options
Check the option to use an iso
Browse to the iso
Click on, then start the VM
10-25-2007, 06:52 PM
dritar

Thank you very much! But will it lagg the normal system then?
10-25-2007, 10:21 PM
lolpie

Depends...what are the computer specs
10-26-2007, 01:17 PM
corl455

so if it depends on specs, here my specs, think ill lag?:
512mb ram
1.5mgh proccesser pentum M(for laptops)
anything else you need, just ask.
10-26-2007, 05:46 PM
lolpie

Yeah, it'll definately lag both the VM and the main PC. I would recommend running the VM at 200 RAM
10-27-2007, 08:02 PM
julian0

thx for ur help.
10-28-2007, 05:12 PM
chulo92

but if i take vm off it will unlag my pc?
10-28-2007, 07:19 PM
lolpie

Yar
10-29-2007, 03:38 AM
03699

Im using microsoft VM and how can i extend the window size so i can see the whole of runescape instead of half a picture?
10-29-2007, 04:18 AM
mark9510

im to lazy to do the math right now so if i want to run 12vms for a 24hour period without lagging how much ram and harddrive space do i need
10-29-2007, 06:08 AM
lolpie

12 VMs? You would need around 8 gigs of RAM
10-29-2007, 06:10 AM
03699

lol pie can you please answer my question
10-29-2007, 03:35 PM
HellBoyz

Quote:

Originally Posted by mark9510

im to lazy to do the math right now so if i want to run 12vms for a 24hour period without lagging how much ram and harddrive space do i need

I think it would be nice to run a spec as below

Intel Xeon C2D 3.66 Processor - 2 unit under blade server
4 - 8Gb ddr3 ram
1 tera scsi hdd

with this you will definitely running 20++ of it (imagine the speed. lol)
10-30-2007, 12:55 AM
lolpie

Quote:

Originally Posted by 03699

lol pie can you please answer my question

Well I've never used Microsoft Virtual PC so I have no clue. The option should be pretty much the same though...(Edit > Settings > Display)
10-30-2007, 01:03 AM
HellBoyz

03699: Probably you will need to set your host display to 1024 x 768 and your VPC to 800 x 600
10-30-2007, 04:43 AM
03699

ok, ill try that

Edit: Thanks it worked very helpful
10-31-2007, 01:06 AM
HellBoyz

Gratz you on your track in VM world now
10-31-2007, 10:29 PM
man slaughter

Quote:

VMWare Workstation 6 - Illegal. No links for you. Hint: Torrents

your cracking me up. thanks for the tut. i am a true wannabe IT and i hadn't thought of this all though i had read about it.
11-01-2007, 07:38 AM
Lacky

A8HC7-1GGR0-E4PD4-4T694

The Serial Number For VMWare Workstation 6.X - Should Work. I haven't tested it yet.

For the Microsoft one, 32 Bit or 64 Bit should I download?
11-01-2007, 08:24 AM
HellBoyz

You should get a tinyxp for it
11-01-2007, 09:12 AM
Lacky

I am. I am just saying though, Which one should I get if TinyXP lags?
11-01-2007, 09:30 AM
Lacky

Sorry for double post, but, does this reformat your computer? You say something about that, then say start download Scar and Java etc.
11-01-2007, 04:36 PM
lolpie

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacky

Sorry for double post, but, does this reformat your computer? You say something about that, then say start download Scar and Java etc.

Nope it doesn't reformat. It's for the OS inside of VMW

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacky

I am. I am just saying though, Which one should I get if TinyXP lags?

TinyXP Beast is pretty much the fastest OS out there right now. If that lags, then I don't think anything else will work
11-01-2007, 10:10 PM
Lacky

Alright. What do I do? I try to burn the iso to a cd with deepburner, but when I click on erase (since next is greyed out) it says "This medium cannot be erased" or something.

And you said I can run it without burning, what and how do I do it and what do I have to do? It says it doesn't know what type of file to open the iso with. What do I do?
11-01-2007, 10:30 PM
[S]paz

basically ur cd or dvd is -r so its not rewritable ... u dont have to burn it.. i didnt

when vmware is open click setting under VM and go to the second tab

at the bottom there is a place where u can browse the dir of the iso or make it read form disk

hope that helps :)

spaz
11-02-2007, 03:10 AM
HellBoyz

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2241/vmhn9.th.jpg

This is the screen to set the iso
11-02-2007, 03:12 AM
fsfhunter

Everyone, WATCH WHERE YOU ARE DOWNLOADING FROM OR ELSE. I downloaded VMware from the first listing, think it is b.oux.com or around that. Internet stopped working next day. Next week I struggled to get my computer working when in fact it was a dataminer. A level 9 out of 10 threat from ad aware. Worst of all, I had to do a COMPLETE SYSTEM RESTORE just to fix this, aka back to square one. This caused me so much trouble, everyone be VERY careful with sites that look fishy.
11-02-2007, 07:06 AM
supadude

thanks for the guide i've downloaded VMW but i cant find tiny xp beast edition not sure how torrents work fully downloaded that one you put link for it opened it in limewire and said connecting for like 4 hours where can you add a non-torrent link to tinyxp or show me how to dl it?

EDIT: dw got it dling now
11-02-2007, 07:32 AM
supadude

ok i downloaded bittorrent and im downloading tinyxp off that torrent on pirate bay its going a bit slow but thanks it'll get there its just guna take like an hour and a half thats all
11-02-2007, 09:00 AM
supadude

http://img527.imageshack.us/img527/8...ededaw8.th.jpg

ahh help please ive burned the tinyxp iso to a cp using deepburner and its in drive d but i get this error
11-02-2007, 09:58 AM
supadude

nvm ty so much got it all up and running just cant install the tools thing but it works and its autoing now :D
11-02-2007, 10:01 AM
Lacky

Quote:

Originally Posted by spaztaz666

basically ur cd or dvd is -r so its not rewritable ... u dont have to burn it.. i didnt

when vmware is open click setting under VM and go to the second tab

at the bottom there is a place where u can browse the dir of the iso or make it read form disk

hope that helps :)

spaz

Yeh, I asked my dad, and he said exactly the same thing that it was only a cdr not a cdwr. I have it working now, I just looked around yesterday. ^^ I just booted within VMWare. In my opinion, it's better as you can just leave the setting instead of having to run from CD. Although, it would be good for portable use.

Quote:

Originally Posted by hellbb88

http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/2241/vmhn9.th.jpg

This is the screen to set the iso

Thanks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by fsfhunter

Everyone, WATCH WHERE YOU ARE DOWNLOADING FROM OR ELSE. I downloaded VMware from the first listing, think it is b.oux.com or around that. Internet stopped working next day. Next week I struggled to get my computer working when in fact it was a dataminer. A level 9 out of 10 threat from ad aware. Worst of all, I had to do a COMPLETE SYSTEM RESTORE just to fix this, aka back to square one. This caused me so much trouble, everyone be VERY careful with sites that look fishy.

I doubt that if you got it from here, then it would screw you up. You probably clicked on something else. Because I downloaded it all (but tinyxp which I found a clean torrent for) here and nothing happened.

You should also scan files. :p ^^

Quote:

Originally Posted by supadude

thanks for the guide i've downloaded VMW but i cant find tiny xp beast edition not sure how torrents work fully downloaded that one you put link for it opened it in limewire and said connecting for like 4 hours where can you add a non-torrent link to tinyxp or show me how to dl it?

EDIT: dw got it dling now

I have a link for the tinyxp beast edition, but I see you have it dling lol.

Quote:

Originally Posted by supadude

ok i downloaded bittorrent and im downloading tinyxp off that torrent on pirate bay its going a bit slow but thanks it'll get there its just guna take like an hour and a half thats all

Mine was a bit slow, because of all the stuff I had open, but actually, I was amazed at how fast it did download though. It was pretty quick for about 250mb! I read somewhere that supposedly it was a fast download as well...Downloading on BitTorrent FTW! :spot:

Virtual Machines are cool! Lolpie, you are god! lol I set the thing to 3gb hard drive, about 224mb ram, and it doesnt lag at all! Only when I run scar and RS it only lags the tiniest bit, it is awesome!!!

One thing though, even though I shouldn't need to, can I change the 3gb thing to about 5gp without reformatting etc.? And does it take gb from my normal hard drive? I dont think it does, because I had less than 3gb left on my 20gb hard drive when I first installed. I only have about 1-2gb left though because of all the components. So it's pretty good ^^. :p
11-02-2007, 10:30 AM
HellBoyz

Well it do consume some space in your host Hdd proximately 1-2gb and resize hdd will be considering re-format the whole damn thing but the other benefit was you can try clone then instead of install for multiple tinyxp for multiple autos usage
11-02-2007, 10:39 AM
gamer716

nice guide thanks
11-02-2007, 11:43 PM
Lacky

Quote:

Originally Posted by hellbb88

Well it do consume some space in your host Hdd proximately 1-2gb and resize hdd will be considering re-format the whole damn thing but the other benefit was you can try clone then instead of install for multiple tinyxp for multiple autos usage

Sorry, can you explain that in stupid dumb peoples english language please? :p

Oh, and for all those Vista Users out there, I have found a link that might tell you something about it, I think it did:

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ws6_manual.pdf - Clicky

On another related note, I think I can do other stuff on my virtual machine while autoing. Yesterday when I autoed on it for the first time, it actually moved the mouse on the VM, now it moves an "invisible" mouse and I can move the VM mouse around...it's odd...but I haven't tested it yet as it might screw it up (and I don't want that to happen :p).
11-03-2007, 03:47 AM
HellBoyz

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lacky

Sorry, can you explain that in stupid dumb peoples english language please? :p

Oh, and for all those Vista Users out there, I have found a link that might tell you something about it, I think it did:

http://www.vmware.com/pdf/ws6_manual.pdf - Clicky

On another related note, I think I can do other stuff on my virtual machine while autoing. Yesterday when I autoed on it for the first time, it actually moved the mouse on the VM, now it moves an "invisible" mouse and I can move the VM mouse around...it's odd...but I haven't tested it yet as it might screw it up (and I don't want that to happen :p).

Lol. ok the more stupid damn english style, do not try to to resize the vm client hard disk and it would not happen...

use the VM ware clone service to add more client instead of re-create and install client

Mouse feature do exists in vm client but invisible to your eye use ctrl + alt to let loose the mouse on vm client and to prevent you miss click anything same like when you run scar on your host.
11-03-2007, 02:27 PM
EvilChicken!

OMFG TY SO FAWKING MUCH! TinyXP Beast Edition owns soo hard!! Rep+++++++++++!:D
11-03-2007, 08:56 PM
RudeBoiAlex

this is the blue error screen i get:

http://aycu21.webshots.com/image/311...8199617_th.jpg

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