Thread: Run A Virtual Appliance In Vmware Player

1. Download and install VMware Player and the virtual appliance for Damn Small Linux We've chosen DSL because, at 49MB, it's a small download. The process is much the same whichever virtual appliance you use, however,

2. Start VMware Player, From the main interface click Commands, Open, Browse to the DSL file that you downloaded in step 1 and click ok, You'll now see the boot sequence start for your virtual appliance, After this, you'll be prompted to press Enter to begin or F2 and F3 for boot options,

3. If you press Enter, nothing will happen, That's because U input from the keyboard is currently directed to the host as (Windows), Instead. press Ctrl, G to direct input to Damn Small Linux and press Enter, DSL will boot in the VMware window, This will start up the guest as,

4. Having pressed Ctrl, G (or clicked the mouse inside the U VMware window) you'lI no longer be able to move the mouse pointer outside that window - even to close the application window. To return to the host as press Ctrl, Alt (there's a reminder of this in the bottom left of the window).

5. Disc drives and peripherals can be connected only to one .:II machine at a time, whether it's the physical machine running the host as or the virtual machine running the guest as, To switch between the OSes. use the Devices menu, Listed devices are ticked if the guest as is connected - click to connect or disconnect a device,

6. A You can now start to get a feel for DSL, As you can see from the screenshot above. a handful of applications are bundled with the program, The setup procedure is much the same for which ever as you download as a virtual appliance, You can even have multiple guest OSes running at once,