(old)Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

The Puppy 107-vmware moved to a new server:
http://htb65.de/puppylinux/puppy-releases/1.0.7/

There also is a new vmwareplayer for Puppy 2.02, for details read this thread:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=10420

Mark

I came across safe_home_banking.vmx on the VMplayer site. Simple editing is all it takes to make it work flawlessly with the Puppy iso file to your liking. In fact it works with all kinds of iso files.

This way I can try an iso in virtual machine. If I like it I can install it on my machine. In any case it is a major space saver.

I have created a 4 gb virtual drive with a 2.5 gb bootable dos 7.1 partition, 500 mb Linux swap & a 1 gb hda 6 for use in vmware player. So far it has used up only 18 mb of space. What I have to experiment with is to boot & install Linux to this virtual drive.

pmshah wrote:I came across safe_home_banking.vmx on the VMplayer site. Simple editing is all it takes to make it work flawlessly with the Puppy iso file to your liking. In fact it works with all kinds of iso files.

This way I can try an iso in virtual machine. If I like it I can install it on my machine. In any case it is a major space saver.

This sounds very interesting and I would like to try it.

Could you give more info on where to get 'safe_home_banking.vmx' and how to set it up to run any Puppy iso?

What editing is needed?

Paul

You can download the player from the following site...

http://www.vmware.com/products/player/

Install this file.

he appliance is actually a very simple text file. Copy paste the following test in a txt file. Rename it to "puppy.vmx" Leave out the Top & bottom dashed lines.

-----------------------------------------------------------------------
config.version = "7"
virtualHW.version = "3"
scsi0.present = "TRUE"
memsize = "128"
MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
ide0:0.present = "FALSE"
ide0:0.fileName = "Other.vmdk"
ide0:0.deviceType = "ata-hardDisk"
ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
ide1:0.fileName = "puppy.iso"
ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
floppy0.present = "FALSE"
ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
usb.present = "TRUE"
sound.present = "TRUE"
sound.virtualDev = "es1371"
sound.fileName = "-1"
sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
displayName = "Puppy Linux"
guestOS = "other"

ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
----------------------------------------------------------------

Place your "puppy. iso" file in the same folder as this puppy.vmx file. Start your vmplayer & point to this puppy.vmx file. You have a full functional virtual machine. Select video resolution in Puppy to one level below your host's native resolution otherwise you will fill up the screen entirely.

You can simply change the 2 obvious puppy references in this file & use it with absolutely any iso you have. You can change memory allotment to suit your hardware. Do not use an iso that installs an os since this file does not furnish a pre configured virtual hard disk. For foing that some changes as well as an additional file of about 1mb size are required.

Hope this helps.

MU wrote:The Puppy 107-vmware moved to a new server:
http://htb65.de/puppylinux/puppy-releases/1.0.7/

There also is a new vmwareplayer for Puppy 2.02, for details read this thread:
http://www.murga.org/~puppy/viewtopic.php?t=10420

Mark

Is it possible to make The Puppy 211-213-vmware? It would be incredible!

while struggling with some "unknowns" in the control file of Torsmo which isn't maintained since 2004 I stumbled across a fully maintained successor: Conky (conky.sourceforge.net). It's a bit "fatter" then Torsmo with more capabilities but to me the most important aspect is that it's maintained. Compiled and installed without problems so far.

Juergen

Can any one point to a copy of VM puppy linux

as all the links seem to be broken

thanks DC

DC wrote:Can any one point to a copy of VM puppy linux

as all the links seem to be broken

thanks DC

See post from MU above!

Hi don't worry about the previous request for a link
I followed the instructions for the VMX file
downloaded Murga's 50M Mean Puppy
and it works fine

had to rename iso to puppy.iso Changing the name in the script to match Murga's 50M Mean Puppy file name did not work.

DC

Hi, read all of your posts, what does this vm do? what is it used for? thanks

my limited knowledge reply

VM - Virtual machine i.e. a virtual PC

in my case allows you to run puppy in a VM running in windows XP
I've had puppy 2.13 running ok.
I just used it for playing with while I have to be in windows (work programmes ).
I boot back to harddrive puppy as soon as I don't need windows!

DC

Ok, I think I understand, but if your in xp and have puppy running, does that not still allow others to peer into the back doors of xp? its got holes ya know.

as for XP having holes - speak to bill
For XP I've have a router with hardware firewall, Zonealarm software firewall - to protect me from the kids downloads, AVG anti-virus.

and Puppy don't need any of the above.

And I don't know if XP problems could effect a VM running puppy.
but its a iso anyway so no worries

DC

Hi,

I have followed install procedure and got pizzapup running fine in vmware with speed ! Though i have two problems i hope someone may help to solve:
1. i cannot see/mount hard drives (fat or ntfs) nor cdrom drive
2. network is not working because it gives an error messages stating it is yet in use...

Can someone help ?

Best regards

All the discussion so far seems to be about using VMware to allow Puppy to run under windoze.

However, I would like to run windoze under linux (with a strong preference for puppy).

VMware will run under Linux, but has someone tried this under Puppy, or even created a dotpup for it?

MM

MustardMan wrote:
VMware will run under Linux, but has someone tried this under Puppy, or even created a dotpup for it?

MM

That would be very cool.

Puppy-1.09CE, Metisse, xfce, VMware server running Win98(in spanish with MacOS Aqua theme for AstonShell):


Puppy baremetal for VMware Server - Mostly SOLVED
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewto ... 79&t=10505

Search in the forum for more info.

Hi there.

Has anybody managed to get VMWare's support for direct3d/direct rendering running in either desktop or player?

Will it support the Nvidia440mx in direct 3d mode?

The support docs he say yes,yes,yes.
The computer she say NO NO NO!

Prism 2.17.1
Geforce440
WINXP/SBS2003 guests.

I tried the direct3d support and had no luck. I installed Vista as the guest with XP Pro as the host & the direct3d support, the Vista games wouldn't load the graphics. Conversely I installed Vista as a guest with no direct3d support and the Vista games played, albeit a little slower and a warning message about no 3d acceleration. 3d support in VMWare is still experimental, as is Vista support but I've been running it with no problems, windows updates, firewall & antivirus installed and playing with Google Chrome web browser on it.

Installing the VMWare tools is a must, for various enhancements not least of which is being able to select your native screen resolution. I run all mine full screen, minimise it to get to desktop if needed.

Have a look at this site http://easyvmx.com/ - it creates the files needed to run other OS's for VMWare Player, unless you purchase VMWare Workstation - then you can do it yourself. It creates the virtual hard drive et al, and is only a few kb download. You can also setup a shared folder, which I've found very useful.

My virtual machines to date are: Vista Ultimate, Fedora 8 Gamer (I've got no games on XP Pro - by design), Linux Mint 5 rc1, Dreamlinux and others I've deleted - no uninstall, just delete the folder.
I will be trying Puppy in VMWare, but I don't think it'll beat frugal install - unless you're trying development releases of course.

Anyone wanting any help with VMware - I'll try to help, but it will not be Puppy related until I've tried it myself.

reborn

2007!!

http://uneasysilence.com/archive/2007/02/9553/

youtube selection

Aitch