![]() => Next => Next => Select Windows Vista (Experimental) Now open Vmware by typing into the terminal: Now when you got your CD-Key, save the image on your PC for later use. While waiting go signup for your product Key. Okey, this might take some time for must users. If you use wget, it should be the full link address) (Using wget will work even though microsoft says "We are currently experiencing a high level of demand bla bla bla") (the board for some reason shortens the link. So while I was there, I graped the direct links. ( I only Tested it with 32bit).Īs a lot of people want to try this "new" OS, I found that its almost impossible to get access to the downloads. This is a big file(3gb + )įirst go here and download either 32bit or 64bit version. If it didn't, start the terminal and executeģ) Okey if thats working, lets move on to getting Vista downloaded. If everything is allright, the server console program will show up. Via the menu Applications => System Tools => Vmware Server Console If everything went allright, the installation will finish without any problemsWe can now test if it worked by starting the VMWare server console You will find the key in your email inbox You will be prompted for your key during the installation. But offcourse, just accept the settings you want to. I have mine set to /home/username/vmware. You can accept all defaults, only thing you might want to alter is the directory where the Virtual Machines are stored. Startup the terminal and go to the extracted filesĬd /tmp replace with your download directory Open the downloaded file with the archive manager.Įxtract it to somewhere, I will use /tmp here. (first mentioned, binary (.tar.gz) )The Installation Select the VMWare Server beta (for Linux)ĭownload VMware Server for Linux. Register as new user, do give a valid email adres, since you will be receiving the registration key by email. On the menu on the right click: Download VMWare ServerĬlick on the appropriate Download Now button. We are now ready to download VMWare Server. So if this makes some kind of error, you could try to go on. This somehow didnt work for me, but I got it installed successfully anyway. This will install all needed dependencies (atleast I hope so :wink: ) Sudo apt-get install linux-headers-`uname -r` build-essential xinetd I will be using some stuff from this guide made by Peturrr.ġ) First we need to use some stuff from Peturrr's HOWTO:įirst we need to install a few dependencies: I have only tested this on my PC with Dapper 6.06. THIS IS NOT FOR DUAL BOOTING! YOU WILL BE RUNNING WINDOWS VISTA TRHOUGH VMWARE (a window) ON TOP OF UBUNTU. This Howto will explain how you Download (3GB+ Download!), install and get free licensens to Windows Vista Beta 2 (that expires June 2007). ![]() This is my first HOWTO, so I hope it will be useful to some. HOWEVER, YOU COULD USE THE GUIDE IF YOU ALREADY HAVE THE ISO, OR AN ISO FROM ANOTHER OS. Edit : THIS GUIDE IS PRETTY OUTDATED AND THE DOWNLOADS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ANYMORE. ![]()
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