Date:  Mon, 17 Apr 2006 16:36:12 -0700
From:  Cameron Showalter <cameron (at mark) gwschool.com>
Subject:  [coba-e:04730] Re: (BQ) OT - nuonce cd on vmware
To:  coba-e (at mark) bluequartz.org
Message-Id:  <4444266C.6080406 (at mark) gwschool.com>
In-Reply-To:  <001401c66279$032ca460$3701a8c0@lapxp>
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*** this works with vmware player and vmware server ***  hopefully will
work with esx also.
when you create the virtual computer use the custom settings.  in there
is an option for "Use existing disk".      I found a link to sorta
'hack' vmware player by using qemu to create a vmdk file.    it's much
faster.    you'll need a windows box to run the qemu command on, or just
install qemu on your linux box. 

http://johnbokma.com/mexit/2005/11/07/vmware-player-ubuntu-installation.html

hth,
cameron