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EasyVMX: Build a virtual machine on the web
EasyVMX is one of those things that makes me sit back and say, "Huh... that's neat." It's a handy web app that will build a virtual machine for the free VMware Player based on your specifications. Just fill out a few drop-downs and checkboxes (or a lot, if you're more technically-inclined), download and run the small virtual machine file it generates, and then pop in your OS's install disc. EasyVMX will generate virtual machines for Windows, Linux, Solaris, BSD, and more. In case you're new to this virtualization thing like me, the EasyVMX tutorial is a good place to start.[Via Rails Live CD Blog]
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Subscribe to commentsRobert HeadleyOct 18th 2006 3:15AM
VMware server is free now...
No need to do the whole VMX hack, tho this was a good app in the day.
FabuloOct 18th 2006 7:25PM
VMWare server is indeed free. However it requires Windows 2000/2003 server. It does not run on XP (or 2000 pro).
It does run on Linux though.
But the free player is much easier to use anyway.
BugOct 19th 2006 7:56AM
Weird, my VMWare Server works just perfect on my WinXP Pro.
DavidOct 19th 2006 8:04AM
#2: Thats 100% BS. You can run VMWare Server on Windows XP. I've been doing so since it came out.
And theres more uses for vmx creation utilities than just for VMWare Player, for example there are hidden options you can't get to using the built-in configuration generator in vmware's products.
(3D Accel and Relative Mouse to name two.)
Also, sometimes you want to make a VM with many disks, or ethernet adapters. Doing so with VMWare's gui is tedious.
I happen to be the author of VMBuilder, another web-based VMX generation tool. I'm working on a new release of my tool that improves its UI and featureset.
I wish there was a way to save a file without submitting a form to my server, but it looks like that will be necessary.
Whats a pain is making vmdk files and zipping them, without piping hundreds of mb's of null data to zip.
http://dcgrendel.be/vmbuilder/2.0