VMWare Player is a
free software available from
VMWare Inc. enabling the creation
of
guest OS within an existing OS
Notes for a beginner ...
*
VMWare Player and
VMWare Server are available for free
* A
.vmdk file is the virtual hard drive for the guest OS
* A
.nvram file stores the BIOS settings of the virtual machine
* A
.vmx file stores the configuration settings for the virtual machine. All you
need is a text editor to edit the VMWare configuration settings.
* A
.vmsd file stores information about VMWare snapshots.
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