- #Damn small linux iso image download install#
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- #Damn small linux iso image download iso#
Puppy Linux is not a single Linux distribution like Debian. Yes, but what does it look and feel like? If one of these things interest you, read on.
#Damn small linux iso image download iso#
vmx file, returning the CDROM settings to their original values, as you no longer need to use the iso image. If it boots ok, then shut it down, and re-edit the. Once install, reboot the virtual machine, and it should now boot from the hard drive image rather than the livecd. It should only take a few moments, though larger LiveCDs might take a little longer. Choose the partition you just created, and install.
#Damn small linux iso image download install#
In DamnSmallLinux, the option to install-to-hd is on the menu under Apps -> Tools -> Install to Hard Drive. Remember to mark the partition as bootable. Load an XTerm (as root) and use cfdisk /dev/hda to create the partition. Once the Live CD is booted, you need to create a partition on the empty virtual disk. Because the virtual disk image doesn't yet have any partitions defined, the VMware player will boot from the iso image instead.
vmx file, and we are now ready to run the image. Remember to use the correct filename for your iso image We are going to comment out these lines for now (we can put them back once the liveCD is installed to the virtual hard disk) and add 3 lines pointing to the iso image. On windows you may need to use wordpad to edit the file, as notepad doesn't handle the line endings correctly. vmx file to get vmware to use the iso image as the CDROM drive. Now we have all the files we need you need to edit the. Extract the files in to the same folder as the iso image you downloaded earlier.
#Damn small linux iso image download zip file#
For other LiveCDs you might want to go with a 2GB image, as that provides ample space to add extra packages.Ĭlick on Create virtual machine, and download the zip file containing all the files.
For Damn Small Linux, you only need a very small disk, 500MB is sufficient (and the smallest image EasyVMX provide) and 128MB of memory is ample. Next we need to grab a disk image from EasyVMX. The observant will notice that DamnSmallLinux does provide their own VMware image, but this doesn't contain a virtual harddisk, so makes customising the setup harder. I went with the 2.4 release of DamnSmallLinux. I used Damn Small Linux (DSL) as it is only a 50Meg iso, and only needs a couple of hundred meg of diskspace to install in. Next we need to grab an iso for a liveCD to run with.
#Damn small linux iso image download software#
To build a virtual appliance, we'll use EasyVMX to create an empty virtual disk for use with the VMware player, and then boot VMware off an iso image of a live CD (so we don't even need to write the iso to a real CD/DVD) and then use the install-to-hard-drive option of the Live CD to quickly install linux to the virtual disk image, so we can customise the setup and add other software easy.įirst up we need to grab a copy of the VMware player which is available free from their website. Using the VMware player, EasyVMX and a linux liveCD you can have a virtual appliance up and running in just minutes. Building a browser appliance, has never been easier or quicker.