Does [dyne:bolic] work with VMware v4?

Absolutely!! [dyne:bolic] has been tested with VMware Workstation v4.0.0 build 4460 and it works without any problems.

How do I go about setting up a virtual machine for [dyne:bolic]?

Create a new virtual machine by following these steps:

1. start the New Virtual Machine Wizard [Ctrl-N] in VMware

2. when prompted by the Wizard, select a Custom virtual machine configuration
3. select Linux as the guest operating system
4. choose where to store the virtual machine
5. [dyne:bolic] requires at least 64 MB of RAM so make sure you allocate enough memory
6. you can use either Bridged Networking or Network Address Translation
7. create a virtual drive however big, but when you name the disk file click Advanced and choose IDE instead of SCSI
8. and finally, click Finished

Now edit the virtual machine that you have just created and change the CD-ROM to use the ISO image that you downloaded.

I've started [dyne:bolic] under VMware but there's garbage on my screen!!

You will need to set your VMware Host to use 16-bit colour. [dyne:bolic] will then be able to select the correct graphics driver to be used in the virtual machine environment. Switch your graphical desktop's color depth to 16-bit.

I am booting [dyne:bolic] from the ISO but cannot nest it. Why?

[dyne:bolic] is reporting that it cannot find a hard-drive or memory-stick to nest to, right? In all likelihood, you haven't partitioned and formated a virtual drive yet. To do this, follow these steps:

1. in VMware, create a virtual IDE drive in your [dyne:bolic] guest system (NB: if you've choosen Linux as your guest OS, VMware creates a SCSI drive by default!)

2. boot into [dyne:bolic] and start Xterm
3. create an e2fs partition

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