1 I found this info and the disk images at http://www.ffnn.nl/pages/articles/linux/vmware-player-image-creation.php
3 Here's how to install a LiveCD ISO into a VMware Player-controlled disk image under Windows XP:
5 1. Download the VMware Player application: http://www.vmware.com/download/player/ and install.
6 1. Create a subdirectory, e.g. `C:\Documents and Settings\smith\Desktop\dfbsd\`.
7 1. Download the attached VMware-compatible sparse IDE disk image stored in `20GB-ide.zip` and extract it into that directory.
8 1. Create a VMware virtual machine configuration file with the extension `.vmx` in that directory, e.g. `dfbsd.vmx`: see below.
9 1. Change the parameter `ide1:0.fileName` to match the name of the ISO image.
10 1. Double-click on the `.vmx` file.
11 1. Type control-G to get mouse and keyboard focus into the VMware Player window, and proceed with a normal install.
12 1. Install to the whole disk, choose `lnc0` as the network device, install the boot block.
16 displayName = "DragonFlyBSD"
18 virtualHW.version = "3"
19 scsi0.present = "TRUE"
21 MemAllowAutoScaleDown = "FALSE"
22 ide0:0.present = "TRUE"
23 ide0:0.deviceType = "ata-hardDisk"
24 ide0:0.fileName = "20GB-ide.vmdk"
25 ide1:0.present = "TRUE"
26 ide1:0.fileName = "LATEST-Devel.iso"
27 ide1:0.deviceType = "cdrom-image"
28 floppy0.present = "FALSE"
29 ethernet0.present = "TRUE"
30 ethernet0.connectionType = "nat"
32 sound.present = "TRUE"
33 sound.virtualDev = "es1371"
35 sound.autodetect = "TRUE"
37 ide1:0.autodetect = "TRUE"
40 You can tweak `memsize` to adjust the memory. By default, VMWare Player creates a VLAN and does DHCP, so running `dhclient` works. I haven't tried to install X11. I haven't tried the Linux version of VMware Player yet. I tried the SCSI disk images, but they didn't work immediately, so I gave up and used the IDE image.
42 If you want to do anything fancier, you'll probably need VMware Workstation.