Knoppix 5.1.1 in a virtual machine (can also be used as a very fast free X server for windows)
Very compact (7.2MB) Knoppix 5.1.1 virtual machine with vm tools (36983) installed using the official (not incl) ISO live CD/DVD
Features
MD5: d9e36fb34717088e89d3890793307067 *vmk511_36983.zip (7'513'976)
Please update the cdrom image path to match the location
of your Knoppix 5.1.1 CD or DVD iso file.
After the boot process is complete, please use the full screen mode
or resize the vmware application window to match your needs.
The guest X server will change the display settings
of the Knoppix 5.1.1 window to fit the vmware application window
(if the Autofit guest and Resize guest options are enabled
in the preferences)
How dows it work ?
I have setup a knoppix.sh in a virtual hdd decompressing in the
Knoppix ramdisk a tgz file including all the vmware tools
during the boot process just before the init execution.
Thanks the unionfs the vmware tools are "patching"
the Knoppix iso with the ramdisk and are then launched
by the init process. I use grub as a boot loader
in the virtual hdd to load the Knoppix kernel and the minirt_511.gz
boot ramdisk allowing to change the hostname, patch a couple of bugs
and finally boot from the VMware virtual cdrom mounted from
the official Knoppix 5.1.1 cd or dvd iso.
The installed VMware tools allow to use Knoppix 5.1.1
as one of the fastest free Xserver I have tried so far.
It is actually much faster than cygwin.
Have fun and please provide some feedback !
Best Regards,
Gilles van Ruymbeke
Technical Specifications
Operating System:
Knoppix 5.1.1
VMware Tools installed: Yes
Size: 7MB
Allocated Memory (RAM): 256
Applications Installed:
cf Knoppix doc: http://www.knoppix.net
Virtual Appliance Account Information
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