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Ultra compact (10MB) Knoppix VM with data persistence & tools (45731) installed using official (not incl) ISO live CD/DVD

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VmWare Workstation 6.0.0 (build 45731) update for Knoppix 5.1.1 & 5.2.0:
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eb54a7cc3f36e2c1d0008e3bbed26e34 *vmk511_45731.zip (10'031'566)
8e47a0d41e64e907cf971e40577b560c *vmk520_45731.zip (9'650'467)

Please update the cdrom image path to match the location
of your Knoppix 5.1.1 or 5.2.0 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 or 5.2.0 window to fit the vmware application window
(if the Autofit guest and Resize guest options are enabled
in the preferences) With VmWare workstation 6.0 you may also
change the maximum window size for the guest (currently limited
to 1024x768)

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 or minirt_520.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 or 5.2.0 cd or dvd iso.
The installed VMware tools allow to use Knoppix 5.1.1 or 5.2.0
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 & Knoppix 5.2.0 (Linux Debian)

VMware Tools installed: Yes

Size: 10MB

Allocated Memory (RAM): 256

Applications Installed:

cf Knoppix doc: http://www.knoppix.net (almost everything you may need...)

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