fyi, i installed player (which removes vmware server) and can now run winXP
in vmware in fullscreen mode.

On 8/27/07, josh coffman <joshcoffman@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I'm bothered that I may have to dual boot winXp just to be able to
> program. [Yes, I can program on linux too, especially mono.. but its not my
> primary job.]
>
> Two things I have NOT yet done to solve the wireless bridging problem with
> vmware are:
> 1) define a second bridged adapter to wlan0, and set the first back to
> eth0.
> 2) try static ip, which I'm still trying to figure out how to.
>
> I've also bookmarked an article on how to disable VGA frame buffer so I
> can go fullscreen with my vmware machine.
>
> I'm also willing to consider running a different distrobution than Fedora
> 7. Mint or OpenSuse maybe? Anyone use vmware on those? (Mint = Ubuntu +
> codecs)
>
> I'm open to suggestions.
>
> Just to recap: vmware guest winXP runs on my fedora7. but I can't use a
> bridged connection to put the vm on my lan.. and I can't run it fullscreen
> in the admin console because of a stupid vga issue when I set the guest
> resolution > 800x600. solving either would work for me, but solving both is
> preferred.
>
> -j
>
>
>
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