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How to install VMWare converter on Ubuntu 12.04

I bought a laptop. It came with windows. I prefer to use Ubuntu. I need to use Windows at times. I would like to migrate the OEM windows installation to a virtual machine within Ubuntu. That is the ...
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Unbuntu 12.10 install into VMware WS 8.04 (under win7) stuck on file 43

I've gotten the same result 4 times thus far. Using Windows 7 Enterprise on Apple Mac Pro. Vmware Workstation 8.04, attempting to install Ubuntu 12.10 64-bit VMware seems to correctly identify ...
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VMware wants /dev/dsp, but it does not exist

Running an MS-DOS virtual machine within VMware Workstation 9.01 requires the "virtual sound card" to be set to SB16. However, when it is configured as SB16, it wants /dev/dsp. This device does not ...
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VMWare player is crashing the whole OS

I am using ubuntu 12.04 (with latest updates) on Lenovo Thinkpad T430. Both OS and machine are 64 bits and I got crashes when try to use vmware player to create a VM. I have install vmware player ...
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How do I get VMware Workstation 8.0.4 working on Ubuntu 12.04 64 bit?

I've bought VMware Workstation 8 just today. After the installation I launched it and the application noticed me that "several modules must be compiled and loaded into the running kernel". During the ...
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can't install ubuntu 12.04 64-bit in VMware or Virtualbox on windows 7 64-bit system

I need help! I just got a new 64-bit system and want to run Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit in VMware or Virtualbox, not sure the difference between the two so doesn't matter there. Anyway, I had no problems ...
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install a minimal 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 server virtual machine to use alongside a 32bit Ubuntu 12.04?

I would like to install a minimal 64bit Ubuntu 12.04 server virtual machine to basically be able to use a terminal to run 64bit code alongside my 32bit Ubuntu 12.04 gnome session on my 64bit ...
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VMWare Workstation 6.5.5 Install Freezes

I am trying to install VMWare Workstation 6.5.5 (64-bit) on Ubuntu 10.04 (64-bit), but at about 2/3 of the progress bar, it freezes where it says: Installing VMWare Player 2.5.5 Configuring... ...
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Can you get VMware Server 1.0.x to work?

I'm trying to install VMware Server 1.0.10 (released 2009-10-26) on Ubuntu 10.04. (Why not 2.0? Well, I've tried 2.0; didn't like its UI and had some other issues with it too, and I know 1.0.x does ...
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How do I install wmware workstation?

I tried to install "VMware-Workstation-Full-7.1.2-301548.x86_64.bundle" on Ubuntu 10.10-64bit (2.6.35-22-generic). It seemed to work - but then there is the WMware Kernel Module Updater which fails ...