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From: K S Sreeram <sreeram@tachyontech.net>
To: Ian Dowse <iedowse@maths.tcd.ie>
Subject: Re: VMWare plain disk
Date: Mon, 21 May 2001 17:23:16 +0530
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It doesnt work.. 

i created the plain disk using the configuration editor in vmware. I created 
a 3GB plain disk, and vmware created 2 files (win981.dat and win982.dat), 
each being 1.5GB. I guest its not working because the partitions in the disk 
are not at the beginning of the file.

KS

On Monday 21 May 2001 17:07, Ian Dowse wrote:
> In message <01052017353303.00615@ks.tachyon.tech>, K S Sreeram writes:
> >Hi
> >
> >Can somebody tell me how to locally mount a vmware plain disk, without
> > using vmware?
>
> You could try using vnconfig: e.g.
>
> 	(cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV vn0)
> 	vnconfig -e -s labels /dev/vn0 /path/to/plain/disk
> 	mkdir /vmdisk
> 	mount -t msdos /dev/vn0s1 /vmdisk
>
> and then when you're finished, use
>
> 	umount /vmdisk
> 	vnconfig -u /dev/vn0
>
> Ian
>
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