To run Ubuntu in a VMware virtual machine, you need a computer that supports virtualization, the latest version of VMware Workstation Player, a four-core processor, 4GB to 8GB of RAM, and at least ...
Ubuntu 7.10 + vmware workstation 6 works like a charm. I have had virtually 0 problems with this setup.<BR><BR>I believe I did have to install the 32bit compatibility libraries for installation of ...
VMWare emulates an AMD PCNet32 NIC for guests, it never gets access go the hardware and if you have the NIC enabled in the VMWare config it should get detected on bootup automatically.