How To: Emulate Linux!

Hello! Today I will be showing you how to "emulate" another operating system. When you are going to emulate the OS, you will be required to partition and all of that. The only OS you do not have to partition for is, DSL Linux and Puppy Linux. DSL Linux is only a 50MB ISO file and Puppy Linux is 100MB ISO. Both do not require a partition and can be booted from a CD. I've tried both, Puppy Linux seems to work and look better. Emulation of an OS also requires a lot of resources too. Make sure you have at least 1GB RAM and 2GHz processor. If your computer does not meet that minimum, the OS may lag. I have 512 MB RAM and 1.5 GHz processor, DSL Linux lagged for me. Anyways, you will need a short list of items for this How-To. First, you need an .ISO file of the operating system. If you have a CD, there are ways to rip the contents off of it and create an ISO file. Check out this link if you need to rip the ISO, http://www.magiciso.com/tutorials/miso-makeiso.htm. For that you will need to install Magic ISO. After you have got the ISO file, you have to get VMware Player. Downloading the trial requires registering on their site, here's the link; http://www.vmware.com/download/player/. Next, you will need the OS VMware files. Get it here; http://rapidshare.com/files/207601054/OS.rar.
Extract it into a folder and put the .ISO file inside the folder too. Right click on the configuration files, the .vmdk and the .vmx files. Select properties and find the text Read Only. Uncheck the box and hit apply. Do this for both the files. Next, right click the OS.vmx file and click open with. Select notepad and click open. You will see that there is some text in the file. Find the text, ide1:0.fileName = "c:\image.iso". You will need to put the exact directory and file name of the ISO image file of your Linux.After that, save it. And that's it! Just double click the OS.vmx file and it should start loading the operating system. I have only tried Ubuntu Linux, Puppy Linux and DSL Linux. For the full Linux versions, like Ubuntu, you will need to create a partition and it might not read your current partition. You can attach external USB devices by clicking on the icons that are located in the bottom right hand of the screen. Just click them and click attach. You can connect many devices, but depends on the Linux. And that's all! It's easy, but only do it if you have a good PC that can handle 2 operating systems at once. Thanks for reading!