On Sat, 17 May 2008 13:55:27 -0400, jim wrote:

> Does anyone know of a bootable Linux live CD that already has VMware
> Player installed?
>
> ****ed if I can dredge one up in Google.....
>
> jim

I doubt that one exists however it would be easy to do that with Fedora9.
F9 has added a couple of features that make custom LiveCDs really easy.
If you want a CD or DVD you can create a custom image that includes
anything you want. If you use a USB FLASH drive it's even easier. You
install the F9 LiveCD image using the overlay feature. Overlays make the
USB LiveCD act like a normal Fedora system, i.e. you can install
additional software, create user accounts, and modify the system just as
you would if it was on a hard drive. You would install VMware just like
you would on a regular Fedora box. I don't know if VMware 1.0.5 will run
on a 2.6.25 kernel but the beta of VMware Server 2.0 does, I have VMware
Server 2.0 running on a couple of F9 systems.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/Beats/Live