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VMware ACE Administrator’s Manual
You may also specify whether you want the virtual disk created as one large file
or split into a set of 2GB files. You should split your virtual disk if it may be stored
on a FAT32 file system.
Note: Because the Microsoft installer cannot install files larger than about 4.3GB,
you should also split the virtual disk if the disk is larger than 4GB. You may wish to
split the virtual disk even if it is smaller than 4GB. If you plan to distribute the
VMware ACE package on CD or DVD, the package installs more quickly if you
split the files. For the fastest package installation, be sure that the files that make
up the virtual disks are smaller than 4GB and smaller than the media used to
distribute the package. Thus you get best results if you split the virtual disk files
and distribute the package on DVD.
Make the Virtual Disk Big Enough
The virtual disk should be large enough to hold the guest operating system and
all of the software that you intend to install, with room for data and growth.
You may prefer to increase total disk space by adding virtual disks to the virtual
machine. You can install additional virtual disks using the virtual machine
settings editor (VM > Settings). You must add any additional virtual disks after
completing this wizard but before you create the package for distribution to
your end users.
Consider this example: You need about 500MB of actual free space on the file
system containing the virtual disk to install Windows Me and popular
applications such as Microsoft Office inside the virtual machine. You can set up a
single virtual disk to hold these files. Or you can split them up — installing the
operating system on the first virtual disk and using a second virtual disk for
applications or data files.