I know, I've nearly forgotten all compatibility woes! When I made my linux vm, I actually just took a real linux system's drive and told vmware to just use the

I know, I've nearly forgotten all compatibility woes! When I made my linux vm, I actually just took a real linux system's drive and told vmware to just use the drive as-is. So, it was really convenient to no longer have to deal with driver nonsense, while retaining the original disk.