Convention for naming VMware images. This is not a necessity! - First part should be the VMware-OS name (e.g. winxppro). - When this is not desired there is a possibility to specify this in the ostype file (e.g. winxppro windowsxppro) (s. ostype). - When none of the above is used, VMware-OS name is 'other'. This seems not to be a big issue, but VMware says that it can cause Problems. When installing etc... a wrong ostype could cause unpredictable results. - Use lower case letters, there is no guarantee that runvmware work /w upper case letters. - Second part should be separated by'-'. There is no need for a second part. - Specia characters are '-', '_', '.' - Examples: winxppro.vmdk winxppro-office.vmdk winxppro-work.vmdk