One of the things I have been meaning to do for a while is set up VMWare so I can run a browser on WinXP that connects to a server running in OS X. I finally did that this morning. Here’s how:
1.) Follow the instructions here (Rob Sanheim, FTW): http://robsanheim.com/2007/12/11/creating-a-static-loopback-address-to-use-in-vmware/
2.) If you provide a different interface depending on the requested host name, then Edit C:\WINDOWS\system32\drivers\etc\hosts to point 10.0.0.100 (or whatever IP address you selected in step 1 to a hostname (for example local.mysite.com).
That’s pretty much it. I noticed that I had to restart IE for it to recognize the new hosts file changes, but otherwise it works like a charm.
