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Jerry McBride writes: |
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> I passed on vmware for my use as it is quite the overkill for my simple |
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> needs. Also, vmware does not currently run on the most recent kernels. |
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> And secondly, you only get to use it for 30 days... the vmware |
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> workstation evaluation copy that is. |
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Right, but you can use the vmware player for free with existing VMs. You |
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can even create VMs from scratch, there are some websites which offer |
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this, you fill in information about the OS, memory and such, and get a |
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config file you can use with the vmware player. |
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> allows is for you to setup your windows image anyway you want, then |
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> reload your qemu image with cow file support enabled... and any |
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> modifications made during your windows session is written to the cow |
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> file, not your windows image. If things get really, really hashed up, |
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> closeup Qemu... delete the cow file and start afresh... A perfect way |
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> to dump the worms, viri, malware, etc... or your accidentally hosed |
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> linux image... |
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With VMware, you can create snapshots of your VMs, and revert to older |
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ones if you like. Or you can use VMs in undoable mode, and decide whether |
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you want to keep the changes made since the VM was started. |
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I do not know qemu yet, but I guess it may be easier to setup. You are |
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right about the recent kernels, the vmware modules did not compile for me |
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several times until vmware released patches. Quite annoying. But apart |
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from that, vmware works quite well. |
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Wonko |
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