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On Tue, 29 Jan 2008 11:20:38 -0800, Michael Higgins wrote: |
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> So, the quick question is, is VM Ware the best way to go? I think XP is |
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> still lurking on a partition here... and I do need to run Internet |
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> Extorter, Outlook, etc... pretend I'm in their "domain"... |
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VMware is a good way to go, whether it's the best is open to debate. |
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While you can run it from a physical partition, trying to use an existing |
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install may cause problems. At the very least you'll need to re-activate |
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is with MS because it is now running on a different computer (the virtual |
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one). |
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> * app-emulation/vmware-workstation |
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> Available versions: 4.5.3.19414-r7 5.5.5.56455 ~6.0.1.55017!f |
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> ~6.0.2.59824!f |
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> ... when I downloaded the evaluation license and a tar.gz, does that |
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> satisfy the "!f", for example? What do I do with it, then? I do notice |
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> the version number matches. |
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If you try to emerge it, you will be told which file to download and |
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where to put it. Put the one you have in $DISTDIR and use the -v option |
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with emerge. If it shows a 0KB download, you know you have the right file. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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"I am a Cub Ranger. We dib dib dib for the One. We dob dob dob for the |
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One." |