Re: [gentoo-user] VM Ware or not?

[Ricardo Saffi Marques]

We've been using VMware Server and VMware Server Console at our lab.
Everything works really good. The point is that you can't use a real
phisical partition of any of your disks. You have to create a virtual disk
for the guest system.
It works beautifully with a virtualization-compatible processor. We've been
using VMware Server at a Core 2 Quad and things are going so great that
right now there are 17 VMs running on it. Almost natively (performance).

Regards,

Saffi

On 1/29/08, Michael Higgins <linux@×××××××.org> wrote:
>
> Hello, folks --
>
> Most days, I work remotely from the 'ndoze net via rdesktop when I have
> to access it for some reason. But the bandwidth there is getting choked
> as others follow suit.
>
> I'm thinking I'd have a better time of it if I just had my own little
> toybox -- I mean, Windows XP installation -- at home. Sure, I can
> dual-boot, but then I lose the whole of my reasons for having a real
> OS. And I'd put up another machine, but I have enough anxiety over the
> ones I have to maintain already. Why bring that kind of trouble into
> your home?
>
> So, the quick question is, is VM Ware the best way to go? I think XP is
> still lurking on a partition here... and I do need to run Internet
> Extorter, Outlook, etc... pretend I'm in their "domain"...
>
> At any rate, I'm hoping some on the list can give me a leg up on this.
>
> My first question is, what does this mean to me:
>
> * app-emulation/vmware-workstation
>      Available versions:  4.5.3.19414-r7 5.5.5.56455 ~6.0.1.55017!f
> ~6.0.2.59824!f
>
> ... when I downloaded the evaluation license and a tar.gz, does that
> satisfy the "!f", for example? What do I do with it, then? I do notice
> the version number matches.
>
> And the other question I hate to ask -- I'm pretty sure there is one,
> but, if there is a Gentoo HOW-TO on this process, where is it and IS IT
> UP TO DATE??? ;-)
>
> Any and all pointers welcome!
>
> . . .
>
> I just read through a bunch of stuff on-line, found the vmware overlay,
> and I feel less sure of how to proceed than before writing this. '-)
>
> Cheers,
>
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Ricardo Saffi Marques
Laboratório de Administração e Segurança de Sistemas (LAS/IC)
Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP)
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