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Hi. |
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On 28/03/06, Jeff <jmg_071769@×××××××.net> wrote: |
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> Hey all. |
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> I have a question for any VMWare Linux users. My greatest concern, is |
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> Windows being installed and run on top of Linux. When Windows is |
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> 'virtually' up and running, does it work as normal? AKA, does it detect |
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> devices and what not, enabling printing, networking, etc? |
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VMWare basically emulates a subset of PC hardware (an Intel processor, RAM, |
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graphics, sound, and network cards). These are usually "VMWare-specific" or |
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very common hardware devices, but VMWare releases the specifications for, |
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e.g. its graphics-card emulation so that people can write drivers for them. |
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AFAIK, all current versions of Windows should run on VMWare. |
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No modification of the guest operating system beyond choosing the correct |
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drivers is required; Windows should do this itself. You may experience some |
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difficulty if you attempt to use the same partition for both a VMWare-hosted |
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guest OS and "standalone", i.e. running it on the hardware rather than in |
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VMWare. |
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VMWare should give you: |
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SVGA graphics |
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Centronics printer interface |
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Networking |
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CD-ROM drive |
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USB ports (??) |
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You will NOT be able to use any hardware from Windows that the host |
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(presumably Gentoo Linux) cannot use itself. Conversely, if the hardware |
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device is supported in Windows then VMware can use it to provide |
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functionality not available in another system. (For example, I use FreeBSD |
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under VMWare on a Windows XP laptop so that I can use its network bridging |
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functionality to take advantage of wireless networking.) |
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> With Windows |
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> running under VMWare, are you able to scan the host operating system's |
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> file system in any way? |
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> I haven't used VMWare for a very long time. Just wanted to get some input. |
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> Thanks much! |
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> -Jeff |
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If you make a hard drive from a file (the default), you will be able to use |
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any tools you would use on a normal Linux file, but e.g. you will not be |
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able to write to NTFS unless you set up shares between the host and guest |
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using samba. If you install the guest OS directly onto a hard drive or |
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partition, then you will be limited to using the partition and |
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filesystem-editing tools in Linux, but again you can use samba to network |
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the host and guest filesystems. |
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Jeff |
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"I have /conquered Gaul/, |
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and subdued Pompey! I think I can handle |
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a small boy and a eunuch!" |
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-- Ciaran Hinds as Caesar - |
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ROME, BBC/HBO, 2004 |
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