Re: [gentoo-user] VMWare & (Gentoo) Linux

[Jeff Rollin]

For best performance, you should have enough memory to run a VM with at
least 128MB RAM, plus 128MB+ for the host OS (assuming you are not running
anything else particularly memory-hungry).

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

-- Ciaran Hinds as Caesar -

ROME, BBC/HBO, 2004

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