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On Tue, 28 Mar 2006 09:04:23 -0500 |
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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 |
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> detect devices and what not, enabling printing, networking, etc? With |
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> Windows running under VMWare, are you able to scan the host operating |
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> system's file system in any way? |
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> I haven't used VMWare for a very long time. Just wanted to get some |
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> input. |
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> Thanks much! |
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> -Jeff |
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Yup. VMWare is pretty slick. I am running the 4.x series, and VMWare |
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is up to 5.x, I didn't feel like paying to upgrade. I am able to run a |
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full WinXP development environment under Linux with VMWare. That |
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includes SQL Server, Visual Sutdio .Net 2005, IIS, etc. I also run my |
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VPN client under VMWare. The linux version is borked and doesn't want |
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to work. The windows version runs fine and lets connect to work |
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through VMWare. |
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The only thing I recommend is having at least 1 GB memory, maybe you |
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could get by with 768 MB. I have 2 GB right now. With 2 GB I give |
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WinXP a full 512 MB and tell VMWare to not swap to disk, and the |
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performance is pretty impressive. |
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Jim |
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