jerry bookter wrote:
Well folks, if it's any consolation to the rest of you, I too have shelved 64-bit Linux for now, but it isn't SuSE's fault per se... I cannot get Vmware to run under *any* 64-bit distro.
I too was unable to get VMWare to run until build 8848 which runs like a champ on my emachines laptop. I boot into SuSE and when I need to run windows, start a session of the desired version, do what I need and close it down. If I'm feeling particularly daring from a security standpoint, I might even let it run in the background throughout my SuSE session ;) A suggestion though- install a 32-bit alternative multi-boot. The only app I have had trouble with in 64-bit was the wireless driver (Broadcom). When I plan to use wireless, I boot into the 32-bit partition. With current laptop disks (mine is 80gb) I have plenty of room for both Linux partitions and even a couple of native windows partitions (98 & 2003 that I hardly use any more). Curt Purdy CISSP, GSEC, MCSE+I, CNE, CCDA Information Security Engineer DP Solutions ---------------------------------------- If you spend more on coffee than on IT security, you will be hacked. What's more, you deserve to be hacked. -- former White House cybersecurity czar Richard Clarke