Hi! In the near future, I might need to use win2k at the same time as Linux. I was thinking of VMware to accomplish this task. Now I see that there is Win4Lin too... Errrrr... while I was writing this, I thought about an issue: I think that Win4Lin doesn't run win2k but win9x only. OK, except for that, have some of you compared those two products to run win9x? What is the result? Thank you! Patrick
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 08:44 am, Patriiiiiiiiiick wrote:
Hi!
In the near future, I might need to use win2k at the same time as Linux. I was thinking of VMware to accomplish this task. Now I see that there is Win4Lin too... Errrrr... while I was writing this, I thought about an issue: I think that Win4Lin doesn't run win2k but win9x only.
OK, except for that, have some of you compared those two products to run win9x? What is the result?
Thank you!
Patrick
Win4Lin requires some kernel mods (not cool, IMHO) and only runs Win95/98 (again, not cool, IMHO). It will run them at native processor speeds, which *is* cool, IMHO! :-) VMWare doesn't require kernel mods, and will run several different x86 based OS's, including all versions of Windows, BeOS, Linux, and BSD. Probably some others that I can't think of right off of the top of my head. It is also much slower than Win4Lin is, running at roughly 1/2 of your native processor speed. I've never used Win4Lin, as I couldn't get the kernel stuff to compile (this was a long time ago, they are probably better now, so YMMV). I have used VMWare, and it's VERY nice, again IMHO. Good luck! -Steven
Quoting Steven Hatfield
VMWare doesn't require kernel mods, and will run several different x86 based OS's, including all versions of Windows, BeOS, Linux, and BSD. Probably some others that I can't think of right off of the top of my head. It is also much slower than Win4Lin is, running at roughly 1/2 of your native processor speed.
VMware runs at near native speed, if you have enough memory, at least 256MB. I now have 384MB and can run Win98 and FreeBSD 4.2 at the same time from within Linux. Starting both at the same time often leads to the virtual machines crashing. At 128MB memory, I had to train myself to push a button and wait until I saw it depress before releasing the mouse button. With more memory, no such problem. It was really impressive to just pop the FreeBSD CD-ROM into the drive and watch it boot and install without a hitch. Jeffrey -- I don't do Windows and I don't come to work before nine. -- Johnny Paycheck
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 08:40 am, Steven Hatfield wrote:
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 08:44 am, Patriiiiiiiiiick wrote: snip> VMWare doesn't require kernel mods, and will run several different x86 based OS's, including all versions of Windows, BeOS, Linux, and BSD. Probably some others that I can't think of right off of the top of my head. It is also much slower than Win4Lin is, running at roughly 1/2 of your native processor speed. snip<
What's that you say? BeOS in a virtual machine? What version of VMware/SuSE/kernel? I would love to know how you did it. I have always failed...close, but no cigar. You can contact me off-list. And yes, it is a great program. Thanks. -- TRBishop tb64710@alltel.net RLU #12043 SuSE 7.1 PRO
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 06:13 pm, TRBishop wrote:
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 08:40 am, Steven Hatfield wrote:
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 08:44 am, Patriiiiiiiiiick wrote: snip> VMWare doesn't require kernel mods, and will run several different x86 based OS's, including all versions of Windows, BeOS, Linux, and BSD. Probably some others that I can't think of right off of the top of my head. It is also much slower than Win4Lin is, running at roughly 1/2 of your native processor speed. snip<
What's that you say? BeOS in a virtual machine? What version of VMware/SuSE/kernel? I would love to know how you did it. I have always failed...close, but no cigar. You can contact me off-list. And yes, it is a great program. Thanks.
I just checked their website, and you are right -- BeOS is not supported.. sorry :( You might want to check their newsgroup though, as there might be someone there that has gotten it to work. They are listed on: http://www.vmware.com/support/using/newsgroups.html -Steven
On Wednesday 30 May 2001 05:31 pm, Steven Hatfield wrote:
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What's that you say? BeOS in a virtual machine? What version of VMware/SuSE/kernel? I would love to know how you did it. I have always failed...close, but no cigar. You can contact me off-list. And yes, it is a great program. Thanks.
I just checked their website, and you are right -- BeOS is not supported.. sorry :(
You might want to check their newsgroup though, as there might be someone there that has gotten it to work. They are listed on: http://www.vmware.com/support/using/newsgroups.html
-Steven Darn it. Thanks anyway. -- TRBishop tb64710@alltel.net RLU #12043 SuSE 7.1 PRO
does some one have installed Solaris 8 (For Intel) as a client for Vmware ? Or another question... what is the virtual monitor specs (Hf/Vf, etc)or graphics card specs (server SVGA, etc) for the Clients (guest OS) to allow me to configure other OS's like FreeBSD or Solaris ? Thanks
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