On 5/24/07, Randall R Schulz
On Wednesday 23 May 2007 23:20, jdd wrote:
Randall R Schulz wrote:
At least VMware Workstation (not free of charge) can do this. I haven't checked to see if VMware Server (the zero-cost product) can do so as well.
and be aware than running XP through vmware _and_ sometime directly is quite dangerous (In fact I didn't try it for XP but for windows 98 time ago, the config files where mixed)
Eh? Dangerous in what way?
Do you mean running a given installation on "bare hardware" sometimes and under VMware at others? Assuming you install enough hardware drivers (disks and video would need two each, probably), the only problem I can think of is the fact that Windows sees different hardware configurations and under XP and later this can trigger Windows Activation to decide that the installation has moved to a new machine in violation the license.
Actually, what is described on vmware site, is that you need to run XP natively, and create a new hardware profile, before you try to run it in vmware workstation. I have 2 hardware profiles, and one is with the "real" hardware to run it natively, and the other one is with the emulated hardware from vmware. That way, when you boot XP, you choose the right profile. This is hardly a breakage of the license, as XP is suited to work on laptop with docking station (thats why the hw profiles), and basically what happen with vmware - you just provide different video card, etc. (kind of :) ( -- Svetoslav Milenov (Sunny) Even the most advanced equipment in the hands of the ignorant is just a pile of scrap. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org