[TriLUG] VMware question

[Ryan Leathers]

You get a lot of choices when configuring VMWare.  You have correctly
characterized one of these options.
If you want to have access to Wn2k data from the Linux host then you
need to set VMWare up using the RAW option.
If you are satisfied to share data using the virtual network -
ftp,scp,samba and so on then you can use the VMDK option.
In my experience VMDK is a better choice.
You can select from:
Persistent mode - changes to the virtual machine are saved in real time
Non-persistent mode - changes are made to a file and discarded when the
VM is powered off
Undo mode - you get the choice at power-off time to save changes or not

I like the suspend feature best of all.  The very first time you use
this it takes about a minute to run, but subsequent actions are fast.
On my system I can start Win2k in about 5 seconds - running apps - fully
functioning right where I left off at the last suspend time.
This is really nice if you just want to pop in and check an outlook
appointment or some such thing.

On occasion Win2k does crash - even when running as a VM on Linux.  I
have never had to do anything more than restart the VM.  VMWare has
never crapped out in other words - only the individual VM.  The only
other advice I have for you is:
1. get a good solid NIC 
2. be sure to set your VM to sync clocks with the host machine -
otherwise you will be in a world of hurt with things like DHCP after a
suspend.

Ryan


-----Original Message-----
From: Greg Brown [mailto:gregbrown at mindspring.com]
Sent: Thursday, January 23, 2003 1:25 PM
To: trilug at trilug.org
Subject: [TriLUG] VMware question

Hey all.  My question is does anyone use VMware to create a vitual Win2k
machine running under Linux (in my case RH 8.0)?  I know this is what
the
software is supposed to do, but does anyone actually use it?

That question aside, my other related question is what happens when/if
Win2k
gets hit by some kind of bomb while running under Linux via VMware?
Hopefully just the directory where Win2k is located gets trashed, right?
I
imagine this to be the case and I hope that when running under VMware
the
"virtual" Win2k thinks that the it's disk is just what is contained in
the
Linux directory where it is installed.

Greg

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