[TriLUG] VMware question

[Joey O'Doherty]

Also, get as much RAM as you can.  Win2k is most comfortable if it can 
get at least 128MB to itself.

Ryan Leathers wrote:
> 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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