We've been using VMware Server and VMware Server Console at our lab. Everything works really good. The point is that you can't use a real phisical partition of any of your disks. You have to create a virtual disk for the guest system. It works beautifully with a virtualization-compatible processor. We've been using VMware Server at a Core 2 Quad and things are going so great that right now there are 17 VMs running on it. Almost natively (performance).
Regards, Saffi On 1/29/08, Michael Higgins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello, folks -- > > Most days, I work remotely from the 'ndoze net via rdesktop when I have > to access it for some reason. But the bandwidth there is getting choked > as others follow suit. > > I'm thinking I'd have a better time of it if I just had my own little > toybox -- I mean, Windows XP installation -- at home. Sure, I can > dual-boot, but then I lose the whole of my reasons for having a real > OS. And I'd put up another machine, but I have enough anxiety over the > ones I have to maintain already. Why bring that kind of trouble into > your home? > > So, the quick question is, is VM Ware the best way to go? I think XP is > still lurking on a partition here... and I do need to run Internet > Extorter, Outlook, etc... pretend I'm in their "domain"... > > At any rate, I'm hoping some on the list can give me a leg up on this. > > My first question is, what does this mean to me: > > * app-emulation/vmware-workstation > Available versions: 4.5.3.19414-r7 5.5.5.56455 ~6.0.1.55017!f > ~6.0.2.59824!f > > ... when I downloaded the evaluation license and a tar.gz, does that > satisfy the "!f", for example? What do I do with it, then? I do notice > the version number matches. > > And the other question I hate to ask -- I'm pretty sure there is one, > but, if there is a Gentoo HOW-TO on this process, where is it and IS IT > UP TO DATE??? ;-) > > Any and all pointers welcome! > > . . . > > I just read through a bunch of stuff on-line, found the vmware overlay, > and I feel less sure of how to proceed than before writing this. '-) > > Cheers, > > -- > |\ /| | | ~ ~ > | \/ | |---| `|` ? > | |ichael | |iggins \^ / > michael.higgins[at]evolone[dot]org > -- > gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list > > -- Ricardo Saffi Marques Laboratório de Administração e Segurança de Sistemas (LAS/IC) Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP) Cell: +55 (19) 8128-0435 Skype: ricardo_saffi_marques Website: http://www.rsaffi.com
