Just a comment on VMWare. I've used it under Windows NT for awhile now,
just so I can have Linux at work. (I'm not doing it the other way around,
as there was no way I would have been allowed to have Linux as the primary
OS). I've found it offers a very good solution.
The speed has been fine. That might have something to do with me running
Linux, rather than Windows in it. I could well believe Linux is a much
friendlier OS. Also, one thing to check is that debugging info is turned
of in the VM, as that will slow it down greatly.
The VM also shouldn't be limited to 800x600. I have no problem running it
at any resolution.
Rod
On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Piotr R. Sidorowicz wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Frank Derichsweiler wrote:
>
> > Vlad,
> >
> > Have you looked at vmware ( http://www.vmware.com gives oportunity to
> > download trial version)? With that tool you can run another OS "in a
> > window". You can use your win*#&$ software and use Linux as OS for
> > running lyx.
>
> Well, I took a shot at vmware recently, so here are my observations:
>
> 1. vmware install is problem free
> 2. I installed win95
> 3. couldn't get networking/printing to work in the emulated windoze.
> 4. emulated screen rez is limited to 800x600
> 5. vmware requires massive horsepower from the host machine
> (my machine is a pentium3/500MHz/256MB) and the Win emulation felt like
> a 386. Hence forget running Word or anything equally resource wasteful.
>
> Conclusion: vmware is at best a good academic exercise, and for the time
> being a waste of your valuable time.
>
> My suggestion, avail yourself of two removable HD trays and an extra HD
> (one for W2K, other for Linux), so you can swap from one to the other.
> I do not recommend both OSes on the same HD, as the Redmond product
> doesn't play nice, and has a nasty habit of corrupting
> "unrecognized" partitions. I found out the hard way, so take my word on
> this.
>
> Best of luck,
>
> Piotr
>
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> IC Design Engineer
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