Re: [techtalk] vmware

2001-05-17 Thread the purple poetry goddess
On Thu, 17 May 2001, Rose wrote: > I am interested in vmware and would love to hear from others who have > used this. I just emailed them in hopes of getting an academic discount. > > On the other hand Im all for ending the clutter of two boxes on my desk > and giving one to someone who needs one

Re: [techtalk] vmware

2001-05-17 Thread Melissa Plunkett
I've used vmware for about 6 months and many I work with use it as well. It really does rock if you *must* use windows apps. The only warning is be sure to have plenty of memory in the box since vmware runs a virual machine it needs as much memory as you normally would need for just a windows b

Re: [techtalk] vmware

2001-05-17 Thread Amanda Owens
Hello Rose, Now, I'm a bit biased, but when I want to use Windows applications, I use Win4Lin. It's faster than VMWare, and it's cheaper than VMWare ($89 for a CD set, $59 for download). Though the current version doesn't allow Windows Networking, there's a new version comming out soon that will

[techtalk] vmware

2001-05-17 Thread Rose
I am interested in vmware and would love to hear from others who have used this. I just emailed them in hopes of getting an academic discount. On the other hand Im all for ending the clutter of two boxes on my desk and giving one to someone who needs one and using Wine for the major apps I run li

[techtalk] VMWare and LILO configuration

2001-01-07 Thread Subba Rao
Hello I have installed VMWare on my Linux (host). There are 2 seprate HDs on this system. I have created raw disks to install the guest OSs. W

RE: [techtalk] VMware Tools install

2000-10-30 Thread Angela Nash
It maps your floppy to a file on the linux filesystem. Enable the Tools Install, then go to A: and run setup. Jason -Original Message- From: antonxie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, October 30, 2000 1:33 AM To: techtalk Subject: [techtalk] VMware Tools install dear all, I

[techtalk] VMware Tools install

2000-10-29 Thread antonxie
dear all, I have powered on my Win98 virtual machine... chose setting and selected install vmware tools: waited for 20 mins... nothing happened... I'm sure the version of vmware on linux is 2.0 then Why is vmware doing when I chose "install vmware tools" anyway... don't know how to cope wi

Re: [techtalk] vmware

2000-10-26 Thread Arindam Chatterjee
hi u have to run fdisk under linux. select ur partition and change its id to that of FAT32. u'll get all the helps from the fdisk prompt. try and let me know. arindam --- antonxie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > wmware looks real cool... > I manage to get it installed > I have configured one vir

[techtalk] vmware

2000-10-25 Thread antonxie
dear all,   wmware looks real cool... I manage to get it installed I have configured one virtual disk for Win98 using /u01/win98 but unfortunately my /u01 is partitioned as ex2... therefore when I installed win98 it said that I have an hpfs or ntfs on that partition... how can i cure this pr

Re: [techtalk] VMWare Question

2000-08-24 Thread Britta Koch
On 24 Aug, Lyric . wrote: > Hi there > > I'm just wondering if anyone out there has any experience with VMWare for > Linux 2.0. > > I'm thinking about purchasing it and installing it at home so I can run > Windows if I need to. I'm using it at work with a Celeron 300 and 256 MB RAM. So I thin

Re: [techtalk] VMWare Question

2000-08-24 Thread Sheryl Weidner
Hello, If you have the occasional need to run Windows applications (like Office apps, Photoshop, etc.) but no hardcore Windows needs (like playing games, using NetBEUI networking, etc.), VMWare may be overkill for you. You may also find that with your system configuration, your resources are sev

[techtalk] VMWare Question

2000-08-24 Thread Lyric .
Hi there I'm just wondering if anyone out there has any experience with VMWare for Linux 2.0. I'm thinking about purchasing it and installing it at home so I can run Windows if I need to. My system is an Athlon 650 with 128 megs of RAM. Thanks