Re: OT: Killer App

[Calum Morrell <calum@xxxxxxx>]

I've been using it on Linux for a year or two now. It's absolutely superb
:-)
Be warned tho, you do need a meaty machine to get the best out of it. It's
great for testing a new OS or system without wrecking your existing build
and
ending up with no working OS if you have problems :-)

There are a few limitations tho .. can't wright to a CDRW device for
example.

If anyone looks at it .... just play, and enjoy.

Don McAllister wrote:

> Guys (and Gals),
>
> I know some of you lot have got PCs and Servers in great abundance,
but some
> of us lesser mortals have to make do with only three or four :-). That
being
> said, I'm always struggling to load new or different OS on my beasties
> basically cause I hate multi boot configurations.
>
> Stumbled across VMWare. This allows you to run virtual machines (VM)
on your
> existing Windows 2000, NT or Linux boxes down to the level of having
> individual bios setups for each VM. The virtual machines allows you to
host
> various OS's in isolation which can be suspended and dumped to a file
for
> virtually instant reload. You can have multiple VMs with different
OS's
> simulataneously. They all share the host ethernet card and create a
bridged
> network. They can all access the host peripherals.
>
> The suprising thing is it works brilliantly. I've always wanted to
dabble
> with Linux but didn't have a spare machine. With VMWare, I created a
VM and
> loaded Red hat Linux 6.2 out of the box. Ran Netscape and accessed the
> Internet through Linux no problem. I then created another VM and
loaded
> Windows 98 SE, all hosted on a Windows 2000 Pro box and three OSs
running
> simultaneously with decent performance. VMware provides additional
tools to
> enable copy & paste between environments and provide enhanced
graphics
> support,
>
> 30 day evaluation copies can be downloaded from www.vmware.com . They
also
> appear to do server versions for production systems to consolidate
multiple
> servers onto single machines.
>
> Sorry if this sounds like an advert but I'm genuinely impressed with
the
> product and might even stump up the $199 to buy a copy. This may be a
first
> !!
>
> No association with the company blady blah !!!!
>
> Cheers
> Don
>
>
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