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Subject: Re: write state to swap for multi-os boot
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ctodd@chrismiller.com wrote:

> 
> On Sun, 2 Jan 2005, Bill Moran wrote:
> 
> > But it's a great way to boot Linux under Windows, or FreeBSD under
> > either, or have multiple OSes running simultaneously under a single
> > computer.
> 
> How good is device support from within vmware? Can I get to
> serial/usb/audio/network ports seamlessly?

I can't speak for all of those, but audio and network seem fine.  I
haven't really experimented with usb/serial yet, but I would
expect support for both of them to be very good.

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