Date: Fri, 26 May 2000 20:42:33 +0300 From: A G F Keahan <ak@freenet.co.uk> To: James Halstead <halstead@dreamscape.com> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Linux emu question Message-ID: <392EB789.B1931C9@freenet.co.uk> References: <012d01bfc6e4$7fa312e0$96c3d9d1@halste07>
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James, You can download a fully functional 30-day evaluation version of VMWare and see for yourself (make sure you tell them that your "distribution of Linux" is FreeBSD). There are two ports in the FreeBSD ports collection -- /usr/ports/emulators/vmware1 and vmware2, which make installation a lot easier. I haven't tried VMWare2, because VMWare1 does everything I need and I don't want to fix what ain't broken. NT4.0 works very well in a virtual machine (with VMWare tools installed), just a bit slower than running on the actual hardware. Make sure your graphics adapter supports DGA (I have Matrox G200), and your disks are fast (mine are Ultra66 DMA). You also need to mount linprocfs, and install the rtc device (also in ports). Alex P.S. BTW, questions about Linux emulation should be sent to freebsd-emulation. James Halstead wrote: > > I noticed some people talking about the linux emulation and how good/bad it > can be and I just wondered, does anybody here have any experiences with the > vmware for linux software? I have been thinking of buying this, for those > one or two windows programs that I need to use now and then. > > Just wondering, > James. > ------------------------------------------------------- > ICQ #19675056 > Public key available at: > http://www.dreamscape.com/halstead/jh.asc > ------------------------------------------------------- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message
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