Date: Sat, 18 Sep 1999 07:07:06 -0000 From: "Doug Young" <dougy@gargoyle.apana.org.au> To: "Joe Pepin" <joe_pepin@ins.com> Cc: <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: since it's a newbies list, here goes.... Message-ID: <001b01bf01a4$6bfefac0$827e03cb@apana.org.au> References: <NDBBJMHAKKLLMBFNMKDDGEBBCCAA.joe_pepin@ins.com>
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I think one point that needs to be brought up here is the issue of resource requirements. I personally have not used VVMware, so I may be talking out of class, but I have used other emulators and I've read many reports of VMware and while it certainly seems to work quite well, the authors invariably state that it virtually doubles the load on the machine, which at least sounds logical since you are effectively running two operating systems at once. If one doesn't mind stuff taking forever to happen then its not a problem .... however I don't know that emulators are necessarily the solution for constant use ...... occasional experimenting / development work is another issue entirely of course ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Pepin <joe_pepin@ins.com> To: james <james@thedial.com>; Noah Pratt <npratt@mail.com> Cc: gregory kinney <mycotropic@hotmail.com>; <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 9:16 AM Subject: RE: since it's a newbies list, here goes.... > I believe that VMWare for Windows creates a virtual machine that you can > install *BSD, Linux, Solaris, or another Windows on. (VMWare's site does > mention compatibility with FreeBSD in this fashion). I am going to be > trying this soon. I know someone who has VMWare for Linux which creates a > virtual machine that you can run Windows (and presumably FreeBSD, or another > Linux)in. It works very well for him. I might also try getting the VMWare > for Linux to work under emulation on FreeBSD. > > I need to run both WinNT and FreeBSD on a laptop that is not completely PAO > friendly. In theory, the Virtual Machine created by VMWare is very standard > and will allow things like networking to work, even though my actual card is > not supported by PAO. > > I have installed Linux on a Mac through VirtualPC, and that worked > wonderfully, I expect this should do the same. > > HTH, > > Joe Pepin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of james > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:49 PM > To: Noah Pratt > Cc: gregory kinney; newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: since it's a newbies list, here goes.... > > > Noah Pratt wrote: > > > > gregory kinney wrote: > > [lots of snippage] > > > is there any way to make the 1/2 widows 1/2 BSD machine do both at the > same > > > time? > > > > Yes! > > > > Well, no, not really. > > http://www.vmware.com/ has a very interesting product that lets you run NT > > and Linux simultaneously. (This is not just dual-boot, both operating > systems > > actually run concurrently.) They plan on adding support for other OSs. Has > > anyone had any experience with this? > > > > -Noah > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > problem is.... .they've stated that they have no intentions of > supporting *BSD =( > > james > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > james nigh <james@thedial.com> > systems administrator/webmaster icq 27459905 > theDial <http://www.thedial.com>; > "Broadcasting for the New World" > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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