> However, after looking over the selections in the Virtual > Appliance Marketplace on vmware.com, I don't see anything > that fits what I'm looking for.
No, you won't. The appliances are quite narrow in their focus, and limited mostly to free, open-source software. > I've never used VMWare before and I'm trying to be careful > about what I do to my development workstation. I'd like to > start keeping all my "trial software" running in a VM that I > can delete at any time without affecting my current > development setup. I get very worried that something with > which I'm unfamiliar is going to render my workstation useless. > I just re-installed my system from the ground up twice due to > hard drive failures and I don't want anything happening to my > system again. VMware won't protect you from hardware failures, but as long as you keep a copy of your VM, you can run that copy anywhere you can install VMware Player. > From looking at the description of the appliances, I guess > it's always going to be true for the free appliances, that > the OS involved will be of the open source, free variety, > such as Ubuntu, etc.? It seems it would have to be to keep > it free? Correct? Correct. > If that's the case, how would I set up a VM that mirrors my > current production environment, but with the add-ons of > Eclipse, CFEclipse, Subversion, etc.? Creating a VM is a lot like configuring actual hardware - you install an OS, your apps, etc. If you have an existing installation, you can create a VM from it using the free VMware Converter, although you may need to reactivate the OS if your OS requires activation. > Seems I would need a separate Win XP license, then a copy of > CF8 Developer's edition, at a minimum. Your production environment is Windows XP? Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get involved in the latest ColdFusion discussions, product development sharing, and articles on the Adobe Labs wiki. http://labs/adobe.com/wiki/index.php/ColdFusion_8 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:290462 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
