I believe that VMWare can make use of an existing linux partition on a dual boot machine. So when you are booted into windows VMWare can use your linux partition to boot a virtual linux machine, from there you can use samba, http, ftp, scp, sftp, basically whatever floats your file transfer boat.
Having said that, I have never tried this, I have only ever run the linux version of vmware to do what I have needed to do. My windows box now sits in the corner, largely unused, even if it is the fastest machine I own. This is rather complex and expensive option. The best way to share files between the two OSs in my experience is to pick up a big usb key or a laptop based usb hard drive (these do not usually require an external power supply) I should have provided more detail in my original message, my brain simply left me for someone else. Ciao, On December 21, 2004 01:15 am, Shawn wrote: > On Tuesday 21 December 2004 01:04, Shawn wrote: > > Not sure if it's quite what you're looking for, but you can use SAMBA to > > make a Linux partition/directory available to Windows, with read/write > > access.... Then you just use Windows Explorer to view the files. > > > > This might be a little tougher if the Linux partition is on the same > > drive that is running Windows. You would use Samba on a remote Linux > > server (i.e. not the same computer). > > > > VMWare uses SAMBA to talk between the OS's. For example, when I'm > > running my Windows virtual PC, it uses samba to talk to my Linux folder - > > which is a configurable setting. > > A bit of clarification here wrt the last paragraph.... > > VMWare would be an application running on the Linux workstation. During > the install, it will also install it's own version of the Samba server (if > desired), and will start this up when you start VMWare. Then, the Windows > virtual PC talks to this server. > > In the case of a non-virtual instance of windows, this can't happen, so you > cannot run Samba on the same box, while Windows is running. But there's > nothing stopping Windows from talking to another computer running Samba. > > Shawn >
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