On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 9:17 AM, Bob Carlson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Max out your RAM. That's on my list. I'm running 2 gigs now and sometimes need to shut down apps to boot into the VM. But I have replacement RAM ordered so I can jump to 4 Gigs. > Specifically I like to do editing and all other office stuff on Windows, but > the toolchain and targets are Linux. My needs have changed since I retired. Nearly all of my writing these days is for the web, so Windows is more something I just need available for those occasions when I really need WordPerfect. E.g., I occasionally draft amicus briefs for cases in which the public interest is involved. > One problem is that on the VM you generally have access to virtual devices, > not the real devices. That's helpful to know. > The Linux guest looks like another machine on the network. There are lots of > options in setting up this network. For example the LAN linking the host and > guest machines can be entirely virtual. I generally keep the data in the > Windows file system and access it through Samba and a shared folder. This > works except when make files do tricky things like setting up symbolic links, > which doesn't work on a share. I may need to experiment with having a shared partitition for some data where I need symbolic links. But yours is the second vote for networking, so I'll aim for that for the bulk of the data. > The biggest resource problem is that disks for the VMs must be carved out of > your host's disks. With how cheap HDs are now, just upgrade to the biggest > you can find. Not an issue for me yet. I've got a 300 gig SATA drive less than 30 per cent full, plus a 160-gig EIDE not presently in use. (I don't ordinarily store music or videos on my system, so lots of room.) Thanks, Bob. Best regards, Paul -- Universal Interoperability Council <http:www.universal-interop-council.org> _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
