marbux wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 1, 2008 at 6:51 AM, Bob Crandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >From what I hear trying to access
>
>> the data natively from mutilple OSs is asking for trouble.
>>
I am curious about this. I presume if you have a network, both
virtual O/S's and the the host O/S can access same files on
a networked machine.
-Jim K
> Thanks for that bit of wisdom. I'll use it
>
>
>> VMs don't have the same access to hardware as the host OS so make sure
>> the host can do anything you ever heard about doing so if you try to
>> access some hardware device in a VM and it doesn't work you can still do
>> it at the host level. For example, not all USB devices are created
>> equal.
>>
>
> Thanks. I had been thinking about using a compact Linux like Puppy for
> the host. But it also seems like I'd have less to learn if I used
> Kubuntu as both and the guest. I'm aiming to maximize my use of
> virtual Linux and minimize my use of the host system, for stability
> reasons.
>
> Thanks again.
>
> Best regards,
>
> Paul
>
>
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