Hello, The particulars are different, but I did this with VirtualPC many years ago. I had two images, one sort of a testing machine, that shared a common drive for my applications. It was not all that bad to set up, and saved me a lot of very valuable drive space on my little G4 PowerBook.
Kevin >Just wondering if anyone has tried this .. > >When installing FM (8 or 9) in a VMWare image of Windows XP on a Mac .. >install to a "Shared" folder (mounted with a drive letter) so that the >installation files will be available to other images of Windows on that >computer. It seems that in theory this should work, but I have a feeling >that I'd need to clone the registry entries between the various >instances of Windows. This may not be too hard for multiple instances of >the same OS version (XP), but what if I wanted to be able to use the >same installation of FM for XP and Vista (and 7)? > >It's probably not a good idea at all .. just wondering if anyone else >has tried this. :) > >Thanks! > >...scott > >_______________________________________________ > > >You are currently subscribed to Framers as kevinf at dim.com. > >Send list messages to framers at lists.frameusers.com. > >To unsubscribe send a blank email to >framers-unsubscribe at lists.frameusers.com >or visit http://lists.frameusers.com/mailman/options/framers/kevinf%40dim.com > >Send administrative questions to listadmin at frameusers.com. Visit >http://www.frameusers.com/ for more resources and info.
