Hi Ben,
On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Benjamin Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Karl J. Runge wrote:
> > When vmware exits, the script copies a "clean" backup copy of win95.dsk
> > (and config files) over the "tainted" ones.
>
> FYI, you can set VMware's disk "mode" to "Nonpersistent" to get this effect
> in a more efficient fashion. In that mode, VMware writes changes to a
> changelog which is discarded after the VM powers down. You set this in the
> Configuration Editor for each disk.
Thanks for the tip, I've never played with that feature. Have you noticed
any disk access performance degradation when using the changelog mode?
Since my "tarball restore" hack runs immediately after vmware exits it
is not as annoying as if it spent ~1 min doing this just before VM
started.
I have the older vmware 1.x, but it appears in the 2.x there seemes to
be a feature where you can store a VM in a "suspended" state (like a
laptop's suspend to disk). If that works as I hope, that would save
the boot up time of 'doze. Have you ever used this?
Karl
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