> Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2000 12:38:01 -0500 (EST)
> From: Felix Tang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
> Has anyone given vmware a shot? I was really excited when it came out but
> I never tried it. I'm wondering how it works and what the limitations are.
I used VMWare for Windows NT for a while last semester to run Linux on
one of the CMU ECE department NT boxes. This was to provide a SLIP
connection to a microcontroller, while still allowing me to run an
NT-based debugger for said microcontroller. (Later on, we used a Linux
Router Project boot disk to demo the project).
Limitations:
* It's not free (if you're willing to pay, this is not a problem; if
you aren't, maybe www.freemware.org will be useful)
* If you want the VM to talk on a network, it needs its own IP (not
surprising; this does require administrative assistance though, as
opposed to the way Wine shares the host's IP)
* AFAIK, if you run a debugger inside VMWare, you can't use
hardware breakpoints (correct me if I'm wrong)
Overall, it did the job.
obLinux-Laptop: I haven't tried VMWare on my laptop yet. I *have*
tried Wine, which really surprised me by running the windows version
of Netscape Navigator semi-correctly (all of the text in the HTML was
blank, but other than that it was usable, which is a little surprising
when you're running a not-an-emulator on a P133 with only 32MB
RAM). Unfortunately the Free ISP software I was trying to install
(ie. ISPs with free access in exchange for an ad banner and no Linux
support) didn't work :)
Brad, who thinks this thread and the previous one are both a
little offtopic...
