I have given up on wn4lin as a longtime loyal user and have gone with VMware Express. Netraverse seemed to have gone after RH and MDK and as for SuSE, they always seem to lag behind. They even seem to stay more current for TurboLinux. I went with SuSE after COL 2.4, even though I looked @ RH7.1, MDK8 and MDK8.1 beta, SuSE seemed easier to transition to as a somewhat newbie. I have VMware express running with 96MB on a 126 MB laptop and 160 MB on a 256 MB desktop. Noooo problems, although you will need to do a work around for any kernel > 2.4.7-4GB, BUT, you do not have to recompile your kernel to use it.
Best Regards, Keith B. Susan Macchia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I was running the full version (evaulation copy) and used the wizard to create >the vm. 4G disk (which I could change, but left it). > >Regarding the com ports, I find that have to uninstall/re-install them after >powering them down. Wierd. I can live w/ it for a while since I don't use it >to sync my palm or download from my camera very often. At some point I will >have to figure out what the issue is and determine if its a bug or what. > >Regarding your writer (and mine). I went to the vmware website and found that >they don't support burners, but treat them as readers only. I can see both my >reader (/dev/hdc) and my writer (/dev/ttyS0). The writer is scsi emulated, but >both are really ide. > >I still haven't decided whether to fork up the $ for the full version or to go >with the express, since I may not need win2k. But I do think that I am going >to give up on Win4Lin... > > >Keith Antoine wrote: > >> On Sunday 18 November 2001 08:03, Susan Macchia enunciated: >> > Regarding the disk it built, I didn't have to do a thing - it created a 4G >> > disk and formatted it when I created the virtual machine. >> > >> > Just got my com port working so I can sync with my palm and the Daytimer >> > Addressbook. I usually use Jpilot and pilot-xfer, but need to keep the >> > address book up to date (expecially for those xmas cards!) >> > >> > Bruce Marshall wrote: >> > > On Saturday 17 November 2001 9:21 am, Susan Macchia wrote: >> > >> Again, even with these limitations, the fact that it runs without >> > >> booting into a specialized kernel is a plus to me. Not that I have time >> > >> to roll my own, but I want to be able to play without having to worry >> > >> that I can't run my critical window's apps. >> > > >> > > I'm curious as to what type of VMW disk you built and whether you had to >> > > format it. >> > > >> > > I was using 2.0.4 and had one of their special 'plain' disks and I don't >> > > ever recall having to partition or format it. It was 4GB in size. >> > > >> > > Now, moving to 3.0, I built a new 'virtual' disk of 4.4GB and had to >> > > partition and format it before it was visible to VMW. Didn't think that >> > > would be necessary. But I was blown away by being able to run Partition >> > > Magic (virtually) to partition it. Worked flawlessly by booting the PM >> > > diskettes. >> >> Is Susan, running the full version or ? For yes, I also had to create thefs >> and format. I also in 2.x could only get a vm of 2gig and only in 3.0 have I >> had it bigger 4gig default. > > >===== >_____________________________ >Susan Macchia >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >_____________________________ > >- Running Linux - because life is too short for reboots... > >__________________________________________________ >Do You Yahoo!? >Find the one for you at Yahoo! Personals >http://personals.yahoo.com >_______________________________________________ >Linux-users mailing list >Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users > _______________________________________________ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
