On Thu, 16 Aug 2001, Frank Derichsweiler wrote:
> Vlad,
>
> Have you looked at vmware ( http://www.vmware.com gives oportunity to
> download trial version)? With that tool you can run another OS "in a
> window". You can use your win*#&$ software and use Linux as OS for
> running lyx.
Well, I took a shot at vmware recently, so here are my observations:
1. vmware install is problem free
2. I installed win95
3. couldn't get networking/printing to work in the emulated windoze.
4. emulated screen rez is limited to 800x600
5. vmware requires massive horsepower from the host machine
(my machine is a pentium3/500MHz/256MB) and the Win emulation felt like
a 386. Hence forget running Word or anything equally resource wasteful.
Conclusion: vmware is at best a good academic exercise, and for the time
being a waste of your valuable time.
My suggestion, avail yourself of two removable HD trays and an extra HD
(one for W2K, other for Linux), so you can swap from one to the other.
I do not recommend both OSes on the same HD, as the Redmond product
doesn't play nice, and has a nasty habit of corrupting
"unrecognized" partitions. I found out the hard way, so take my word on
this.
Best of luck,
Piotr
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Piotr R. Sidorowicz Ph.D.
IC Design Engineer
ATMOS Corporation tel: 613-831-5005x256
30 Edgewater Street fax: 613-831-4888
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