I hope everyone had a nice Thanksgiving. Anyway, after all the presentations and discussions about virtualization, I decided to give VMware a try, and I was really impressed with it. Two tips for anybody doing this: One, if you're going to install your guest OS from CDs, all you need is the free VMware Server, not the player, and at least one serial number, which is also free. Two, if your host OS is Mandriva 2008.0, you'll need to install (at least I needed to install) kernel-desktop-devel-2.6.22.9-1mdv-1-1mdv2008.0.i586.rpm from CD 3 -- 'uname -r' will tell you which version to use. I installed Windows 2000 as my guest OS with no more problems than usual.
Question one, if I'm going to occasionally go online with the W2K VM (through a DSL router), do I need all the antivirus, antispyware, antiadware, etc. that I'd use on a real W2K machine? I'm guessing the answer is "yes," unfortunately. Two, if malware /should/ slip through, what's the worst that can happen? I gather that my W2K VM could be hacked, but is there any way that the rest of my system could be affected? Three, I couldn't find this in the docs. Is there a relatively easy way to move files between my virtual machine and my real machine? I know I could burn files to a CD, but that sounds like the hard way. Thanks in advance for any help with any of these! Adam _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) MHVLS Auditorium Oct 3 - Security and Privacy Nov 7 - Django Python Application Framework
