Then again, why run VMWare for Office when it runs under wine ?
Larry Marshall wrote:
i got the idea but it only anoys me because i am trying to save room on my
hard drive and if you use a mock install of booting of the cd into empty
space or my ram then the problem is i have to install
On Wed, 01 Nov 2000, you wrote:
Then again, why run VMWare for Office when it runs under wine ?
Larry Marshall wrote:
I have had no success in trying to run office 2000 under wine,
any tips that may help?
I do have Visual Basic operational to about 99% under Wine
release 20001002.
--
Ken
Then again, why run VMWare for Office when it runs under wine ?
Larry Marshall wrote:
I have had no success in trying to run office 2000 under wine,
any tips that may help?
I do have Visual Basic operational to about 99% under Wine
release 20001002.
--
Ken Thompson
Electrocom
So sprach Larry Marshall am Mon, Oct 30, 2000 at 09:36:17PM -0500:
that if you do use the emulation you only need enough disk space to hold
the apps you're going to run under Windows and a minimal Windows
Right, and what's more important at least for me, is that you don't need to
shutdown
Right, and what's more important at least for me, is that you don't need to
shutdown Linux...
Absolutely. This is the number one reason I'm spending time with it.
have multiple installations of Windows running at the same time, heck, even
Windows NT + Windows 9x + BeOS + ... all at the
Ken Thompson wrote:
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote:
VMware is virtual machine. It is not same your real computer. You must
Uh huhI'm with you so far.
configure this virtual machine how you want and install on it Win98 or any
other OS. You can start two or more VM with
Larry Marshall wrote:
Yep...I don't think conventional machinery need apply. I haven't tweeked
VMware yet but with only 64megs assigned to it on a 500mhz machine, it's
pretty clunky in terms of performance. Still might do what I need to run
a word processor though :-)
Just talking out
Here's a solution: don't use VMWare at all.
Great idea.
Just get StarOffice and mount your Windows partition in Linux, then you never even
have to
bother with the Microsoft products and you don't need to move your files
Another good one...if my needs were the same as yours. I'd agree
On Tue, Oct 31, 2000 at 11:37:04AM -0500, Larry Marshall wrote:
Here's a solution: don't use VMWare at all.
Great idea.
Just get StarOffice and mount your Windows partition in Linux, then you never even
have to
bother with the Microsoft products and you don't need to move your
First, Word format is flakey, and varies even from versions of Word with
Uh huh...sure.
the same version number. If you can get your correspondents to export
documents as RTF, you may have better luck. Similarly when they re-import
your files they will have better luck if you ship as RTF.
Larry, something that while it might not help a lot, at least will
provide a reason for whats happened. Unix/Linux is a different way of
thinking to MS. It depends a lot on "knowing" where to go for
documentation (i.e., standard places on the system) and be able to go
from there. MS does a lot
Hi!
I was reading this thread and I want to comment what happens to me.
I have win98 installed in /dev/hda1 and linux somewhere else (suppose
/dev/hda5 or something like that)
If I configured vmware to boot from /dev/hda1 it gives an error...
but if I configure to boot from /dev/hda., vmware
Larry, something that while it might not help a lot, at least will
provide a reason for whats happened. Unix/Linux is a different way of
thinking to MS. It depends a lot on "knowing" where to go for
Yes...and that's fine. And as long as the Linux world doesn't want to
dominate the
On Sunday 29 October 2000 19:58, you wrote:
grin...inside a box? I can certainly understand that VMware might
want to diddle with its own copy of W'98 that's not installed in
standard fashion. From Bill's comment it seems I've missed a chunk of
documentation.
Ok, just to weigh in on this,
While I'm very aware of what a virtual machine is what has been unclear to
me was how to set it up. There's absolutely no reason I can see why
VMware couldn't grab the OS from a partition with Windows installed on
it. They just prefer to hold it in a file instead.
Yep by default the VM
Thus spake Larry Marshall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[...]
This, however, is beyond my comprehension. The only way I could stick W98
into a "boot device" is if that boot device is a CDROM. Since VMware is
booted off the hard drive where it's installed itself and configured
itself, you have lost
In a message dated 30-Oct-00 14:31:44 Central Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
VMWare provides a *complete* virtual environment, including its own
BIOS. So yes, you can configure its boot device to be the CDROM.
i got the idea but it only anoys me because i am trying to save room
i got the idea but it only anoys me because i am trying to save room on
my
hard drive
[...]
then the problem is i have to install windows every time i
want to use a windows app
No, you can make vmware use your existing windows install, but you've
got to do it right. First boot into windows and
i got the idea but it only anoys me because i am trying to save room on my
hard drive and if you use a mock install of booting of the cd into empty
space or my ram then the problem is i have to install windows every time i
want to use a windows app and with only a 6gb hard drive i would
I've just downloaded/registered VMware under their 30 day trial.
I've gone through the configuration and it seemed happy. I set up
Windows 98 as the guest OS (I'm doing this on a dual-boot machine where
Windows is on /dev/hda1) and this generated a /vmware/win98 directory that
holds what
Larry Marshall wrote:
Have you installed win98 INSIDE vmware? Sounds like you are trying to
use an existing install of win98 which I dont think vmware will do - you
need to go the full fdisk/format/install route within the vmware virtual
machine - read the docs, they are quite good. Quite
Thus spake [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
In a message dated 29-Oct-00 15:49:22 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
VMware is virtual machine. It is not same your real computer. You must
configure this virtual machine how you want and install on it Win98 or any
Have you installed win98 INSIDE vmware? Sounds like you are trying to
use an existing install of win98 which I dont think vmware will do - you
No, which seemed odd since they have you set up a virtual disk.
need to go the full fdisk/format/install route within the vmware virtual
machine -
VMWare provides a virtual machine 'inside a box' that has a standard
set of virtual hardware (video, network, etc). Even if it could find
your existing W98 install, the chances of your install using the same
hardware that VMWare provides virutally are very small.
grin...inside a box? I can
You need to install W98 inside VMWare. Use the configuration wizard to
configure a VM and then boot the VM with an installation medium
(e.g. CD) of W98 in the boot device.
This, however, is beyond my comprehension. The only way I could stick W98
into a "boot device" is if that boot
umm...the VMware machine is a full Virtual Machine...with it's own bios..when
you start the machine you may notice a nice little message saying "Press f2 for
setup" thats like a normal setup bios...just change it to boot of the CD and
feed your win98 cd into your cd-rom
Just tried this
On Sun, 29 Oct 2000, you wrote:
VMware is virtual machine. It is not same your real computer. You must
Uh huhI'm with you so far.
configure this virtual machine how you want and install on it Win98 or any
other OS. You can start two or more VM with different OS together and
Pretend that there is NO Win 98 on your machine now. Install
Win98 IN VM Ware.. Virtual Machine is just that, a make-believe
computer.. The software tricks your system into thinking there
is another computer in there with it..
While I'm very aware of what a virtual machine is what has been
On Sun, Oct 29, 2000 at 05:01:04PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In a message dated 29-Oct-00 15:49:22 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
VMware is virtual machine. It is not same your real computer. You must
configure this virtual machine how you want and install on
I've just downloaded/registered VMware under their 30 day trial.
I've gone through the configuration and it seemed happy. I set up
Windows 98 as the guest OS (I'm doing this on a dual-boot machine where
Windows is on /dev/hda1) and this generated a /vmware/win98 directory that
holds
VMware is virtual machine. It is not same your real computer. You must
configure this virtual machine how you want and install on it Win98 or any
other OS. You can start two or more VM with different OS together and they
will
work as real computers in local network.
somehow
somehow this just confused me even more how about you larry?
Not sure why as I didn't write what you quoted :-)
Mike...ignore this. I misread it and thought you were saying I confused
you...which is normally the case when I write something :-)
I really get a chuckle out of a lot of the
In a message dated 29-Oct-00 15:49:22 Central Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
writes:
VMware is virtual machine. It is not same your real computer. You must
configure this virtual machine how you want and install on it Win98 or any
other OS. You can start two or more VM with different OS
How would you respond to someone who answers "How do you set up VM so it
can load the OS?" with "You have to configure it."? Inquiring minds wanna
know and I'm at a loss.
Cheers --- Larry
Ok. Sorry. To boot installed OS you need select "Existing physical disk" in
"Disk Type
VMware is virtual machine. It is not same your real computer. You must
Uh huhI'm with you so far.
configure this virtual machine how you want and install on it Win98 or any
other OS. You can start two or more VM with different OS together and they
will
work as real computers in local
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