On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 07:04:03PM -0500, Tom Buskey wrote:
Roger H. Goun said:
On Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 12:52:16PM -0500, Tom Buskey wrote:
Unfortunately, VMware changed the file format of thier virtual disks
going from 2.x to 3.x. This doesn't work with the .vmdk files. The old
format was
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, at 5:28pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Put another way, if there is a need continuing into the future
to keep up with proprietary produccts VMWare may be a better
choice. Win4Lin's design target is more tightly focused.
Remember, for instance, that
Bill Sconce said:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
As for the question of Should they?, I think the potential
market for such emulation environments is good for the foreseeable
future. Microsoft is going to be around for a long time (remember,
there are companies still running software written
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On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, at 3:56am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
One reason I ran VMware was to sync my visor via USB to
a MeetingMaker server. I think I remember that Win4Lin
2.0 couldn't do USB. I this true with newer versions?
No, Win4Lin does not (yet) support USB in
Roger H. Goun said:
On Mon, Nov 11, 2002 at 02:51:40PM -0500, Scott Prive wrote:
I'll interpret the question as: Can the Linux (host) OS access
files of the Windows (client) OS, even when the client is not
running?
...
3) If you use only disk images, then no (unless there's a mount tool
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On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, at 2:27pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
VMware works *very* well for the occasional windows app.
You need decent hardware and RAM behind it.
Also check out Win4Lin from NeTraverse. It only supports
Win95/98/ME (not NT/2000/XP), and does not
3) If you use only disk images, then no (unless there's a mount
tool for vmware images, which there may be I don't know..).
I don't know of a VMware-specific mount tool, but see
my previous message.
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In a message dated: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:13:54 EST
Jerry Feldman said:
Another advantage of Win4Lin over VMWare is that the Windows directories
are installed within a Linux directory tree, so the files are all available
directly from Linux.
Correct me if I am wrong, but AFAIK, under VMWare,
In a message dated: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 13:32:34 EST
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Footnotes
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[1] But not the word NT -- that is a trademark of Northern Telecom[2].
[2] Now DBA[3] as Nortel.
[3] Doing Business As
currently trading at $1.21 per share. Which makes that stupid e-mail
about
The question more specifically:
If you are running VMWare and the Linux OS is running and the Windows OS is
not running, can Linux access any files in the Windows container, or must
Windows be running. In Win4Lin, since the Windows directories are part of
the Linux file system, all the Windows
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bscott;ntisys.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 1:39 PM
To: Greater NH Linux User Group
Subject: Re: running Linux at work with Windows apps
Just FYI, the best term is probably Win32. That is what Microsoft
officially
In a message dated: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 14:02:44 EST
Jerry Feldman said:
The question more specifically:
If you are running VMWare and the Linux OS is running and the Windows OS is
not running, can Linux access any files in the Windows container, or must
Windows be running. In Win4Lin, since the
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From: Price, Erik [mailto:eprice;ptc.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 2:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: running Linux at work with Windows apps
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:bscott;ntisys.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 1:39 PM
Thanks for the explanation. I am sometimes asked that question.
When both OS systems are running, then one may use SMB to access shares
between each os as if each were on separate networks.
WRT: both Win4Lin and VMWare, VMWare is certainly the more complete
product, as well as the more
In a message dated: Mon, 11 Nov 2002 15:41:31 EST
Jerry Feldman said:
Thanks Paul,
I believe that was not the case on early versions of VMWare.
See Scott Prive's answer, as his knowledge seems more informed and detailed
than my own.
I'm not sure how far back you're talking, but I know I was
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:tbuskey;attbi.com]
Sent: Monday, November 11, 2002 3:41 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re:running Linux at work with Windows apps
snip
Win4Lin uses less resources, is easier to network (no
iptables NAT needed), and
It always worked with Samba.
On 11 Nov 2002 at 16:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I'm not sure how far back you're talking, but I know I was able to do
it close to 2 years ago. I don't know what version of VMWare that
was, but it worked using Samba exports.
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How well do they work.. Sure they can work and suck, but are they just
as good as they would be on a windows box.. Also what video card and
xserver are you running?
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Ben Boulanger
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002, Travis Roy wrote:
How well do they work.. Sure they can work and suck, but are they just
as good as they would be on a windows box.. Also what video card and
xserver are you running?
Geforce 3 ti200, using the opengl drivers from NVidia, I'm using Xfree86,
on an AMD Athlon
In a message dated: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 14:55:49 EST
Travis Roy said:
How well do they work.. Sure they can work and suck, but are they just
as good as they would be on a windows box.. Also what video card and
xserver are you running?
I've been using CrossOver Office + Plugin for about 6 months
On Fri, 2002-11-08 at 15:55, Derek Martin wrote:
I'd say you have it backwards... Unix users expect their stuff to
work. Microsoft users expect their software to be buggy and crash.
They think computers are SUPPOSED to crash...
Maybe you're on to something here. Maybe this is the problem
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