Michael Handiboe wrote:
sorry guys, I'll keep this short...
I know that many of you are experienced with VMWare.
I want to get involved, but I want to keep my present hard drive image
-- I like it the way it is.
I'd be happy to make a backup (or drive image) and wipe my drives and
install
You got me rightly, Eric, but I'm actually talking about my Windows XP
PC at home. I want to VMWare it somehow so that I can 'easily' run
multiple instances of Linux and M$ Server for self-study and
certiifcation purposes. The goal is to make myself harder to lay
off. It looks like
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You got me rightly, Eric, but I'm actually talking about my Windows XP
PC at home. I want to VMWare it somehow so that I can 'easily' run
multiple instances of Linux and M$ Server for self-study
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You got me rightly, Eric, but I'm actually talking about my Windows XP
PC at home. I want to VMWare it somehow so that I can 'easily' run
multiple instances of Linux and M$ Server for self-study and
certiifcation purposes. The goal
Xen Server5.5 from Citrix is also available and free ( at least for 12
months )
If you install vmware server , on a linux box , you can also go
headerless ie NO GUI.
There are also tons of ready made VM`s for almost any application.
Eric Shubert wrote:
I hate to contradict Phil, but I
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I hate to contradict Phil, but I think you want VMware Player 3. The
latest version allows you to create VMs (where the previous versions
only let you play them). You can use VMware Server ok, but you'd be
restricted to a console window. The gui-ness
Shubert
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I hate to contradict Phil, but I think you want VMware Player 3. The
latest version allows you to create VMs (where the previous versions
only let you play
Phil Leinhauser wrote:
No contradiction Eric. He mentioned ESXi. I just wanted to point him
toward the ones with an underlying OS not a bare metal instal. The only one
I have dealt with is the VMServer family and GSX. You are probably more
correct with player being a better fit for him, I