> > I also run vmware Win XP on linux and do the scp trick. I > am wondering > > whether there is an easier way to move files between my host FS and > > the vmware instance, as it's a bit of a hassle using scp > all the time. > > > > Has anyone else got an answer? Maybe sharing within the XP instance > > and mounting it on the host node using smbfs, or some other option? > > The user manual for the beta of VMWare Server 2.0 talks about > an integrated Samba file sharing solution. But I've had some > problems actually getting the beta to run on my machine, so > couldn't give you any more detail than that. > > Apart from that, installing and configuring samba on the host > is a fairly simple exercise.
Agreed, I connect an XP vmware player guest to a samba share on the linux host (well, I did until I upgraded to gutsy with a new kernel that doesn't work with vmware out of the box [yet]). Either way, if host/guest IO performance is an issue (which it will be if you're accessing large graphics files), you can install vmware-tools on the guest, which provides a better network driver (vmxnet). As for adobe and friends, I've pretty much weened myself off it and moved to bibble pro (for camera raw processing), gimp 2.4, cinepaint (for hdr/16-bit) and vips/nip2 (for processing rediculously large images), but YMWV. I'm still stuck with Windows for an A3 photo printer that is effectively a giant paper weight as far as proper linux support is concerned. - Rog -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ Subscription info and FAQs: http://slug.org.au/faq/mailinglists.html
