Re: Ping pmj VMware

"jaygee" <corbei@xxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:pan.2007.03.17.12.28.38.171680@xxxxxxxxxxx
On Sat, 17 Mar 2007 11:36:15 +0000, pmj wrote:

Both VMWare & Parallels & (I think) VirtualBox (though not M$ VPC)
are available in Versions to Run on Linux as the Host Operating
System.
& any Virtual Machine(s) that you Create using them can have WinXP
Running on it as the "Guest" Operating System as well as (or rather,
instead of) doing it the other way round, (WinXP Host & Linux Guest)
which is how JayGee has done it at the mo.

Yep, there is one more thing I am going to try, I have seen somewhere
that it is possible to run your existing WinXP (the one on your HD)
as a guest on Linux instead of a new install. I am investigating but
it will take time. :-))

<sharp intake of breath through teeth>
Yes...
That *is* possible, using a Virtual Machine - Parallels, VMWare & M$ VPC
*do* actually have a feature/facility whereby you can use the *Physical*
Hard Disk, instead of a *Virtual* Hard Disk!

But bear in mind that can be very risky & negates one of the primary
advantages of/reasons for using a Virtual Machine, with a *Virtual*
Hard Disk.

Though you can use the "Safety Net" of "Differencing Disks", where
the stuff isn't actually Written to (or Deleted from) the Physical Disk
during a Session, but then you have the Option of "Writing the Changes"
later.
</sharp intake of breath through teeth>

Also, there's another way, whereby you can "Migrate" (or "Transport")
an existing Machine (i.e. its Hard Disk & the Operating System that's
Installed on it) to a Virtual Machine, (Creating a Virtual Hard Disk
Image File from the Physical Hard Disk), but you need to bear in mind
that usually the Physical Hardware in the Physical Machine will usually
be quite a lot different from the Virtual Hardware, so any thing that
uses "Product Activation" (to (try to) ensure that it's only Installed
on one Machine) such as M$ WinXP & some Programs as well, will think
that it's now Installed on a different Machine & will need
Re-Activating.

There are various ways round that prob though, if you're prepared to
experiment & look around.

& also (apart from the Re-Activation probs), the Operating System will
(usually or at least sometimes) need to have a "Repair Installation"
done on it, cos of the Hardware differences which will mean that it
needs a different HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) Installed, which can
usually only be done as part of a (Repair) Installation.

So yes, have a go & try it!
:-)

But I thought you said

<quote>
All in all I am pleased so far but I have reached the top of
my learning curve so no more experiments for the time being :-)
</quote>

So, you were telling Porkies?
:-)

You're actually at the top of the foothills surrounding the Mountain!...

& now having done that, you're rarin' to go & climb the Mountain itself,
aren't you?
:-)

--
pmj


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