[ale] VmWare

[Benjamin Scherrey]

I got the first beta release when it came out and was just amazed at
how easy the product was to install. Loaded up Windows NT4 with no
problems and was able to run all the Office apps as well as Netscape.
Very impressive product. I believe that you can use an existing
partition from your VM (this feature was not yet available when I got
mine) but I don't know what the issues are if you try to use a live
partition (like one the host OS is currently using) from the VM. I'm
just looking for an excuse to buy the thing now. The only downside is
speed but when you consider what its doing, its not bad at all. Its
cool to have a remote X session going with a Word document running in
a Window!

	good luck & let us know how it goes for you,

		Ben Scherrey

Lisa Chiang wrote:
> 
> I am going to try out the evaluation copy of VMWare.  For home users its $75
> til the end of July, I think.
> 
> Anyway, has anyone tried it out yet?  I'm interested if anyone has tried the
> following.  I already have my hard disk set up for dual booting Windows 98 and
> Linux.  Has anyone tried using the exisiting partition for the guest OS
> (Windows in this case, of course)? VMWare does have instructions for doing this.
> 
> On the other hand, VMWare seems to want you to reinstall the Windows OS in a VM
> which means that I have to assign a directory for the VM.  Is this a better way
> to go than using the existing the hard disk partition?
> 
> Thanks.
>  --
> Lisa Chiang
> gt6492d at gatech.campuscwix.net
> Georgia Institute of Technology