Re: vmware questions

2008-05-11 Thread Carl Fink
On Sun, May 11, 2008 at 06:39:53PM +0200, Chris wrote: > On Saturday 10 May 2008, Carl Fink wrote: > Having used both: how would you rate VMware vs. VirtualBox for running the > occasional Windows program in a Guest system? I've been using VMware Player > for quite a while now an been quite imp

Re: vmware questions

2008-05-11 Thread Chris
On Saturday 10 May 2008, Carl Fink wrote: > On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 11:13:58PM +0100, John O Laoi wrote: > > [snip] > > > However, I now need to use an application, as part of a course I am > > doing, > > > > which only runs on Windows. > > > > > > So, I've decided to put vmware on etch and run X

Re: vmware questions

2008-05-09 Thread Carl Fink
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 11:13:58PM +0100, John O Laoi wrote: [snip] > However, I now need to use an application, as part of a course I am doing, > > which only runs on Windows. > > > So, I've decided to put vmware on etch and run XP from that. Exactly what I did (except on Lenny). [snip]

Re: vmware questions

2008-05-09 Thread Damon L. Chesser
John O Laoi wrote: Hi, I am running debian etch on a dell laptop which is dual boot with XP. I rarely, if ever, use XP. However, I now need to use an application, as part of a course I am doing, which only runs on Windows. So, I've decided to put vmware on etch and run XP from that. (I k

Re: vmware questions

2008-05-09 Thread Alex Samad
On Fri, May 09, 2008 at 11:13:58PM +0100, John O Laoi wrote: > Hi, > [snip] > > However, I think that it might be better if I proceed by > > (1) creating a vmware image of my existing XP, (as it has all of the drivers > etc. for my hardware.) vmware presents a different hardware to the vm th

Re: vmware questions

2008-05-09 Thread NN_il_Confusionario
> * From: "John O Laoi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > So, I've decided to put vmware on etch and run XP from that. > (I know about WINE, but I'd prefer to go the vmware route, as I want to get > familiar with > vmware.) have you considered also virtualbox-ose (which ia available as debian package; fo

vmware questions

2008-05-09 Thread John O Laoi
Hi, I am running debian etch on a dell laptop which is dual boot with XP. I rarely, if ever, use XP. However, I now need to use an application, as part of a course I am doing, which only runs on Windows. So, I've decided to put vmware on etch and run XP from that. (I know about WINE, but