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technobard · 01-24-2005, 05:29 PM

Just a minor update: My friend is in Hawaii this week on vacation. I've decided to try a few things while he's out. I installed VMware Workstation 5.0 Beta on my Windows XP machine. I setup a virtual machine in VMWare and installed White Box Linux. All I have to say is SWEEET! This is my first exposure to VMWare, but I like it. It probably won't let me do a RAC test, but it does let me do a lot of other things without the hassle of dual booting or screwing up my MythTV box. I added 1 GB to my original 512 MB and allocated 512 MB to the virtual machine running White Box Linux. Even with the debug code in the beta, the speed is more than acceptable. Then again, I haven't really run anything requiring major resources just yet.

If you haven't tried VMware, check it out at VMware Workstation

01-24-2005, 05:29 PM	#15 (permalink)
technobard Centurion Nova Prime Join Date: May 2002 Location: Oak Park, IL (USA) Posts: 285	Just a minor update: My friend is in Hawaii this week on vacation. I've decided to try a few things while he's out. I installed VMware Workstation 5.0 Beta on my Windows XP machine. I setup a virtual machine in VMWare and installed White Box Linux. All I have to say is SWEEET! This is my first exposure to VMWare, but I like it. It probably won't let me do a RAC test, but it does let me do a lot of other things without the hassle of dual booting or screwing up my MythTV box. I added 1 GB to my original 512 MB and allocated 512 MB to the virtual machine running White Box Linux. Even with the debug code in the beta, the speed is more than acceptable. Then again, I haven't really run anything requiring major resources just yet. If you haven't tried VMware, check it out at VMware Workstation __________________ It takes 2 points to draw a straight line, but at least 3 points to draw a conclusion.