[wplug] Any vmware users?

[Emilio Xavier Esposito]

jarron
I use VMware3.1 for a windows 2000 host.  when you setup the virtual
machines you specify the amount of disk space available for the virtual
machine to use; this is the maximum amount and VMware does not use the space
until its needed.  since i'm using redhat as my guest os i tell VMware to
allot 10gigs to this specific guest os.  during the redhat install, redhat
asks to partition the drives.  the drives are virtual so the partitioning
has no effect on the host machine.  pretty slick, yet very scary the first
time thru.  also if you hose the guest os you can just trash it. hope this
helps.
Emilio

----- Original Message -----
From: J Aaron Farr <jaaronfarr at yahoo.com>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Wednesday, July 10, 2002 11:19 AM
Subject: Re: [wplug] Any vmware users?


| Thanks for the clarification.
|
| The issue is the XP copy is from the OEM restore CDs.
|
| I've got a Sony Vaio that came loaded with a lot of software that I do
like and
| use, but I'm always in Linux and flipping back and forth is just a pain.
If I
| try to re-install XP using the OEM CD, the first thing it will do if it
can't
| find a C:\ and D:\ drive is partition the hard drive back to the original
setup
| (I painfully found this out recently).  This means I pretty much *have* to
| install XP first and then install Linux.
|
| I could get my hands on a clean version of XP, but then I wouldn't be able
to
| load all the software that came with the VAIO, which is pretty nice and
I'd
| like to keep (I mean I did pay for it, so might as well use it).  Any
other
| suggetions?
|
| jaaron