[aclug-L] Re: Win4Lin Pro

[Nate Bargmann <n0nb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

* Ryan <dreadlocks@xxxxxxxxx> [2006 Feb 27 10:59 -0600]:
> They run a virtural machine in software mode, when you turn VMWare on
> it looks like a PC booting up in a window.. you see the bios and
> drives (you alocate resources to the virtural machine) and then you
> install windows and all your software in that machine like you would a
> real PC except its all running in an emulated software environment..
> you can even full screen the vmware session and you almost cant tell
> linux is running at the same time.

So it's much like MS Virtual PC?  I used Virtual PC on XP in the A+
course the company put me through last year.  I did have to set a
couple of boot options to get KNOPPIX going it, though.  Otherwise it
worked fairly well.  A session could be suspended, saved to disk, and
restarted later as though no interruption occured.  Does VMWare do
that?

It seemed like the wireless on the T42 I used didn't work with Virtual
PC, but the built-in Ethernet adaptor was reliable.  After doing a few
installs, we really didn't use it much.  The company took the laptop
back so I don't have access to all that anymore.  The course did
confirm my opinion that MS stuff is not ready for prime time.  ;-)

- Nate >>

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