[aclug-L] Re: Win4Lin Pro

[Ryan <dreadlocks@xxxxxxxxx>]

you can download vmware server @ http://www.vmware.com/products/server/
basically its alot like the VMWare workstation except you can run
machines without having the gui running.. (like a box with no monitor
plugged into it) and you can connect to the GUI remotely (sorta like
remote desktop/vnc but uses alot more bandwidth).

You can suspend a virtural OS when its not doing anything and pop
right back into it in just a few moments.. my windows running in
VMWare was booted up about 3 years ago and hasent been rebooted.. that
would be an impressive uptime if it hasent been suspended for that 3
years and maby ran for a grand total of maby a full day not in that
suspended state =3D)

You can also freeze the state of a machine, handy when doing tech
suport for legacy OS's.. I had installed all the versions of windows
in virtural machines with a frozen state so if someone called in and I
had to walk them through something I couldent remember off the top of
my head I would just fireup the machine.. install/delete do whatever I
needed then simply close the session and next time it would be exactly
like before.

-Ryan

On 2/28/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-02-27 at 10:55 -0500, Cavgalar, Alexandros (Alex) wrote:
> > Unfortunately, I have to use Windows2000 for the corporate mail (Micros=
oft Oulook exchange) and for the corporate database. In addition, because s=
ome of our customers use Windows platforms, I need to make sure I have Wind=
ows under my fingertips to access their user envrionments.
> >
> > I have been using Monta Vista, Suse, and unfortunately VxWorks for my H=
W/SW development environments. Monta Vista folks told me that I can "bridge=
" the Microsoft Mail to Linux Mail server. However, because they do not sup=
port it, they could not help me.
> >
> > I would like to know how the whole installation of VmWare or Win4Lin go=
es. Will I be installing Windows 2000 and all the SW for the Windows enviro=
nment (i.e. Microsoft Office, the corporat business database, etc.) in my L=
inux box or will I have to have a "dual boot" machine?
> >
> You install VMware.
> You then install a full windows environment in the VMware environment.
>
> Dual booting is not done, but the windows environment is in a virtual
> machine inside the VMware instance.
>
> > Thanks for your help.
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:discussion-bounce@xxxxxxxxx]O=
n
> > Behalf Of Ryan
> > Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 2:00 PM
> > To: discussion@xxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [aclug-L] Re: Win4Lin Pro
> >
> >
> > vmware server is free, Ive been using VMware for several years now for
> > all my windows needs.. needless to say I dont use it much, last time I
> > fired it up was to update the firmware on my DVD rom. At a former
> > employer I ran the server version on one of our servers so I could run
> > linux on my workstation and I just ran the database/billing/inventory
> > software in the VMWare.. used it every day for almost 2 years.. At the
> > moment such solutions are the best options for those of us who only
> > use linux and dont want to poision our machines with a windows
> > installation. What kind of information are you looking for?
> >
> > On 2/24/06, Jeff Vian <jvian10@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2006-02-24 at 12:31 -0500, Cavgalar, Alexandros (Alex) wrote:
> > > > Has anyone used applications such as VmWare or Win4Lin, which allow=
s a =3D
> > Linux/UNIX user to launch Windows applications including the Windows OS=
 fro=3D
> > m a Linux box. If you had experiences, would you please share them with=
 me.
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > VMware works.  Not free, but it does a good job in the trials I have
> > > done.
> > > You install vmware, then install windows in a vmware virtual machine
> > > window.
> > >
> > > Jeff
> > >
> > > > Many Thanks,
> > > >
> > > > Alex.
> > > >
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