[WBEL-users] VMWare

[Scott Silva]

Daniel J. Summers wrote:
> Scott Silva wrote:
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>> Daniel J. Summers wrote:
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>>> Daniel J. Summers wrote:
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>>>> I'm thinking about saving up the money to purchase VMWare, so I can
>>>> run the few Windows apps that I can't get working with wine under
>>>> Linux without having to reboot.  $189 is pretty pricey for an
>>>> individual, though - before I spend that money, I wanted to hear from
>>>> some experienced VMWare users.
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>>> Thanks to everyone for their advice and tips.  I'm sitting at about 1.7G
>>> free right now, so any sort of  experimentation that requires a full
>>> install of Windows would require me removing my Windows partition (10GB)
>>> and reinstalling Linux.  I'll probably end up waiting until I can
>>> acquire a bigger hard drive.  :)
>>>
>>> Thanks again!
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>> You could run VMWare and use that 10 gig windows partition, you wouldn't
>> need to do much to make it work.
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> Would I be able to boot that partition without reformatting/reinstalling
> Windows?  I've heard of folks having boot problems if they didn't do XP
> first.  My hobbyist time is limited right now (new child & deploying
> project), so I don't want to mess anything up that might take a long
> time to put back.  ;)
> 
You could install VMWare in linux, and use the raw windows partition.
You would have to boot the XP cd IN VMWare, and run a repair install to
fix the hardware differences. It is some work, and if the XP is fairly
fresh, without a lot of stuff loaded, a new install would be better.

You would not be able to dual boot and use the windows partition in
vmware, as XP would throw massive fits as the hardware changed.



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