VMPlayer

[Collins Richey]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Ken Moffat <kmoffat at drizzle.com> wrote:
> Anyone else experimented with VMPlayer software? I run Ubuntu 9.10 and
> Debian Squeeze on my desktop, and obtained a copy of Windows 7, so wanted to
> try a virtual install. First install was on Ubuntu, where I created my
> virtual machine on a mounted partition. Then installed VMPlayer on Debian. I
> am able to play this virtual machine from both distros, after insuring that
> the partition is mounted.
>
> So far it seems to run well, a bit better on Debian than Ubuntu, perhaps
> because it is 64bit, while my Ubuntu is 32bit, or maybe just because Debian
> is lighter weight. Disk access is a bit labored.
>
> Seems to be free.

I haven't run the latest and greatest of any of this combination, but
we've used VMPlayer on RHEL4 systems with WIN/XP fairly successfully.

The key to happiness with any virtual setup is lots of memory.

I'm really surprised that disk accesses are slow. In many cases,
virtual I/O can be even faster than real I/O.

And yes, there is no charge for VMPlayer.

-- 
Collins Richey
     If you fill your heart with regrets of yesterday and the worries
     of tomorrow, you have no today to be thankful for.