VMPlayer

[Ken Moffat]

On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Collins Richey <crichey at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
>
I have 4 gigs on board, and went with the recommended 1 gig for the VM.


-- 
Ken Moffat
kmoffat at modizzle dot net
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