<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 1:38 PM, Collins Richey <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:crichey@gmail.com">crichey@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="im">On Sat, Feb 6, 2010 at 9:52 AM, Ken Moffat <<a href="mailto:kmoffat@drizzle.com">kmoffat@drizzle.com</a>> wrote:<br>
> Anyone else experimented with VMPlayer software? I run Ubuntu 9.10 and<br>
> Debian Squeeze on my desktop, and obtained a copy of Windows 7, so wanted to<br>
> try a virtual install. First install was on Ubuntu, where I created my<br>
> virtual machine on a mounted partition. Then installed VMPlayer on Debian. I<br>
> am able to play this virtual machine from both distros, after insuring that<br>
> the partition is mounted.<br>
><br>
> So far it seems to run well, a bit better on Debian than Ubuntu, perhaps<br>
> because it is 64bit, while my Ubuntu is 32bit, or maybe just because Debian<br>
> is lighter weight. Disk access is a bit labored.<br>
><br>
> Seems to be free.<br>
<br>
</div>I haven't run the latest and greatest of any of this combination, but<br>
we've used VMPlayer on RHEL4 systems with WIN/XP fairly successfully.<br>
<br>
The key to happiness with any virtual setup is lots of memory.<br>
<br>
I'm really surprised that disk accesses are slow. In many cases,<br>
virtual I/O can be even faster than real I/O.<br>
<br>
And yes, there is no charge for VMPlayer.<br>
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--<br>
Collins Richey<br>
<br></font></blockquote><div><br>I have 4 gigs on board, and went with the recommended 1 gig for the VM. <br></div></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br>Ken Moffat<br>kmoffat at modizzle dot net<br>