This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1A955.6D101790 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Don't do this with Win2k it sees the differences with the "machines" and won't work. > -----Original Message----- > From: Bob George [mailto:mailings01@ttlexceeded.com] > Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:23 PM > To: plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > Subject: Re: VMWare > > > "Victor Odhner" wrote: > > > [...] > > I've heard references to "installing" the guest > > OS into VMWare. That wouldn't cut it. I would > > need to be able to boot up one time under Win98, > > then another time go into Linux and run Win98 > > as a guest OS referencing the same filesystem. > > > > Is that possible? > > Yes, you can do that with VMware workstation using the "raw" > disk mode. The > guest Win98 install could run from the same physical drive > that Win98/Linux > dual boot from currently. BE ADVISED THOUGH: This can get > very messy if you > don't think it through carefully. You need to create two > hardware profiles > for Win98, 1 for native mode and another for guest. With a > LOT of patience, > it can work. Just don't dive right into it, or you wind up hosing your > native Win98 config rather badly. > > If it's just files you need, you could also mount the VFAT > Win98 partition > under Linux, run Samba, and then access those files from a guest Win98 > install running under VMware Linux. A tad cleaner, and less > error prone. > > - Bob > > ________________________________________________ > See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if your > mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you use Netscape to > write mail. > > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > ------_=_NextPart_001_01C1A955.6D101790 Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable RE: VMWare

Don't do this with Win2k it sees the differences with = the "machines" and won't work.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob George [mailto:mailings01@ttlexceeded= .com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 29, 2002 10:23 PM
> To: = plug-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> Subject: Re: VMWare
>
>
> "Victor Odhner" = <vodhner@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > [...]
> > I've heard references to = "installing" the guest
> > OS into VMWare.  That wouldn't cut = it.  I would
> > need to be able to boot up one time under = Win98,
> > then another time go into Linux and run = Win98
> > as a guest OS referencing the same = filesystem.
> >
> > Is that possible?
>
> Yes, you can do that with VMware workstation = using the "raw"
> disk mode. The
> guest Win98 install could run from the same = physical drive
> that Win98/Linux
> dual boot from currently. BE ADVISED THOUGH: = This can get
> very messy if you
> don't think it through carefully. You need to = create two
> hardware profiles
> for Win98, 1 for native mode and another for = guest. With a
> LOT of patience,
> it can work. Just don't dive right into it, or = you wind up hosing your
> native Win98 config rather badly.
>
> If it's just files you need, you could also = mount the VFAT
> Win98 partition
> under Linux, run Samba, and then access those = files from a guest Win98
> install running under VMware Linux. A tad = cleaner, and less
> error prone.
>
> - Bob
>
> = ________________________________________________
> See http://PLUG.phoenix.az.us/navigator-mail.shtml if = your
> mail doesn't post to the list quickly and you = use Netscape to
> write mail.
>
> PLUG-discuss mailing list  -  = PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
> http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-= discuss
>

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