Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1999 13:27:53 +1000 From: "Don Hansford" <donh@halenet.com.au> Cc: <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: Re: since it's a newbies list, here goes.... Message-ID: <00e401bf00bc$a0f314c0$7b2137cb@igor> References: <NDBBJMHAKKLLMBFNMKDDGEBBCCAA.joe_pepin@ins.com>
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Good luck Please let us know how it goes. I have a lot of associates who are saying the usual ...... I want to run BSD/Linux/BeOS, but I relly need my Windoze!" Regards Igor Double your drive space - delete Windows! ----- Original Message ----- From: Joe Pepin <joe_pepin@ins.com> To: james <james@thedial.com>; Noah Pratt <npratt@mail.com> Cc: gregory kinney <mycotropic@hotmail.com>; <newbies@FreeBSD.ORG> Sent: Friday, September 17, 1999 7:16 PM Subject: RE: since it's a newbies list, here goes.... > I believe that VMWare for Windows creates a virtual machine that you can > install *BSD, Linux, Solaris, or another Windows on. (VMWare's site does > mention compatibility with FreeBSD in this fashion). I am going to be > trying this soon. I know someone who has VMWare for Linux which creates a > virtual machine that you can run Windows (and presumably FreeBSD, or another > Linux)in. It works very well for him. I might also try getting the VMWare > for Linux to work under emulation on FreeBSD. > > I need to run both WinNT and FreeBSD on a laptop that is not completely PAO > friendly. In theory, the Virtual Machine created by VMWare is very standard > and will allow things like networking to work, even though my actual card is > not supported by PAO. > > I have installed Linux on a Mac through VirtualPC, and that worked > wonderfully, I expect this should do the same. > > HTH, > > Joe Pepin > > > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > [mailto:owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of james > Sent: Thursday, September 16, 1999 9:49 PM > To: Noah Pratt > Cc: gregory kinney; newbies@FreeBSD.ORG > Subject: Re: since it's a newbies list, here goes.... > > > Noah Pratt wrote: > > > > gregory kinney wrote: > > [lots of snippage] > > > is there any way to make the 1/2 widows 1/2 BSD machine do both at the > same > > > time? > > > > Yes! > > > > Well, no, not really. > > http://www.vmware.com/ has a very interesting product that lets you run NT > > and Linux simultaneously. (This is not just dual-boot, both operating > systems > > actually run concurrently.) They plan on adding support for other OSs. Has > > anyone had any experience with this? > > > > -Noah > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > problem is.... .they've stated that they have no intentions of > supporting *BSD =( > > james > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > james nigh <james@thedial.com> > systems administrator/webmaster icq 27459905 > theDial <http://www.thedial.com>; > "Broadcasting for the New World" > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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