[vox] XP, VMWare and Redhat
Z Kofler
vox@lists.lugod.org
Wed, 31 Dec 2003 07:00:24 -0800
<html><div style='background-color:'><P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">This is just a note for anyone that would like to run Windows XP as a native OS and Linux as a virtual OS at the same time on the same PC. <?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office" /><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">I have installed VMWare and Redhat Linux in VMWare's virtual environment on my XP Dell Latitude D800 wide screen (15.4 inches - 1920 x 1200 pixels) Lap Top. Everythings working great -- X windows, networking, etc. My only complain is that the virtual window provided by VMWare that properly fits the laptop is only 11 7/8 inches wide. A pretty small window to see well w/ eyes over 40. I’m running both RH Enterprise 3.0 and RH-8, although I’m planning to replace RH-8 w/ RH-7.3 (so that I have both the old and the new gnu tools and libraries).<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">For those who want to try this, here are some tips: 1. Go w/ a supported Linux OS by VMWare (I tried RH Enterprise 2.1 and never could get X windows to work). 2. It requires a lot of memory; i.e., 512 MB (you're dividing up RAM between XP and Linux). 3. A ‘large’ high resolution monitor, so the virtual window is a decent size.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt"><EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma">John Kofler</SPAN></EM><SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Tahoma"><o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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