Hello all, Been following the list a while but this is my first post. Came across another VM Ware look alike but haven't tried it. Looks to be in the $100 range. http://www.flashvos.com/ Bob Gilbertson Principal Development Engineer StoneL Corp. www.stonel.com Fergus Falls, MN Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote: > > > With full blown VMWare you can run just about any OS that runs on Intel. > > MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, Win9X, NT4, Windows 2000, BSDs, etc. (I belive ME isn't > > officially supported yet...but it still might work.) > > WinME will *work* under VMware, but not perfectly. the video drivers > are only /mostly/ compatible; and networking is a bit shaky (PPTP > connections die instantly). > > the sucky part of VMware is that games that use DirectX won't work > on it. :( so you need a separate box to play Diablo 2 on. :( > > > I have yet to install a UNIX os under VMWare, and have yet to see > > the need (though playing with Solaris or Free/Open/Net BSD might be fun...) > > I use it at work for development environments; so I can maintain a > clean environment to work with. best trick that VMWare allows you to do: > 1. install your OS and apps > 2. shut it down > 3. tar & bz2 all the files in the appropriate VMware subdirectory > (all 4 of them.. nice and simple). > 4. when your original install gets too crufty, blow it away and untar your > saved disk image. :) > > OpenBSD's net-install floppy doesn't support the emulated AMD network card, > unfortunately (tho the CD supposedly does). :( haven't tried any of the other BSDs. > > Carl Soderstrom > -- > Network Engineer > Real-Time Enterprises > (952) 943-8700 > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org > For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org