RE: multiple os on single pc. was When is a Windows network not a Windows network

First, download a copy at www.vmware.com and you can see for yourself
what it does and how it does it.  Doesn't cost you a dime other than
the actual download.

Each virtual machine (vm) has what it thinks is a disk drive.  In
reality, it is just a file in the native file system.  So yes, this
file can get very large.  Eg: For Win2K, the minimum is about 1 gig.

And of course, the virtual machine is using memory.  When Win2K is the
host OS, your minimum memory is probably about 128meg.  That would let
you run a 32meg or perhaps 64meg guest vm.  I just depends on what you
consider to be "acceptable performance".

But 128meg is pretty much the minimum for Win2K anyway.  256meg is much
much better.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: midrange-l-admin@midrange.com
[mailto:midrange-l-admin@midrange.com]On Behalf Of Vernon Hamberg
Sent: Sunday, May 12, 2002 4:32 PM
To: midrange-l@midrange.com
Subject: RE: multiple os on single pc. was When is a Windows network
not a Windows network

I've heard some neat things about this. Does it keep a disk copy of the
state of each OS when switching, or something like that? Are there
limits
on memory and disk resources per OS? There'd certainly need to be more
disk, I'd think, and some more CPU memory to keep everything going -
kinda
like a hypervisor?

At 03:59 PM 5/12/02 -0500, you wrote:
>PS:  If you need very good performance out of the vm, then partition
magic
>would be better.
>

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