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| Thread ID: 81696 | 2007-08-04 03:38:00 | VMWare - what is actually free | Morgenmuffel (187) | Press F1 |
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| 576340 | 2007-08-04 03:38:00 | Hi Originally i made my virtual image using VMWare player and editing the vmx file, which was more of a hack than the correct way of doing things, Now iknow vmware has various things free, But which one will allow me to create images, as it is rather handy having images of old\alternate OSs for testing And yes i know there is Virtual PC but it's 3 years out of date (and VPC2007 won't work on my win2K system) thanks |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 576341 | 2007-08-04 03:42:00 | VMWare Server is free, and despite the name, allows you to use it in the same way as Virtual PC. It has USB integration, which VPC doesn't have, but VPC handles transitioning between guest/host operating systems a lot better - i.e. VPC with "Virtual Machine Additions" installed allows you to move your mouse in and out of the virtual machine, without needing to "capture" or release it. VirtualBox is another product which is similar to VPC. |
somebody (208) | ||
| 576342 | 2007-08-04 08:55:00 | Nigel, if Im correct you use the same method as I do. Create the vmx file (which acts as a vitrual unformatted H/D) then use that in vmplayer to load the os onto.You can also edit the vmx file in notepad (not for the faint hearted) I find this method allows me to customise more than using VMserver. Another thing you cant have is, vmplayer and vmserver installed on the same machine. They detect each other on install and ask for which ever is installed to be uninstalled before proceeding. |
beama (111) | ||
| 576343 | 2007-08-04 09:09:00 | Okay I have installed VMWare server and it seems to work fine, the only issue I am having is with my firewall so if anyone knows a way to allow vmware through afirewall i would appreciate it :thumbs: and yep bletch thats exactly how I used to do but I think I prefer the point and click method of the server |
Morgenmuffel (187) | ||
| 576344 | 2007-08-04 09:13:00 | VMWare Server is free, and despite the name, allows you to use it in the same way as Virtual PC. It has USB integration, which VPC doesn't have, but VPC handles transitioning between guest/host operating systems a lot better - i.e. VPC with "Virtual Machine Additions" installed allows you to move your mouse in and out of the virtual machine, without needing to "capture" or release it. VirtualBox is another product which is similar to VPC. Actualy VMware server allows you to install Virtual Tools, which acts like VPC 2007's "Virtual Machine Addons" (you need this for USB integration), plus it has Linux versions, which, strangely enough, VPC doesn't... VMware doesn't force you to allocate physical RAM for your virtual box like VPC2007 does. One thing VPC has over VMware server is folder mapping; you have to pay for VMware Workstation to get something similar, I believe |
MushHead (10626) | ||
| 576345 | 2007-08-04 21:52:00 | vpc is a microsoft product that would proberly explain why there is no linux version lol | beama (111) | ||
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