[plug] re: virualisation

[Gregory Orange]

*shrug* I suppose make the host which ever is your primary OS, that way 
you can just boot the VM whenever you actually need it.
g

Jon Miller wrote:
> Does it matter which is the guest OS?
> 
> 
> Regards,
>  
> Jon L. MIller
> Director
> MMT Networks Pty Ltd
> East Perth, WA 6004
>  
>  
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: plug-bounces at plug.org.au [mailto:plug-bounces at plug.org.au] On Behalf
> Of Gregory Orange
> Sent: Monday, 27 August 2007 10:04 AM
> To: plug at plug.org.au
> Subject: Re: [plug] re: virualisation
> 
> Jon L. Miller wrote:
>> Looking at setting up a virutalisation desktop with SuSE Desktop Linux and
>> XP.  Like to know the following:
>> 1) has anyone has done it
>> 2) hardware used and specs
>> 3) dual monitors with 1 x OS per monitor.
> 
> Not quite the same, but I run Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 with XP virtualised 
> under it, and ordinarily running on a separate virtual desktop. Only one 
> monitor, but I don't see why it wouldn't be ok if you had two monitors 
> working under X and then just whacked your VMWare Server (or whatever 
> product you use) on the second display.
> 
> Hardware: HP Compaq nx5000, P-M 1.6GHz, 768MB RAM, 40GB HDD. Runs fairly 
> well, but would run better with more RAM. I've given 300MB of RAM to the 
> VM (and told it to swap it out modestly ie "some" when it sees fit), but 
> YMMV coz it depends on how much you'll be doing in each OS.
> 
> On the same machine I also boot up into straight Windows XP sometimes, 
> and not surprisingly, it runs noticeably faster and more smoothly.
> 
> Greg.
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