Most of the time you will run vmware on a virtual drive (which is just a file, or a series of files). I believe you can also let it use a hard drive directly, but not sure of the overhead and you probably won't be able to move it to another machine easily.
Russ > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 2:11 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > Ok...that makes sense...and it won't be an issue for servers, which > don't need high-powered graphics cards anyway... > > What about hard drives? Will VM's recognize various types and speeds > of hard drives? > > I'll bet none of the venders of VM software has published a list of the > limitations of using their products... > > Rick > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Russ [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:43 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > VMware will provide it's own virtual device for everything, something that > will likely only support the most basic functions (I doubt you can run any > games in VMWare, but I could be wrong). The OS that you install inside > vmware will only see the virtual device, and not the actual hardware that > the vmware is running on. > > Russ > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Rick Faircloth [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:37 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > > > > So, you can take a VM and move it from one machine to another, and > > > the > > hardware seen by the VM is identical. > > > > Having a hard time understanding... > > > > So...if one the first hardware has a GeForce 5900 Graphics card, and > > the Virtual OS is moved to a second hardware setup with a Radeon > > graphics card, the Virtual OS will see them as the same? > > > > If so, which one? Surely I'm missing something... > > > > Rick > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Friday, July 14, 2006 1:23 PM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: RE: Microsoft Virtual PC / Should I be interested, or not? > > > > > Not quite sure what you mean by "hardware agnostic OS and > > > software"...wouldn't each OS have to be just as aware of the > > > hardware it's running on and the software running on it? > > > > In the case of virtualization, the "hardware" seen by the guest OS is > > virtual - it doesn't correspond directly to the real physical hardware > > available to the host OS. So, you can take a VM and move it from one > > machine to another, and the hardware seen by the VM is identical. The > > VM is really just a big file, usually. I could build a VM, burn it to > > DVD, send it to you, and you could start it up. This is the idea > > behind the free VMware Player product - it lets you run VMs that you > > didn't build yourself. > > > > At last year's MAX conference, the hands-on sessions were handled > > through virtualization, using MS Virtual PC. The vast majority of > > people attending had no idea - their computers just seemed like normal > > PCs, but they were actually running a guest OS that the MM folks could > > just restart after every session. > > > > Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software > > http://www.figleaf.com/ > > > > Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized > > instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, > > Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. > > Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/message.cfm/forumid:4/messageid:246621 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
