Hi! Not so long ago I posted this: >Hi! >It's springtime and so I decided to try out something new. Maybe someone >can hint me at some docs/sites/etc about this: >Currently I have three installations here on three different HD's (IDE >only): Linux, WinNt and Win98. I swap the drives using a drive bay. >Now what I want to do is: >build another box from the remains I have laying around, stick those >Windows-ridden drives and an Ethernet card in and run everything from >within Linux only using Samba. >I don't want to use something like VMWare for performance and stability >reasons. >Main problem so far: >How do I boot the new box from within Linux? i.e.: NT's boot screen and >login prompt must be visible/accessible via Linux since NT's box won't >have a keyboard attached. As far as I see this seems to require a somehow >'intelligent' network card with a BIOS that runs independently from the >OS, right? Is there something like this? Or am I completely nuts? >In case you don't know what the hell I am talking about, I will try to be >more explicit in a reply. I just gave the new VMware beta (http://www.vmware.com) a second shot and I have to say it has improved *a lot*. Installation and configuration took about 15 minutes. I am running Windows NT 4 WS SP 3 (german version) in a window at a 1024x768 resolution and a 16bit color display (my X server runs at 1280x1024 at 16bit). I can cut&paste between X and NT, the mouse focus changes automatically, dial-up and networking works and even such programs like BestCrypt (which is a kind of emulation software itself). Mapping for my german keyboard is flawless. Speed is tolerable with 64 MB assigned to NT and 64 to Linux and a AMD-K6 II 350Mhz and improves significantly when vmware is run in full-screen mode. I am really impressed. I will try vnc and a kmv switch anyway but vmware surely is my favourite at the moment. Regards tom -- "Anybody complaining about a copyright license is a whiner." (Linus Torvalds) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said. Questions? Answers! The a.o.l.m.-FAQ at http://aolmfaq.tsx.org
