Issues : VMware is binary-only and only supports a limited number of kernels -> you will need to "upgrade" (read pay more money) to run VMware with kernel-2.7.00-ac.foobar-pre7
Hardware emulation issues - some things just don't work. Two things I've run into : Nokia Software for managing my phone via a serial cable works fine on Win2k. On Win2k under VMware it detects the cable but not the phone - serial port passthrough is fudged somewhere. A more serious one for me is that the emulated Cdrom will not work with "copy-protected" CD's e.g. the Sybex training CD's use safedisc and one gets a "command not implemented" error when Win2k under VMware attempts to read a safedisc CD. Running Solaris x86 under VMware is a bit hairy too, but can be done. Apart from that it's a fine product. Regs, Andrew. On Sunday 14 July 2002 08:12, you wrote: > Hi-ho, > > Are there any users of VMware on the list who use it day to day? ie: > running Office 2K or similar under windows 2k or 98 on a LAN, > > I've installed the demo, and I'd be quite keen to use it full time if I can > get a feeling for the stability of the beast... It is a little pricey, but > it appears to be very good software, the downloaded demo works well, and > I've got win98 happily running on a test machine at work, under RedHat. > > So, anyone with a bit of time on the clock want to comment on it's > stability or otherwise? > > Cheers, Chris H.
