Re: Vmware on 64bit ubuntu

2009-03-16 Thread Peter Schwenke
daniel sobey wrote: > > Yes you can run a 64 bit os on a 64 bit vmware, you can run a 32 bit os on a > 64 bit vmware, you can run 64 bit os on a 32 bit os. I believe quemu, > virtualbox, kvm, xen can also do this. > I know that with VMWare Workstation and VMWare Server you need a 64 bit CPU to

Re: ethernet Q

2009-03-16 Thread James Takac
Hi Junin On Tuesday 17 March 2009 12:53:04 Junin Toiro wrote: > On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:55 PM, James Takac wrote: > > Hi Guys > > > > I had a motherboard blow on a computer a few weeks back and finally got > > the system rebuilt with a new mobo. However the ethernet connection is > > now seen

Re: ethernet Q

2009-03-16 Thread Junin Toiro
On Tue, Mar 17, 2009 at 12:55 PM, James Takac wrote: > Hi Guys > > I had a motherboard blow on a computer a few weeks back and finally got the > system rebuilt with a new mobo. However the ethernet connection is now seen > as eth1 instead of eth0 and on various reboots ubuntu is not seeing it at >

Re: ethernet Q

2009-03-16 Thread Vantrax
Did you rebuild from scratch off a CD? Or just tweak the install to work with the new MB? Typically if it works id just leave it alone and remove old entries from the network manager. You can do anything you set your mind to when you have vision, determination, and and endless supply of expendab

ethernet Q

2009-03-16 Thread James Takac
Hi Guys I had a motherboard blow on a computer a few weeks back and finally got the system rebuilt with a new mobo. However the ethernet connection is now seen as eth1 instead of eth0 and on various reboots ubuntu is not seeing it at all. I suspect it has something to do with the new assigment

Re: Vmware on 64bit ubuntu

2009-03-16 Thread mike james
Thank you all for your suggestions. They have been helpful. It was great to know that this is possible, and I passed on your advice. My friend has initially decided to try out the free (beer) version of Vmware's ESXi server, because it looks easier to setup for a primarily windows user, and apparen

Re: Vmware on 64bit ubuntu

2009-03-16 Thread daniel sobey
--- On Mon, 16/3/09, mike james wrote: From: mike james Subject: Vmware on 64bit ubuntu To: ubuntu-au@lists.ubuntu.com Received: Monday, 16 March, 2009, 10:23 AM Hi all, Can anyone tell me if its possible to run Vmware workstation on 64 bit Ubuntu using more than 4 gig of RAM? Sorry for the

Re: Vmware on 64bit ubuntu

2009-03-16 Thread Harrison Conlin
On Mon, Mar 16, 2009 at 6:06 PM, Dave Hall wrote: > I would recommend virtualbox instead.  It is free software (as in > speech) and works well.  It works with more than 4G of RAM too.  As for > vmware workstation. I don't have any real vmware experience, I run > virtualbox on the desktop and KVM i

Re: beta-live CD vs daily live CD

2009-03-16 Thread Sebastian Spiess
I'm and she is currently with AAPT but I might look into internode again. 8 months ago I wanted to switch to iinet and they said there is no (free) ADSL2+ line/port at our Suburb so stayed with AAPT. On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 14:47 +1030, Barry Williams wrote: > Who are you with because even bigpond

Re: beta-live CD vs daily live CD

2009-03-16 Thread Sebastian Spiess
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 18:14 +1100, Dave Hall wrote: > On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 14:46 +1100, Sebastian wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I thought about this a bit and while I wanted to give my mum the > > latest bling of jaunty I honestly don't think she will care t

Re: beta-live CD vs daily live CD

2009-03-16 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 14:46 +1100, Sebastian wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I thought about this a bit and while I wanted to give my mum the > latest bling of jaunty I honestly don't think she will care that much. > > So 8.10 it will be - at some stage she will need

Re: Vmware on 64bit ubuntu

2009-03-16 Thread Dave Hall
On Mon, 2009-03-16 at 10:23 +1030, mike james wrote: > Hi all, > > > Can anyone tell me if its possible to run Vmware workstation on 64 bit > Ubuntu using more than 4 gig of RAM? > > > Sorry for the vagueness of the question, but Im doing some research > for a friend who is currently a windows