On Sun, 2003-03-09 at 00:07, Andrew Scotchmer wrote:
> - what is the guest OS, BTW?
>
> Win98 for the girlfriend.
>
> Andrew
OK, so being that you can't replace the girlfriend with a linux
girlfriend, I'd tend to reckon that you need to make ABSOLUTELY sure you
have Samba setup on the host box with the right workgroup/domain name,
and set to share whatever shares you want (Use Webmin/SWAT to setup
Samba - so so so much easier); afterwards, make sure you have the Win98
guest OS setup to obtain by DHCP, use the same workgroup/domain settings
you just mucked with in linux, set TCP/IP as the default protocol, add
the linux box to the C:\WINDOWS\HOSTS file for further solidity, set the
"sharing" in Win98 to be turned on, and the "virtual ethernet card" to
10mbps - full duplex (as that's all it's capable of dealing with); and
restart the VM...you should be able to not only share the internet
connection, but have visible shares of the linux host to the Win98
guest...
Sounds all "rocket-science" and the likes, but in reality it's fairly
simple. I use VMWare for XP-Pro in a Windows - not that I use it even
much anymore - been over a month since I fired it up...but it does work
nicely.
I found as well, that by putting the virtual machine on a different
physical drive than that of the OS that I get better performance - as
well, after tweaking/tuning the HD params you get some really good
performance - moreso than an actual installation of Win98. You can also
setup a second virtual HD for the Win98 guest - nice place to put the
\TEMP, the Win98 swap and the IE's temporary internet files...just to
improve performance a tad bit more...
HTH! Cheers!
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