Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-27 Thread Roger Searle
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: i believe this is because the DVD i have is only 32bit, looking at the folders within I don't see anything that obviously points to it being both 32 and 64 bit - how can i tell with this? For the 9GB dual-layer 32/64bit DVD from the retail box: ls -l suse/

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-25 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> i believe this is because the DVD i have is only 32bit, looking at the > folders within I don't see anything that obviously points to it being > both 32 and 64 bit - how can i tell with this? For the 9GB dual-layer 32/64bit DVD from the retail box: > ls -l suse/ total 1230 dr-xr-xr-x 2 root roo

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-25 Thread Roger Searle
Volker Kuhlmann wrote: running the 32bit version of suse. What a waste. where can i look to tell for sure? uname -a to give you the details of the running kernel /etc/SuSE-release to tell you which system you have installed (X86-64 for 64bit). ok th

RE: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Reg
So what advantage is there in running Server as opposed to Player? Regards Reg -Original Message- From: Steve Holdoway [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 August 2006 1:50 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:4

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 15:01:37 +1200 Volker Kuhlmann wrote: > > Would I be correct in guessing that a dual core processor would handle this > > type of setup really well compared to a non dual cored one? > > Yes. Even if an application can't use both processors at once, you can > run two of those

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Volker Kuhlmann
> ummm maybe not so similar. while it's an athlon 64, i believe i'm > running the 32bit version of suse. What a waste. > where can i look to tell for sure? uname -a to give you the details of the running kernel /etc/SuSE-release to tell you which system you have installed (X86-64 for 64bi

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 13:42:15 +1200 Reg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Would I be correct in guessing that a dual core processor would handle this > type of setup really well compared to a non dual cored one? > > Regards > Reg > Does player support dual cores? Server certainly does, and, seeing

RE: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Reg
@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD top shows memory usage at 28% - I allocate 512mb to the xp machine. cpu usage of vmware is typically 1 - 3% at times like now when i'm using the host machine and nothing is going on in the guest (not a problem). start an application in the guest ma

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Roger Searle
ummm maybe not so similar. while it's an athlon 64, i believe i'm running the 32bit version of suse. where can i look to tell for sure? video is nvidia onboard, happy to say no clock issues for me on host or guest machines. resolving your issue steve would be well beyond me if you and the

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Roger Searle
gt;> it twice as slow or just so small it matters little on a modern machine? >> >> Regards >> Reg >> >> -Original Message- >> From: Col [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2006 7:16 p.m. >> To: linux-users@it.cante

RE: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Reg
So how do you start a new thread? I thought I had started a new thread by having a new subject line ? -Original Message- From: Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2006 11:05 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD Hi

RE: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Reg
Ah, got you, sorry about that, folks, we live and learn every day :-) Regards Reg Original Message- From: Nick Rout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, 24 August 2006 8:35 a.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:2

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Nick Rout
On Thu, 24 Aug 2006 08:28:44 +1200 Reg wrote: > So how do you start a new thread? I thought I had started a new thread by > having a new subject line ? That is a common misconception. If you reply to an existing message, but change the subject line your message will still have in its headers s

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Holdoway
> From: Barry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2006 11:05 p.m. > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD > > Hi Reg, > > this posting of yours has no relevance to the thread. Please - new > subject requires a new

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Barry
Hi Reg, this posting of yours has no relevance to the thread. Please - new subject requires a new thread so do not send as a reply. to something else Barry Reg wrote: I hope this is not too off topic. (If it is can someone please point me to a good place to find answers for my below question

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Steve Holdoway
On Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:14:45 +1200 Roger Searle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm running vmware server on suse on my work machine - athlon64 with > 2gig of ram. We have a couple of "windows only" applications that there Just to slightly hijack this, as it's similar to my setup. I'm running vmwar

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Roger Searle
slow or just so small it matters little on a modern machine? > > Regards > Reg > > -Original Message- > From: Col [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2006 7:16 p.m. > To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz > Subject: Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Robert Fisher
On Wednesday 23 August 2006 6:27 pm, Reg wrote: > My second question: Is there likely to be any performance difference > between running PC-BSD in VMware Player under XP and say just doing a > regular dual boot system of PC-BSD and XP? Yes there will be a performance difference. > > I am reluctan

RE: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Reg
Player & PC-BSD Hi Reg (I'm using a Linux host so hopefully it's the same.) To enter a virtual machine either click on it or CTRL-G. To exit a Virtual machine CTRL-ALT. And yes there is a performance loss. Col.

RE: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Reg
ice Butler [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 23 August 2006 6:54 p.m. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: RE: Vmware Player & PC-BSD Hi, Your new fast machine - what os does it normally boot with - pc-bsd I hope? You install vmplayer for pc-bsd and run windozes where it belongs

Re: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-23 Thread Col
Reg wrote: I hope this is not too off topic. (If it is can someone please point me to a good place to find answers for my below questions) - I have been browsing the web for ages and can't find my answers. PC-BSD continues to run fine on my Celeron 466. I am still in awe of its stability.

RE: Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-22 Thread Maurice Butler
. To: linux-users@it.canterbury.ac.nz Subject: Vmware Player & PC-BSD I hope this is not too off topic. (If it is can someone please point me to a good place to find answers for my below questions) - I have been browsing the web for ages and can't find my answers. PC-BSD continues to

Vmware Player & PC-BSD

2006-08-22 Thread Reg
I hope this is not too off topic. (If it is can someone please point me to a good place to find answers for my below questions) - I have been browsing the web for ages and can't find my answers. PC-BSD continues to run fine on my Celeron 466. I am still in awe of its stability. Just for kicks