Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-17 Thread Jim McQuillan
On Mon, July 17, 2006 9:15 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Monday 17 July 2006 21:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: >> > > Accidental discovery. >> > > I ran a ltsp client in vmware which was nice since I did not need >> > > another computer to test the server. >> > > >> > > I downloaded the free vm

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-17 Thread jam
On Monday 17 July 2006 21:56, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Accidental discovery. > > > I ran a ltsp client in vmware which was nice since I did not need > > > another computer to test the server. > > > > > > I downloaded the free vmware SERVER > > > then installed it and started a windows sessio

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-17 Thread Chris Fanning
Krishna, > Is that image placed somewhere on the web such that others can > find and download it? I think that would be a nice contribution if you you > can do it! no, it's not on the web because it's 3.5GB of image. I could probable get it down to 3GB. If you are interested, I can mail you a dvd

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-17 Thread Krishna Murphy
Chris- Is that image placed somewhere on the web such that others can find and download it? I think that would be a nice contribution if you you can do it! -Krishna On Mon, 17 Jul 2006, Chris Fanning wrote: Hi Krishna, > Is there a big disadvantage to running the SERVER in a vmware environme

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-16 Thread Chris Fanning
Hi Krishna, > Is there a big disadvantage to running the SERVER in a vmware environment? > It might be good to have a pre-packaged setup in v-machine that could be > downloaded and used for initial testing, prior to actual deployment. I've been doing exactly this with Xen. Xen is Open Source softw

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-14 Thread Krishna Murphy
FYI-- I downloaded the vmware server (complete), and signed up for 100 free license numbers - that was all easy. Now, installing it under Winders... Using XP Pro 2002 (SP2), a 1.9 GHz Pentium-4 and 1.5 GB RAM: 1) Be prepared to WAIT - it's a big download (15 minutes over a T-1, given the rest

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-14 Thread Krishna Murphy
Is there a big disadvantage to running the SERVER in a vmware environment? It might be good to have a pre-packaged setup in v-machine that could be downloaded and used for initial testing, prior to actual deployment. There are of course some penalties for using anything that way, but having ALL

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-14 Thread Luis Montes
Jim McQuillan wrote: >On Fri, July 14, 2006 9:41 am, Alfred wrote: > > >>Accidental discovery. >>I ran a ltsp client in vmware which was nice since I did not need another >>computer to test the server. >> >>I downloaded the free vmware SERVER >>then installed it and started a windows session usi

Re: [Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-14 Thread Jim McQuillan
On Fri, July 14, 2006 9:41 am, Alfred wrote: > Accidental discovery. > I ran a ltsp client in vmware which was nice since I did not need another > computer to test the server. > > I downloaded the free vmware SERVER > then installed it and started a windows session using it's defaults. YOU > DO >

[Ltsp-discuss] VMWARE as a test client server....

2006-07-14 Thread Alfred
Accidental discovery. I ran a ltsp client in vmware which was nice since I did not need another computer to test the server. I downloaded the free vmware SERVER then installed it and started a windows session using it's defaults. YOU DO NOT NEED WINDOWS FOR THIS. When VMware passes it's bios sc