On Sunday 04 March 2007, Ingo wrote: > Hi David, > > On Thu, 01 Mar 2007 16:40:59 +0200, David Baron wrote: > >I downloaded a demo, can play with it for two weeks. Its drivers will > > compile against linux kernel 2.6.18, NOT against 2.6.20. Vbox's did just > > fine on both but Parallels has network drivers and this stuff has changed > > radically for newer kernels. > > > >UI looks very similar to ours. Very similar! > > > >Some differences: > > The most important thing in Paralles is: it accepts perfectly any type of > OS/2 as a guest and even suppies additions, so I can use my beloved OS/2 in > a VM under Linux (openSUSE 10.2 kernel 2.6.18) - jsut great and worth the > 50 USD! > I might agree if it had worked. But Win98 never did install and my other test, booting a Dynebolic iso also failed. One thing is that they start you off with lot's of memory, then tell you: hey, don't do that. So one lowers the memory from 250m to 150m maximum they recommend and that may be too small for some VMs. I have been running vbox with 184k. Win98 should run with less than that. A linux with KDE, forget it. Dyne should have been OK with the 150m since it uses a much lighter weight "desktop".
If one want linux guests in a "headless" or non-GUI mode, one might look at the ovenvz "endorsed" by Debien. Uses a patched kernel in the host. For a virtual server, might be best once one figures out how to use it :-) _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list [email protected] http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
