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VMware????
djf

Posted on 10/03/2009 8:02:36 PM PDT by djf

Anybody ever install VMware Server under Windows/ME?

I got it working under Win2K, but am thinking about something leaner and meaner for the hypervisor part.

Experiences? Positives? Negatives?


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1 posted on 10/03/2009 8:02:36 PM PDT by djf
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To: djf
Windows ME?

You're joking, right?

2 posted on 10/03/2009 8:04:32 PM PDT by justlurking (The only remedy for a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun.)
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I use vmware server on 64bit fedora11, not sure I would even want to try it on something like ME.


3 posted on 10/03/2009 8:07:16 PM PDT by DonaldC (A nation cannot stand in the absence of religious principle.)
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To: djf

That depends: Are you going to install it with a 5 1/2” floppy, or use a cassette recorder?


4 posted on 10/03/2009 8:08:11 PM PDT by dangus (I am JimThompson)
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To: djf

I’m with justlurking. This is some kind of test right? This is one of those shows where they get participants to do very silly things in pursuit of some prize.

WindowsME?????


5 posted on 10/03/2009 8:08:22 PM PDT by Roses0508
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To: djf

VMware works well on xp, NT, 2003 or 2008. I wouldn’t try it under ME. I don’t think the current versions of VMware are even compatible.


6 posted on 10/03/2009 8:08:39 PM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: djf; justlurking
Best one I have heard all day.

I use VMware all the time.

But with ME........???????

Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha.....more Ha Ha........

7 posted on 10/03/2009 8:10:17 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: djf
I run VMWare out of MS-DOS 6.3.

Works great!

8 posted on 10/03/2009 8:11:15 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Ask not what the Kennedys can do for you, but what you can do for the Kennedys.)
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To: dangus

Remember when the radio stations used to play the programs over the air?

You could analog record them, then feed them into your Commodore or whatever...

I’m just askin a question here, don’t need alot of folks telling me how stupid I am, cause I already know that...


9 posted on 10/03/2009 8:11:30 PM PDT by djf (I ain't got time to read all the whines!!!)
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To: djf

Windows ME??? That hurts just thinking about it.


10 posted on 10/03/2009 8:12:04 PM PDT by Attention Surplus Disorder (It's better to give a Ford to the Kidney Foundation than a kidney to the Ford Foundation.)
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To: djf

No.


11 posted on 10/03/2009 8:13:58 PM PDT by LasVegasMac (Islam: Bringing the world death and destruction for 1400 years!)
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To: djf
Anybody ever install VMware Server under Windows/ME?

You forgot the (/humor) tag. Everyone knows Windows/ME was a complete joke of an operating system and only fools bought it.

If you really wanted a slimmer hypervisor, you'd look to Linux and Xen.

12 posted on 10/03/2009 8:14:14 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

I have a laptop somewheres with Windows 3.1 installed.

Think I should give it a shot??

;-)


13 posted on 10/03/2009 8:15:52 PM PDT by djf (I ain't got time to read all the whines!!!)
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>> If you really wanted a slimmer hypervisor, you’d look to Linux and Xen.

I 2nd that recommendation.


14 posted on 10/03/2009 8:16:08 PM PDT by Gene Eric
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Uhh...Windows ME is DOS based. That’s not going to work.

If you want to reduce the overhead, run VMware Server under Linux, or use VMware ESXi, if you’re using it for server-type stuff, and don’t need to interact with it on the same machine.


15 posted on 10/03/2009 8:17:43 PM PDT by B Knotts (Calvin Coolidge Republican)
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Windows Me?????

Ouch!

If you want mean and lean try windows xp embedded.

16 posted on 10/03/2009 8:19:41 PM PDT by DaveTesla (You can fool some of the people some of the time......)
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To: djf

Be sure not to fold your hypervisor.


17 posted on 10/03/2009 8:21:04 PM PDT by nickcarraway
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To: djf

I run a couple of small clusters as xen guests on a multi-processor xeon at work. The host O/S is Linux Fedora 8. Works fine.

For Windows, several of us have recently tried out VirtualBox from Sun. It is easy to run on Windows Vista, but I don’t know about whether it works on ME.

Since your O/S is “dated”, can we presume your processors are dated? Some of the recent Intel and AMD processors have added some great support for virtual servers.

Also, I suspect your system won’t support a whale of lot of memory. It’s hard to get interesting things done in less than 500 MB on a guest.

What guest O/S do you plan to use?


18 posted on 10/03/2009 8:24:27 PM PDT by the_Watchman
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You could try it and let us know how it comes out. I still have ME on an old laptop

http://pubs.vmware.com/guestnotes/wwhelp/wwhimpl/common/html/wwhelp.htm?context=guestnotes&file=guestos_winme.html

19 posted on 10/03/2009 8:24:40 PM PDT by stylin19a
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To: DaveTesla
If you want mean and lean try windows xp embedded.

Will not work. You can't virtualize on top of a virtualized system. Then there's the fact that the Windows and VMWare hypervisors are incompatible.

20 posted on 10/03/2009 8:25:30 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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