Kathryn Hogg wrote: > Wayne Johnson wrote: > >> Anyone tried VMWare Server 2.0.2? IâEUR^(TM)ve tried it on my new AMD64 quad >> core and had lots of problems. Just wondering if it's me or the software. >> > > I unfortunately have to do the bulk of my development work in Windows even > though its all J2EE. So I keep linux as my host OS and run XP in virtual > machine for the coding/testing. > > I used to use vmware server but it seemed like their drivers would always > fail to compile and I would get some strange kernel panics. I've switched > over to virtualbox. It runs smoother, I've yet to have a problem with a > kernel upgrade, and the seamless mode is great. > > Have you considered running ESXi and all of the operating systems you need on top of it? Compatibility (apart from hardware) should not be an issue in such a setup and performance would be better if you require multiple virtual machines running at the same time. If you intermittently need a few virtual machines, then Virtualbox is certainly a great solution as I use it too. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://mailman.mn-linux.org/pipermail/tclug-list/attachments/20091030/76888e98/attachment.htm