VMware

[AJ@PR]

Thanks for the help SgtM...

I didn't get to try out that stuff yesterday, but I am in the process of downloading the latest Ubuntu.
I'll see if I instal that today and play with it a little.

Oh, wait... today is Friday.
Ok, I'll play with it tomorrow.

This can get interesting!

Hey, side-question: I have 2GB in my box... when I 'created' the VM machine, I specified 1GB of RAM.

How much do you reckon I should be running?

Thanks SgtM! PeaceE!!!

-AJ@PR

[Kahamri]

If your installing ubuntu you can make it 128 if you want. i specify 512 for my virtual machine. We use VM here at work and it's great. There is some special servers you can get that lets you run multiple OS's at the same time with no "main" os running, this way you can run say a mail server and back up mail server on the same server. if mailserver 1 fails mail server 2 takes over.
Vm can really tax your machine though, at home i run windows xp pro as my main and 2 vmware and it kills my system.

[SgtM]

Glad I could help.

2GB of RAM is plenty IMO. I'm running my server 2k3 box on a 1.3 Ghz Celeron, and 768 MB RAM. It's really slow when I have VMware going, but I did it just so I could experiment a little. We have A TON of VM boxes at work, and I wanted get a better understanding of how VMware worked. Next will be a Fedora web server, just cuz I can.

[AJ@PR]

Next will be a Fedora web server, just cuz I can.

Ahh... the true modder/geek spirit!!!

Haha!

Well, I'll see what I can break, and report back.

And, I'll have some screen shots up ASAP.
I sent one of them to a girl friend of mine, and she was like:::
She: Is that windows running inside, um, windows?
Me: Yeah! Cool ain't it!?!
She: But... where's the second computer?
Me: There ain't none. My computer runs both systems. One "inside" the other.
She: But... where's the second computer?
Me: It's a very, very tiny box inside my computer.
She: Oh... cool!

I know... I know.
I'm going to hell.

[nil8]

Don't try to explain logic to people who don't want or seek to understand it. Exercise in futility.

You can't go to a place you don't believe in, like Hell or Wyoming.

The latest Fedora Core works just fine. It does take a little work mounting the 6 ISO files, but no big deal.

[AJ@PR]

Don't try to explain logic to people who don't want or seek to understand it. Exercise in futility.

You can't go to a place you don't believe in, like Hell or Wyoming.

LMAO!

I once went out with a girl from Wyoming...
Could it ... be.... possible... ..

That... well... ummm....
I imagined everything???



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Guys, I'm "creating" a new machine, to run Ubuntu..

NAT is greyed out.

Can, somebody please shed some light into my n00bness?


Thanks guys!

[AJ@PR]

Hehehhe... just havin' sum fun wit uBumtoo

[SgtM]

Don't know why NAT would be greyed out. There is a big difference in our OS's though. I'm running Server 2003, and you're on XP, that might be it. Try setting up Internet Connection Sharing, and see if you can change the network properties on the Ubuntu machine after that. The other option would be bridged, but it would require a 2nd NIC.

[nil8]

I'm running XP pro and not having an issue with NAT. It seems to work well and provide a solution to the resource sharing problem.
It could be your nic has something turned on or off that disables it.
Do you have DHCP enabled?

Are you connected to a small home network i.e. 192.168.x.x or directly to your cable modem/dsl/modem?
Maybe VMWare won't play nice with NAT and anything but reserved IP ranges?

I've used that hell or Wyoming joke for years now. Always seems to work.

[AJ@PR]

I had a small problem installing Ubuntu...
Apparently, what I downloaded was corrupted or something, as the installation would hang in different places.

I downloaded 6.10, and off I went.

Don't know why NAT would be greyed out. There is a big difference in our OS's though. I'm running Server 2003, and you're on XP, that might be it. Try setting up Internet Connection Sharing, and see if you can change the network properties on the Ubuntu machine after that. The other option would be bridged, but it would require a 2nd NIC.

I'll try that and update soon.

I'm running XP pro and not having an issue with NAT. It seems to work well and provide a solution to the resource sharing problem.
It could be your nic has something turned on or off that disables it.
Do you have DHCP enabled?

Are you connected to a small home network i.e. 192.168.x.x or directly to your cable modem/dsl/modem?
Maybe VMWare won't play nice with NAT and anything but reserved IP ranges?

I've used that hell or Wyoming joke for years now. Always seems to work.

Thanks for the help SgtM and nil8
I do have DHCP enabled... wierd.

Connected directly to the DSL modem.

Poor Wyomingians :p Ha!


Here's a screen shot of what I'm doing now...

I know it seems very, very stupid, but I'm loving it!
I used to race through DOS when I was a turd.
Always loved the fact that the general population would stare at the black screen as you typed and did stuff, and... they'd be amazed.


I'm going to go see what I can break in Ubuntu.