Redhat Linux Enterprise 3 WS?

I tried for a week to get it working with VMWare and it was a total
nightmare. So I'm giving it a shot with VPC. So far so good, but I'm
skeptical.

I have not seen anyone mention this release of Redhat and I'm wondering why.
Is it that it is basically the same thing as Fedora, and therefore will have
the same problems and require the same fix as Fedora?

Does anyone know if they're going to offer Linux as a host OS anytime soon?
I used VMWare with Linux as the host a few years ago and it was totally
solid, but with Windows as a host it is so unstable, it was clear it would
never work. And when it crashed, my whole computer would go down in flames.

 

On Sat, 4 Dec 2004 20:25:02 -0800, "Peoter Veliki" <Peoter

You're joking right? You do realize Microsoft makes Virtual PC?

Steve Jain, Microsoft MVP for Virtual PC for Windows
Website: http://www.essjae.com
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See http://vpc.visualwin.com/ for what works and what doesn't.

 

And if you try something that isn't listed, be sure to submit your
experience to Johnathan's web site.

Scott

 

I have it working more or less, but still haven't worked out a few bugs like
the sound card and internet access.

I'd say it is far better than VMware, no question. When it didn't work,
there was usually a simple way to fix it, and it never violently crashed
taking my whole machine down with it in flames. No more unplugging my machine
to unfreeze it 20 times a day.

It is very clear that MS VPC has clearly pulled far ahead of VMWare in the
case of a Windows host, but I do remember using VMWare on Linux for 2 years
running Windows as the guest and never had a single problem, it was solid as
a rock.

It doesn't appear that it is as fully featured as VMware, but I've only
spent a day with it, I spent 5 with VMware, so I need to read the docs more.
Wouldn't be a surprise since it is not officially supported. For example, I
can't figure out how to access the virtual console's yet (might just be an
over sight). But it does work!

http://vpc.visualwin.com/ says that it works, and so far I don't see
anything that would make me believe that this information is not correct. I
think it is possible that I may actually be able to use it to do real work,
although it is still just buggy enough that I can't say for sure yet.

Notes:

1. You should burn ISO images of the disks, start installation using the
real disks, at the first sign of trouble, then point it towards the ISOs.
There were several different problems that were solved by using this
approach. The one time I tried using only the ISOs, it didn't work, but that
doesn't necessarily mean anything as that may have been due to another
problem, possibly the second one.

2. I was having some type of problem (sorry, can't remember the details of
the error message), but do remember that it went away after I created a fixed
sized virtual disk instead of the kind that start out small and grow as
necessary. I also remember that the error message gave me enough of a hint
that I was able to figure out a fix right away.

If I come upon anything else, I'll post it.