Share VPC files with VPC for Mac?

Hi there,

Was just wondering if anyone out there have given this a go. Does the
VPC2004 files (cfg & hdd) work with VPC for Mac?

Ed.

 

Hi,

The hard drive file does, but it is the same as taking an installed system
and running it on different hardware, so results may vary on whether
everything works (VPC for Mac uses different hardware than VPC for Windows)

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I've also run into problems that the Mac version didn't like the
dynamically expanding disk image, but if I converted it to a fixed
disk, it was happy.

Scott

 

Hey Scott,

Thanks for your reply. So you've got your VPC2004 vhd files to work once
you've set them to a fixed size?

How abt a vhd with a server version of Windows on it? Does it work? Looking
at it from a support perspective. I have a colleague running VPC for Mac and
want to be able to play with my VPC2004 files (some of them are server
versions). Wana make sure it works before I send it over, coz they're huge!

Ed.

 

From a supported version, Servers aren't supported on VPC at all

But if one guest VHD will work, they all "should", since VPC doesn't
discriminate against the guest (but the guest needs to be able to actively
adapt to hardware changes)

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Exactly.

And for Edmond, we gave up on dealing with the Mac
version. It wasn't worth the time and money to
continually mess with it when you can just buy a x86 PC
and run the same version of VPC as everyone else for a
lot less (in my case). Your ROI may be different.

Scott

 

I have moved dynamic .VHDs accross with no problems. However - VPC 2004 and
VPC 6.1 for Mac emulate different hardware - that can cause problems
(specifically - a 440bx motherboard versus a 430tx motherboard)

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That's good to know. I don't believe we were using 6.1
when we experienced the problem.

Scott