From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1JhRpw-00023o-U2 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 15:58:49 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id BB8D0E0AD2; Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:58:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ti-out-0910.google.com (ti-out-0910.google.com [209.85.142.186]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 384FDE0AD2 for ; Thu, 3 Apr 2008 15:58:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by ti-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id a20so1213432tia.10 for ; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:58:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=lWQz9NHZaSFW2z9KIaH7q867lmfycBlfu+Dlch9wue4=; b=YGChdCqtzAN2oVlss95ZY3KxLkt3Jg/ha5N+9QvcXFaopthZVxSYe/0Mng51cH8CWdSsS1AKmvCd8dEYG6m/IaUG31KlppMxM/HiM4n3I9ILX70Ud2zL+0d4PQSSMwgxG76o/zdfzK8DIbU1uAHfsjJ09b3MRqgSxw3LCweTE00= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=message-id:date:from:user-agent:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=EMGSSBXGGmVZ8vm/GTyrdi7yDq+N9XNdXQVBjAdUsiulzWGDSXO/rKhgZW7pnAW5VGJ/3k/wYhwte+ae6ZCIn65uRVqpiOAsrdUTpclKFMXaIFX1fpBw45yVFSSK2pqOj9vU/p+wXsy78A4Zl4hTk7d/wa421iep8Q4Sa9j6Mjs= Received: by 10.110.105.10 with SMTP id d10mr4817121tic.52.1207238325748; Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:58:45 -0700 (PDT) Received: from ?192.168.50.240? ( [66.59.225.129]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id h10sm4310605wxd.32.2008.04.03.08.58.43 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:58:44 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <47F4FEB1.2000704@gmail.com> Date: Thu, 03 Apr 2008 08:58:41 -0700 From: Joshua D Doll User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] installing vmware? References: <20080402191020.2707f383@acme.acmenet> In-Reply-To: <20080402191020.2707f383@acme.acmenet> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Archives-Salt: d5dccc0c-28ba-4569-84c3-7e01dd29ffa1 X-Archives-Hash: bd17580226f30c72a4bd779118d7523a luis jure wrote: > hello list, > > i bought i laptop with windows xp pre-installed. i shrunk the windows > partition to install my gentoo linux, which is what i normally use. but > the machine is still dual boot. > > several years ago (8-9) i tried a 30-days demo version of vmware and it > was quite efficient running windows in a virtual machine under linux. > > now i found that there are many ebuilds to install vmware, and i'm a > bit confused: > > first, there are many different ebuilds, what do i need to run the > windows xp i have installed in a different partition? > > second, vmware is not free in the sense that you have to buy it, what > does the ebuild install? a free version? a demo? > > i found a few pages on the net explaining how to install vmware on > gentoo, but i'm not clear about those issues. thanks for any hint. > > best, > > lj > 1. I know workstation will do it, maybe server. 2. The ebuild installs the full version, you get with workstation a evaluation key which you enter the first time you run it. Or if you actually purchase a key you can do that. Either way it's the same files. There is a fetch restriction on the ebuild which requires you to download the tarball from VMware and place it in your distdir. I would also like to point out that server is free to use. VMware gives it away in hopes that you will like it and want to purchase one of their other products. I have had very few issues with VMware on my system it was easy to setup, and has rarely given me issues. The only issues I have had were brought on by my need to share the VM with multiple users on my desktop, and that was just a matter of getting the permissions right. I've also heard good things about Virtualbox, but haven't played with it myself. Since all of VMware's production are usually free to use for at least 30 days I'd suggest playing with as many of them as you can, that is if you really want to go the VMware route. I've found their products to be pretty solid and reliable. --Joshua Doll -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list