From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1Gk2gC-0005BC-Jj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:06:41 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with SMTP id kAEI4TxT031666; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:04:29 GMT Received: from nz-out-0102.google.com (nz-out-0102.google.com [64.233.162.192]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.13.8/8.13.8) with ESMTP id kAEI0j6f007076 for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 18:00:45 GMT Received: by nz-out-0102.google.com with SMTP id r28so1038133nza for ; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:00:44 -0800 (PST) DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references; b=jn//HhywH9n9Sr4qHHF3URHV1vYZXzHliPY5MIAWF55oJAY7vqDyHJLAAim+atLnNlo9+CzmKuN3ZWjJL0E3GPwZcTYmcNQmKeG3Gb2TJ4QYgJ1WLDMjS5dYVoXPsgc4+2nuhqWP7ooV5j58ASQSHwMQXzppH2Zr4RNULlh6S88= Received: by 10.65.193.16 with SMTP id v16mr1580256qbp.1163527244477; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:00:44 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.65.218.13 with HTTP; Tue, 14 Nov 2006 10:00:43 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <642958cc0611141000k3f8d6ab5od862c85f6ebf9ebc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 14 Nov 2006 13:00:43 -0500 From: "Mark Shields" To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Basic Vmware setup In-Reply-To: <4555C65E.9020406@rootsr.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_106197_213850.1163527243957" References: <4555C65E.9020406@rootsr.com> X-Archives-Salt: 72d31cd6-1615-4fa5-8efb-4bb2bbdc144f X-Archives-Hash: ca960918b23d2ed26397da9d758aa7b5 ------=_Part_106197_213850.1163527243957 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 11/11/06, Hans de Hartog wrote: > > Hi, > > Due to circumstances beyond my control I have > to run (once a month) Windows (98 or 2000) :-( > > I guess that vmware can do the job. In windows > I need internet access with IE and I must be > able to print some webpages to a printserver > (gentoo+cups). > What to use? Vmware server, workstation or > player? The descriptions are not clear about > the differences. > I'm running Linux 2.6.17.13 (vanilla-sources) > on i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz with > 768 Mb and only stable stuff. > > Thanks in advance! > Hans. > -- > gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list > > If all you're using is IE and printing, you maybe be able to just run IE under wine. See: ies4linux, http://www.tatanka.com.br/ . There isn't an ebuild for it, but one isn't needed anyways. The browser functions fine under wine (ie7 works too, but you don't get the fancy interface, just the new engine), but I don't have a printer, so have yet to test printer functionality. -- - Mark Shields ------=_Part_106197_213850.1163527243957 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On 11/11/06, Hans de Hartog <dehartog@rootsr.com> wrote:
Hi,

Due to circumstances beyond my control I have
to run (once a month) Windows (98 or 2000) :-(

I guess that vmware can do the job. In windows
I need internet access with IE and I must be
able to print some webpages to a printserver
(gentoo+cups).
What to use? Vmware server, workstation or
player? The descriptions are not clear about
the differences.
I'm running Linux 2.6.17.13 (vanilla-sources)
on i686 Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.66GHz with
768 Mb and only stable stuff.

Thanks in advance!
Hans.
--
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list


If all you're using is IE and printing, you maybe be able to just run IE under wine.  See: ies4linux, http://www.tatanka.com.br/ .  There isn't an ebuild for it, but one isn't needed anyways.  The browser functions fine under wine (ie7 works too, but you don't get the fancy interface, just the new engine), but I don't have a printer, so have yet to test printer functionality.

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