[lug] Virtual Machine?

[Dhruva B. Reddy]

Yes, it is, in fact, Win4Lin that requires patching the kernel.  I
downloaded it with the intention of trying it out, and was scared off by
this requirement and, IIRC, some unfriendliness to non-Redhat
distributions (I run Debian). 

Dhruva

On Wed, Nov 28, 2001 at 03:28:31PM -0700, quoth J. Wayde Allen:
> On Tue, 27 Nov 2001, John Karns wrote:
> 
> > Maybe it's senility creeping up, but I don't recall having to patch a
> > kernel to run VMWare (been using it since about 2.0), just rebuilding the
> > vmnet, and vmmon modules.  The VMWare supplied smb source for the VM
> > networking *was* modified by them though.  But I don't recall ever having
> > to fuss with it, as in applying patches to it.
> 
> I have to admit to having the same confusion.  I setup the VMWare demo at
> the past CLIQ conference, and all I remember was installing the software
> and hitting the go button.  I was running it on a low end laptop and it
> was a bit slow, but functional.
> 
> - Wayde
>   (wallen at lug.boulder.co.us)