[ltp] Re: Ultrabay hard drive

[David F Bakker]

You need a VM already configured for the player to work. Get the 
workstation version. It's very different and very easy to use. Create a 
VM ( 10 seconds) and then install Windows into it. I use GSX (know a 
good reseller) and run all kinds of crazy stuff. I run a RHAS VM in 
debian so I can use IBM LTO drivers with an external tape drive I have. 
You can also use cross office to run some Windows applications in Linux.

Josh wrote:

>>>Thanks to everyone for their tips. This is turning 
>>>into a real headache.
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>>I'm curious what your approach to this is. I 
>>googled "vmware player virtua= l=20 machine", and on
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>the first and second 
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>>pages found several links, including= =20 this one: 
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>http://bruno.steadyhosting.co.uk/portal/viewtopic.php?t=3D41
>I think that 
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>>even buying a copy of VMware Workstation would be
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>better value= =20 than 
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>>buying an extra hard drive, carrier, and external
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>CD, as well as quite= a=20
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>>bit more convenient.
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>Thanks for your reply.  That link took me to a page
>about MD5-crypt algorithm.  My problem is that I can't
>figure out how VMware works.  I downloaded the free
>VMware player (which took a couple hours to install
>because it didn't go like the install script was
>telling me).  So I have this thing on my computer and
>my Windows XP disks, but I don't know the next step. 
>Maybe I should download the workstation edition, but
>I'd rather not spend hours trying to figure this out. 
>I'm wondering if there are going to be more hurdles
>repartitioning my drive, and installing software.  I
>just need something that works without a lot of time
>spent figuring things out -- it doesn't matter if I
>have to buy a hard drive or lose my internal CD drive.
> (Very unhappy about my computer at the moment. I wish
>Adobe would make Linux versions of their software --
>it doesn't seem like a far stretch for them to get
>their software running on Linux if they can get it
>running on OSX.)
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