nivek7 Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Is there a program i can use to run fedora on another partition while running windows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LordHatrus Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Yes. I don't remember the names of the apps. Anywho, it causes more trouble than its worth, and if you have another partition free already for linux, then what's stopping you from just using linux normally? No matter what bill gates tells you, it won't eat the rest of your hard drive (unless, of course, you do something REALLY stupid.... :laugh: :rolleyes: ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+BudMan MVC Posted March 2, 2004 MVC Share Posted March 2, 2004 vmware can do this - but it ain't cheap! Virtual PC 2004 from MS can also do this - $129. Both have trials you use for like 30 or 45 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornett Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Do you mean using Fedora within the XP desktop? If so then I suggest you check out VMware. Edit - too slow :blush: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
parimal_kumar Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 If you have a spare partition, then you can easily install Fedora on it. It will give you the option of installing a boot manager, that will allow you to boot into Windows as well as Fedora. This is the setup I have on my laptop. If you want ot run Fedora within Windows (it is possible) then you need either VMWare or MS Virtual Machine 2004. Both are available as demos. I'd recommend MS Virtual Machine 2004, it's slightly easier to configure and run (in my humble opinion!). Your choice my friend. If you want further info, then do not hesitate in contacting me. Parimal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Japlabot Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Are VMWare and VPC the only two virtual machines availible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek7 Posted March 2, 2004 Author Share Posted March 2, 2004 thanks! ill try them Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMayhem Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 VMware is the fastest one, there is also Bochs which is free but slower. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeoMasamune Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Give it a try, VMware runs reasonably well on my machine and I have multiple OSes running on it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek7 Posted March 2, 2004 Author Share Posted March 2, 2004 (edited) im gonna try VMware, but how do you use an existing OS loacted on another partition? i can only install a new OS in the virtual thingy edit: nvm, i got it working Edited March 3, 2004 by nivek7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek7 Posted March 3, 2004 Author Share Posted March 3, 2004 hmm... i have another problem, it doesnt load up my graphical stuff(i get errors) so its all command things when i use it in VMware... help! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nichotin Posted March 3, 2004 Share Posted March 3, 2004 Set xfree to use the vmware drivers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nivek7 Posted March 4, 2004 Author Share Posted March 4, 2004 Set xfree to use the vmware drivers how would i do that? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ timko ] Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 I've been running Fedora Core 1 for the last month or so... never ran into the problem you've got with graphics. I just had to make sure I selected my graphics card as the VMware one during installation. It's all rock solid for me (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornett Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Timko & other who have Fedora working in VMWare, what settings did you have to pass to the kernel to get it to install? I'm running VMware 4.0 and using linux notext noprobe but I keep getting 'Internal Monitor Errors' :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ timko ] Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Hornett, I used FC1 (Yarrow) and did absolutely nothing special during the install (apart from picking out VMWare as the graphics card). The graphical install was just fine, I didn't enter anything on the first boot (after inserting the first CD to start the install). Look at this --> http://fedoranews.org/contributors/ivan_leong/vmware/ I didn't personally go thru that guide myself (I've been using VMWare for years) but it should help you (Y) Also, ignore the guff about the network patch at the end, if your LAN and internet access works then don't fudge it by doing what they suggest. Good luck (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hornett Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 Hmm, that's really strange. It crashes when it tries to start the installer (after the check media screen). I'll keep trying anyway... I'm sure it's possible as I've never had any problems installing linux on VMware before. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htmc Posted March 4, 2004 Share Posted March 4, 2004 See kids? I'm not an anti-linux troll. How about that? Once you've finished installing Linux in vmware and you're at the command prompt, you need to install the VMWare Tools package. It's under the 'file' menu. Just follow the onscreen instructions, or do a quick search on vmware.com to find the errata and OS-specific guides. Keep us posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
[ timko ] Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 My installation of Fedoara Core 1 (Yarrow) works fine withOUT having the guest OS installation of VMWare tools... and I can get 1024 x 768 x 32bpp withOUT it too (I like to have Fed in a window on my 1280 x 960 desktop... plus that way I can't forget that I'm still actually in Windows) (Y) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
htmc Posted March 5, 2004 Share Posted March 5, 2004 ,Mar 5 2004, 00:31]My installation of Fedoara Core 1 (Yarrow) works fine withOUT having the guest OS installation of VMWare tools... and I can get 1024 x 768 x 32bpp withOUT it too (I like to have Fed in a window on my 1280 x 960 desktop... plus that way I can't forget that I'm still actually in Windows) (Y) Yeah... I just noticed that too. I also noticed that they had support for a "vmware" graphics card. I installed the vmware tools anyway, and, though I haven't used either mode enough to be able to gauge speed, I see no reason why I should go back. I'm impressed that Redhat provided support for vmware out of the box. Good job. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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