Installing VMware server

[alan]

On Mon, 15 Jan 2007, John Bowden wrote:

> On Mon, 2007-01-15 at 14:42 -0500, Todd Zullinger wrote:
>> John Bowden wrote:
>>> Hi Foks. I.m trying to install VMware to run windoz and my windows
>>> games. When comiling I get this message:-
>>
>> I have VMware server running on FC6, though one kernel package release
>> behind (2.6.18-1.2798.fc6).  Something to check is that you're not
>> being bitten by the kernel 1586/1686 mismatch caused by a bug in the
>> installer[1].
>>
>> (I don't play any games, but I've heard a few folks I know say that
>> that the graphics in VMware weren't fast enough for their liking.)
>>
>> [1] http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/FC6Common
>>
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>
> I'm perusing that page at the moment. I also have the Xen kernel
> installed but do not have an ftp server set up to install windoz from.
> What would you recommend would be the best virtalization route to take
> for what I want to achieve? Any input from the list on the pros and cons
> of the different virtalization software would be apreciated. I'm new to
> this kind of thing

There is a big difference in speed between VMWare Server and VMWare 
Runtime.  The runtime is a lot faster. I use Server to create images and 
runtime to actually use them.  Neither would be good for gaming.  (At 
least 1st person shooters.  Maybe after a few whiskey shooters...)

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