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[mark]

katsumi liquer wrote:
> IMHO no, there are no such gotchas, other than you may have to deal
> with the default RHEL kernel out-of-memory process killer. If you are
> hoping to configure VMware Server to use close to all of your physical
> memory, you'll have to deal with it. Alternately if you really want a
> clean, and also free approach, leave the Linux box alone and use
> stand-alone ESX 3i on a separate host. Better VM, and better Linux
> left untouched ;)
> 
Not gonna work that way. I'm doing this at home, where I'm currently running
openSuSE. I was figuring on installing VMWare Server, then, somewhere soon,
installing CentOS 5 as a VM. (Then, next cover letter, and next interview, I
can say that I have been investigating it, and have it running now, so yeah,
you do want to hire me....)

	mark
> katsu
> 
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2008 at 10:39 AM, mark <m.roth2006 at rcn.com> wrote:
>> Ok, too many jobs want it, so I am going to put it on my system. Now, I've done
>> some research, and what I need to do is not a bare metal install, but rather an
>> install *over* an existing operating system (Linux, of course).
>>
>> So, if I d/l the freeware version (VMWare server, I think it is), are there any
>> gotchas that will toast my system? Are there things I need to watch for, like
>> "oh, in 5pt type, and written by a lawyer, translated by someone for whom
>> English is a third language, you need to do this and that first, and then check
>> this option"?
>>
>>        mark
>>
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