Windows?? - What about other OS's
by John Foley
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Apr 13, 2008 at 11:30:13 pm
I am running both VMware Fusion and Parallels on a 2.33 GHz MacBook Pro.
I have ubunto 7.1 Linux on Fusion and Solaris 10 on Parallels.
Networking came up fine on Fusion but not on SunOS/Parallels.
Re: Windows?? - What about other OS's by Tim Wilson on Apr 19, 2008 at 2:31:55 pm
You can use Boot Camp or other partitioning tools to make your own multi-boot installation -- just install those different OSes on the same computer. Then just choose the one you want on boot-up using the option key. You have to pay attention, though -- don't forget to actually rename your partitions so you don't have a bunch of them with the same name.
The most I've heard about is 5. The most that I think is practical is 3.
Now in a virtual environment, you can install as many as you want. I've heard of somebody who installed 12...but I think of that as a science project. Unless you only plan to run a couple at a time, you'd need a TON of RAM....and even if you only need two virtual machines plus the host OS, you'll have a very tough time of it without at least a quarter-ton of RAM.
So out of curiosity, John, what are you using all of these for?
Re: Windows?? - What about other OS's by John Foley on Apr 23, 2008 at 1:27:45 am
Hi - Before I was a video editor I was a UNIX-Linux administrator. Back when the dot.com bomb hit the IT industry, I made a full time switch to video. I still like to keep my hands on UNIX and after getting a MacBook Pro, it seemed like a good time to try running other UNIX like things on x86.
