[KLUG Members] Running linux from windows

[Bruce Smith]

> > I have a quick question.  Besides VMware, what other programs are there to run linux from
> > windows?
> > The only reason i want to use windows is for the file sharing programs, but i would also
> > like to switch over to linux to use everything else.  I know this isnt the best way to do
> > it but i was just wondering what everyone uses.
> > -alan
> >
> Samba is very capable of having a unix host share filesystems with windows
> computers and vice versa.  NFS is very capable of sharing files with other unix
> hosts.  Reasons that I would see to use linux within windows is to use some
> device, like for example a scanner, that is not supported on linux and is
> connected via a port that won't work with windows within linux.  If you could go
> into a little more detail of this file sharing requirement, I'm sure that the
> method of using a linux host could be explained.  If you need access to a win32
> app then possibly vmware on a headless windows machine may work.

And IMO it makes more sense to run windows in VMware on top of a
native Linux install, instead of the other way around.  I would 
want to run the most stable OS native.  

If you're running Linux in VMware under windows (as you suggested), 
and windows crashes, guess what?  VMware and the guest OS crashes too!

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Bruce Smith                bruce@armintl.com
System Administrator / Network Administrator
Armstrong International, Inc.
Three Rivers, Michigan  49093  USA
http://www.armstrong-intl.com/
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