Re: vmware and drivers...

From: Joshua Kugler <joshua.kugler@uaf.edu>
Date: Wed Nov 10 2004 - 11:22:37 AKST

I'm not sure how the emulation works with a Windows host and Linux guest. I
don't think 3D acceleration comes though, but sound should work fine. I've
never used VMWare on windows personally, but I use VMWare on Linux (with a
windows host) quite a bit.

BTW, but video and audio card?

j----- k-----

On Monday 08 November 2004 18:55, Keeper Nott wrote:
> If I were to install windows XP and setup vmware workstation 4.5.2 on a
> new box, would there be driver issues? I know that 3d acceleration and
> other issues make hardware compatibility an issue with linux, but if I
> was running it with vmware on a windows system on whic hthere were
> perfectly workign drivers, would I get the same compatibility issues
> inside of that instance of linux? The audio card and video card I want
> ot use are nto yet supported for the new kernel and so I am looking for
> an alternative, and I thought that drivers might be cross-compatable in
> that instance.. Hope to hear soon, thanks..
>
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