MartyConnelly
martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Tue May 16 11:57:55 CDT 2006
Ooops got that wrong it is BartPE, it creates a bootable WinXP CD that you can add various debugging tools to or Access programs etc. This is no cost. Bart's Preinstalled Environment (BartPE) bootable live windows CD/DVD http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/ Then use Flash Boot a 20 Euro product to - convert BartPE bootable CD-ROM to bootable USB disk - convert a bootable CD-ROM to USB Flash disk - duplicate USB flash disk. http://www.prime-expert.com/flashboot/features.php More info http://techrepublic.com.com/5254-6257-0.html?forumID=99&threadID=173921&messageID=2006318&id=3334484 http://www.911cd.net/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t14180.html http://www.911cd.net/forums//index.php?showtopic=12771&pid=103660&st=20&#entry103660 MartyConnelly wrote: >A lot of big shops are getting into this with a slightly different flavour >What they used to do was have one application per server, if they had more >than that and an app failed it could bring down multiple applications. >Now they put the one application on a virtual pc via an image copy, but you >can have multiple virtual pc's running on a server, if one fails it doesn't >bring down the entire server. This reduces the number of servers required >on a site. And you have a new hot buzz word Virtual Servers. >This is the gist of it but is a bit more involved. >Sooner or later you maybe installing Access applications as a virtual PC. > >By the way you can also install Windows on a 2 gig PC flash drive via >PCBart. >I have users who run small Access apps this way in shops that don't >allow Access >installations. > > >Bobby Heid wrote: > > > >>Hi Jim. >> >>Thanks for the reply. Everything I've seen seems to point to the VMWare >>product. >> >>That is a really cool idea about recreating the user's machines. Can you >>take any image from any system and do this? >> >>Thanks, >>Bobby >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Jim DeMarco >>Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 8:40 AM >>To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >>Subject: Re: [AccessD] OT: Virtual OS software... >> >> >>We used VMWare a couple of years back to help us create an install that >>needed to work in NT 4.0, Win2K and WinXP. It was easy to use and saved >>tons of time in reboot time alone. >> >>We are going to use it again to create some virtual sandboxes for >>developer tests by recreating user's machines in the VM. >> >>Jim DeMarco >> >>-----Original Message----- >>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Bobby Heid >>Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 7:16 AM >>To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' >>Subject: [AccessD] OT: Virtual OS software... >> >>Any of you have any preferences between Virtual PC and VMWare >>Workstation? >> >>I am looking at getting one of these to: >>1) Have a pristine copy of XP (legal), 2000, and 98 to test installs, >>etc. >>2) To check beta or new software. >>3) Run various flavors of Linux. >>4) And in general, be able to play around with stuff without worrying >>about hosing my main system. >>5) So I don't have to multi-boot any more. >> >>So, if you have any thoughts on these, I'd love to hear them. >> >>Thanks, >>Bobby >> >> >> >> >> > > > -- Marty Connelly Victoria, B.C. Canada