[AccessD] SPAM-LOW: Re: Using a VM/VPC

Max Wanadoo max.wanadoo at gmail.com
Mon Jul 27 08:43:20 CDT 2009


should be ok on a vista x64 then.

Many thanks

max



On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 2:36 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>wrote:

> I run it on my Windows 2003 x64 machines.
>
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com <http://www.colbyconsulting.com/>
>
>
> Max Wanadoo wrote:
> > Thanks John,
> > Downloading it now.  BTW I have a new machine with x64 - will it run ok
> on
> > that?
> > Max
> >
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 1:16 PM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
> >wrote:
> >
> >> WOW, right you are.  It seems they are removing all links to VirtualPC
> for
> >> previous opreating systems.
> >>
> >> More MS suckage.
> >>
> >> Well... I guess that VMWare is always an option.  It works just fine.
> >> though I do run the older 1.X
> >> version because it is easier (IMHO) to operate.
> >>
> >> http://www.vmware.com/download/server/
> >>
> >> Take my advice and go with the VMware Server 1.0.9.
> >>
> >> John W. Colby
> >> www.ColbyConsulting.com <http://www.colbyconsulting.com/> <
> http://www.colbyconsulting.com/>
>  >>
> >>
> >> Max Wanadoo wrote:
> >>> Thanks John, that is useful - particularly the second example as I am
> not
> >> in
> >>> the range of 16mb.
> >>>
> >>> Believe it or not, the problem I am now having is one of downloads.  I
> >>> cannot get a dowload of VirtualBox.  It keeps getting to 98% and
> >> hanging...
> >>> With Virtual PC (MS) I cannot find the download site.  Everything seems
> >>> geared to the new Windows 7 Virtual PC and I keep going in circles with
> >> the
> >>> various links.
> >>>
> >>> GGrrrrr.
> >>>
> >>> Thanks
> >>> Max
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 11:12 AM, jwcolby <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
> >>> wrote:
> >>>
> >>>> Pct of memory is going to depend on how much memory you have and what
> >> you
> >>>> are going to do with the
> >>>> VM.  For example I have a server which I use for running one specific
> >> piece
> >>>> of software multiple
> >>>> times.  This server is pretty much dedicated to that functionality.  I
> >> have
> >>>> 16 gigs of ram on the
> >>>> server and each VM requires about 3 gigs to run correctly.  Thus I
> give
> >> 3
> >>>> gigs to each vm for 12
> >>>> gigs total out of 16 gigs.  For this specific situation that is what
> is
> >>>> required.
> >>>>
> >>>> OTOH I have another VM which I run on my Vista development laptop.
>  Its
> >>>> function is to provide me
> >>>> with a Windows XP environment, running things like Office 2007 and
> >> express
> >>>> edition 2008 software -
> >>>> experimental stuff that I don't want affecting my dev environment.
>  For
> >>>> that VM I only give it a gig
> >>>> of ram (out of the total 4 gigs).
> >>>>
> >>>> You really have to first determine how much memory is required for the
> >>>> software run on the VM,
> >>>> including the specific OS run on the VM.
> >>>>
> >>>> John W. Colby
> >>>> www.ColbyConsulting.com <http://www.colbyconsulting.com/> <
> http://www.colbyconsulting.com/>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>> Max Wanadoo wrote:
> >>>>> Any idea of what percentage of memory I should allocate to the VM
> >>>> systems?
> >>>>> Thanks
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Max
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>> -----Original Message-----
> >>>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> >>>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Stuart
> >>>> McLachlan
> >>>>> Sent: 26 July 2009 22:43
> >>>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> >>>>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Using a VM/VPC (was: Office 2003 and 2007)
> >>>>>
> >>>>> Personally I favour Sun VirtualBox.
> >>>>>
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