jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Jul 27 07:16:46 CDT 2009
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 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 >> >> >> 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. >>> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >>