jwcolby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Thu Mar 27 11:09:08 CDT 2008
Tina, The first question is why the thumb drive? They are small and slow. IIWM, I would do it on a normal external disk. Remember that you need not only office but Windows itself. Plus you likely want other apps that you use all the time such as 3DFTP or UltraEdit or FireFox. Once you have the VM created and all set up with these "also gotta haves", then copy the VM and install Office97 on one copy, Office 2K on another copy, Office 2K3 on another copy etc. They will be small but still probably at least 10 gigs or so each. Having done that, buy a small laptop hard drive and an external USB driven container to put it in. Place all the VMs on that and carry that around in your briefcase or laptop case. As for whether the VMs will run over a usb, AFAIK they will. The HOST machine has to have the SERVER software installed to run it however. This is another reason to bring along your laptop. Install the server software on that and then just plug in the disk to your laptop and go. You can of course also place the server install package on the disk along with the VMs but then you have to do the VM server software install on any machine that you want to run the VMs on. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Tina Norris Fields Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2008 11:55 AM To: dba-tech at databaseadvisors.com; accessd at databaseadvisors.com Subject: [dba-Tech] VM for different versions of Access Hi All, Double-posting, since this is a technical virtual machine question but involves Access. The database I wrote about that got corrupted has been mostly repaired. That is to say the tables are intact, all the data are there, and the table relationships are good. However, there are bits and pieces that definitely are out of whack. I am going to remodel the database, to use only the features the client actually uses and wants, to restore the switchboard interface the client likes, and then split the sucker into a proper BE and FE. Client agrees. Here is the puzzle: client uses Access97. My machine is WinXP Pro with Office 2003. I would like to install a virtual machine and run Office 97 in that machine (yes, I still have a licensed copy on the shelf - unbelievable!). I would like that machine to reside on my USB external drive. Is this do-able? What are the gotchas I need to watch out for? I have Microsoft's VirtualPC installed as well as VMWare's Server. The MS VirtualPC seems the better candidate for making a virtual machine to run another version of Office. Suggestions? Ideas? Watch-out fors? Thanks, Tina _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com