Virtual windows in linux

For more information about linux-based virtual windows-general Linux technology-Linux technology and application, see the following. Due to learning needs, my machine has always been guided by three systems (Win XP, red flag5.0, and fedora core 6 ), every time you switch the system, you will inevitably need to restart the machine, and then select the system to be started from the GRUB Startup menu, which is very troublesome; since I used the vmwarevm software, I have no longer worried about frequent computer restarts.

You can download a 30-day evaluation version after a simple registration from www.VMware.com (The Trial serial number will be sent to the email you used for registration, so be sure to enter it correctly ). Currently, this software runs on windows and Linux platforms. Because it is mainly used in Linux, the RPM installation package is downloaded, which is about 200 MB in size, the version is 6.0.2. Installation is very simple: After logging on as root, double-click the downloaded installation package in KDE, or execute rpm-ivh/path/VMware-workstation-6.0.2-59824.rpm on the command line. If no error message is displayed, the installation is completed. You also need to configure before you officially run the Virtual Machine (otherwise an error message will be prompted), enter the VMware-config.pl in the terminal to start configuring (mainly about the license agreement and network configuration ), all the way to yes.

After entering KDE, right-click the desktop-run, enter VMware and press enter to view its running interface, which is very simple. Click New Virtual Machine or press Ctrl + N to enter the setting wizard for the New Virtual Machine. There are two preset Typical (Typical) and Custom (Custom ). Select Custom and click "Next" to go to the image of selecting the customer's operating system type. From the list, we can see that there are many systems supported by VMware, even supported by Win2003. After selecting the system type, continue to Next. Here you can name the Virtual Machine and select the storage location of the virtual machine configuration file. Continue to next and start to set the memory size of the customer's operating system. Here, we need to weigh that if it is too large, it will affect the operation speed of the main operating system, and if it is too small, it will affect the operation speed of the customer's operating system. In the following network type settings, click Next. Because multiple systems have been installed, select use a physical disk in the select disk dialog box (if you select creat a new virtual disk at this time, at last, the system prompts you to insert a boot disk to install the boot disk ). Confirm the warning information and select a physical disk. My system is on the first hard disk, so the device is/dev/hda (the second hard disk is/dev/hdb ), all partitions of the entire disk are used. Next, select a location to save the disk configuration information. The default path is retained. -- After so many Next operations, we finally see Finish.

In the help menu, enter the serial number received in the email and click start this virtual machine to start the virtual machine. You can see the GRUB Startup Menu after the logo of VMware, but it is already in VMware! Start Windows XP, and the familiar blue sky and white clouds appear. Soon I got to the desktop, ghost. How did I find a lot of new hardware? Take a closer look, it is really disappointing: all require installation of drivers. In any case, I'm a dumb and follow the prompts of Win XP to insert the system disc, restart After the file is copied (note that only Windows XP of the VM is restarted, but red flag is not restarted in the running state). Enter Win XP again and the NIC is installed, however, the sound card cannot be installed, and it does not help to install it on The Sound Card installation disc. When you enter the Windows desktop, the VMware Task Bar prompts you that you have not Installed VMware tools. Click File-install VMware tools in the main menu to install the software in Win XP, as well as the driver of the VMware svga ii adapter, the virtual machine time can be synchronized with the master operating system through the software installed.

After all this is done, you can finally try the virtual Win XP. Browse webpages, go to QQ ...... No problem (9). Even PhotoShop 7.0 works well and looks really good. This is a Windows running in Linux. VMware's main menu power also provides suspend, reset, power on/off and other functions for virtual machines. After clicking the full screen display button on the VMware menu, there will be no difference with the real Win98. Who will know that this is virtualized Through VMware in Linux? The only difference is that it feels a little slow (after all, two systems are running at the same time ).

Of course, this is not a weakness. The first is the hardware identification error. Maybe it was a "Virtual Machine". Besides the Motherboard chipset, Nic, sound card, and video card mentioned above, I also found that my CPU has shrunk when I enter Directx, directDraw acceleration, Direct3D acceleration, and AGP texture acceleration cannot be used. Next, go to the virtual Win XP "my computer" and find that dual hard disk and dual optical drive have become single hard disk and single optical drive. However, it is not surprising that four IDE devices cannot be supported at the same time during Virtual Machine setup. Once again, when a file is copied to a Windows XP partition in the primary operating system (Linux), the copied file cannot be instantly refreshed in the virtual Windows XP. Also, when I shut down virtual Windows XP and exited Linux, I was told that the device was incorrect and the desktop resolution was fixed at 640 × 480, only 16 colors are displayed, and the update rate is 60 HZ. When the control panel is opened, the system prompts that the operation is illegal and the system is on the machine. Fortunately, after the registry is restored, everything is displayed normally. If the control panel fails, delete C: \ windows \ control. [MMCPL] VMControlPanel in ini. cpl = D: \ program files \ VMware \ VMCONTROLPANEL. CPL disappears later. It is obvious that creat a new virtual disk has the advantage of brand-new installation when you create a VM.

In general, as a virtual machine software in Linux, VMware is very good. Although there are still more or less problems, it has provided a convenient and shortcut for cross-platform operations, this makes it easier for us to move between different systems.

(Editor note: Selecting creat a new virtual disk is a good practice, especially for new users, because operations are directly performed on a hard disk partition, access to key components such as hard disk partition tables is involved, while virtual hard disks are safer. It is not difficult to install a Virtual operating system after using a Virtual hard disk. Follow the Wizard. The VMware method is similar to that of Virtual PC .)