What is VMware?

VMware Starter Knowledge

As Linux is gradually accepted, installing Linux and Windows on the same computer is no longer a new thing. But have you ever thought about running Linux and windows at the same time on a single computer? Rather than just installing multiple operating systems on the same computer, it may seem incredibly hard to see in many people's eyes. --vmware, a virtual computing platform launched by VMware, offers us an innovative solution that you can use to run MicrosoftWord while using GIMP. Not only that, you can also run various Linux distributions, Dos, Windows3.1, Windows95, Windows98, windowsnt,windows2000, Windowsme, and FreeBSD, You can even install multiple Linux distributions and multiple versions of Windows on the same computer.



First, the characteristics of VMware

1. Although VMware only simulates a virtual computer, it provides the BIOS like a physical computer, and you can change the Bois parameter settings in the same way. You don't have to reboot to run multiple operating systems on one computer at a time, either running the client in windowed mode or running in Full-screen mode, and when you switch from Guestos to Hostos screen, the system will automatically save all the tasks running on Guestos. To avoid loss of data in Guestos applications due to hostos crashes.

2. Each virtual machine operating system running on the host is relatively independent, with its own independent network address, just like a stand-alone operating system, providing all the functions, of course, if your computer memory is relatively small, you obviously feel the speed is very slow. Most exciting of all, when your computer is running multiple operating systems at the same time, if one of the Guestos crashes, it does not affect the normal operation of the other Guestos.

3. Install another version of the same operating system on the virtual machine without having to partition the hard disk, for example, you can install Turbolinux or other Linux versions in a redhatlinux directory without having to repartition.

4. Support for TCP/IP, Novellnetware and Microsoft Network virtual network and Samba file sharing between virtual machines. Also, cut, copy, and paste operations are supported between Guestos and Hostos and in different guestos operating environments. VMware supports CD-ROM, floppy, and audio input output, and the latest version of VMware2.03 has improved a lot, such as increased support for SCSI devices, SVGA graphics accelerator cards, and Zip drives, compared to VMware1.0. For example, you run the English version of Linux, but also want to deal with Chinese, in sufficient memory conditions, then running Windows is a good choice.

5, in the VMware window, analog to open the virtual machine power, turn off the virtual machine power and reset keys, and so on, the function of these buttons for virtual machines, like the virtual Machine chassis button. If your client's operating system is windows, the shutdown or VMware crashes during the run, it automatically checks and repairs the file system the next time you start Windows.

Note: guestos--refers to an operating system running on a virtual machine; Guest is a VMware virtual client. Host, refers to the physical existence of the computer, Hostos refers to the operating system running on host, such as the author in Linux for the operating system of the computer installed VMware, Virtual Windows2000 Professional Edition. Then, host refers to the logical computer that installs Linux, its hostos is Linux, the Windows2000 Professional Edition that runs on the virtual machine is guestos.