How good is VMware for linux within windows?

I've read about WMware Server and player; coLinux, etc. I need to have a system that will allow me to access the same files in both linux and windows; I currently use a dual boot system and it makes me crazy. Unfortunately, I have windows-only apps that are critical and also the need to do a lot of stuff in linux...





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How good is VMware for linux within windows?
I like my setup. I run VMware server and I just setup a shared folder on linux that I map as network drive in Windows to keep all of my common files. VMware performance is great, especially with a dual core system with 2 gigs of ram.
Reply:I run dual-boot XP-Linux on a desktop and Vista-Linux on my laptop. I can access the files on either partition from Linux. I tend to save my files in a D: data drive - fat32 format, so that I can access them from either Linux or Windows. I also use programs that are available in Windows and Linux where possible. I find it very easy.





I can not address VMware, other than to say you will get faster, more stable operation running the native Linux or Windows, rather than going thru VMware.





My internet works fine with either by the way, but I am using a wired router, not wireless - wireless on linux can be a pain, or it can be a piece of cake, depending on hardware.
Reply:I've also got a duel boot system with xp sp2 and ubuntu. we never use Linux because we cant get it to work with our Internet, and I like playing games on windows. I think you can access files on the hard drive from Linux but i don't think in works the other way round. What is this VMware that your talking about I've never heard of it, i would like to know. if any one would like to tell me my email is shurmer1@yahoo.com


this answer has probably not helped you at all but i hope it has, I'm afraid I don't understand your problem. but good luck any way =)
Reply:I didn't do the install of it but we have it running on a Windows XP Pro 64-Bit laptop hosting Suse and it runs just fine. I don't know if the sys admin that set it up encountered any problems configuring but he had it configured pretty quickly.
Reply:I prefer VirtualBox, it's free and very quick under windows.

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