mersolus Posted October 7, 2004 Posted October 7, 2004 Just read the XP Fedora thread trying to get a little insight, but found myself more confussed. My question/Situation: I downloaded the Fedora 64bit Linux to play with on this new computer I just built. I've never played around with Fedora or any Linux for that matter so I thought it best to purchase Virtual Machine and run it on that...if I like it, and get all my gadgets to work I was going to make it permenant. My question is, has anyone used VMWare before on an XP Home system and had Linux Fedora running on a virtual machine? MSI Neo2 Plat Athlon 64 3500+ o/c GeForce 6800GT o/c (400/1.05G) Seagate 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive NEC 16X Double Layer DVD Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomerJaySimpson Posted October 7, 2004 Posted October 7, 2004 (edited) I've used it on XP Pro but it was for Red Hat Dunno if it supports 64 bit linux Edited October 7, 2004 by HomerJaySimpson Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mersolus Posted October 7, 2004 Posted October 7, 2004 Man, I never even thought about VM being 32 software and running a 64 bit OS? This will be interesting... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aristotle Posted October 13, 2004 Posted October 13, 2004 It will most likely not run. XP runs in protected mode only. I recommend getting your hands on an old 5GB HDD or something and install Fedora to that. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
markiemrboo Posted October 13, 2004 Posted October 13, 2004 You'd be better off doing what Aristotle suggested. If you install it in VMware it doesn't mean it's going to work on your computer if you install it properly, VMware is kind of emulation. It emulates more standard hardware. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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