From: rob321 <rob...@gm...> - 2007-10-08 14:39:43
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I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is there a Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install the version of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before flashing to Gumstix? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Matthew S. H. <mha...@cr...> - 2007-10-08 15:22:55
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Rob... As Shakespeare once said... "Both our inventions meet and jump in one." I'm working on a reasonably sized Xubuntu distro with the tools you need to compile the source tree for the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club. It should be available before Wednesday night. My goal is to make it small enough to fit on one of those "business card CDs", but for the near term I think getting it to work on a 650Mb CD is good enough. I'll post it to http://hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage when I'm finished. -Cheers -Matt H. On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:39 AM, rob321 wrote: > > I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is > there a > Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install the > version > of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before > flashing to > Gumstix? > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for- > development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: Rob A. <rob...@gm...> - 2007-10-08 15:35:13
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Sweet read a lot of your wiki, a year from now everyone will be running round with Goliath-Verdex handhelds ;-) On 10/8/07, Matthew S. Hamrick <mha...@cr...> wrote: > > Rob... As Shakespeare once said... "Both our inventions meet and jump > in one." > > I'm working on a reasonably sized Xubuntu distro with the tools you > need to compile the source tree for the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club. > It should be available before Wednesday night. My goal is to make it > small enough to fit on one of those "business card CDs", but for the > near term I think getting it to work on a 650Mb CD is good enough. > > I'll post it to http://hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage > when I'm finished. > > -Cheers > -Matt H. > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:39 AM, rob321 wrote: > > > > > I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is > > there a > > Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install the > > version > > of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before > > flashing to > > Gumstix? > > -- > > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for- > > development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 > > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > > browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > -- Rob Addis 0044 (0) 7913445595 |
From: rob321 <rob...@gm...> - 2007-10-08 15:59:31
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Mathew, Is there a free VM out there for Xubuntu that will run on windows? I did a quick search and found VMWare's Workstation 6 but it costs $$? Thanks again for your help. Rob rob321 wrote: > > Sweet read a lot of your wiki, a year from now everyone will be running > round with Goliath-Verdex handhelds ;-) > > On 10/8/07, Matthew S. Hamrick <mha...@cr...> wrote: >> >> Rob... As Shakespeare once said... "Both our inventions meet and jump >> in one." >> >> I'm working on a reasonably sized Xubuntu distro with the tools you >> need to compile the source tree for the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club. >> It should be available before Wednesday night. My goal is to make it >> small enough to fit on one of those "business card CDs", but for the >> near term I think getting it to work on a 650Mb CD is good enough. >> >> I'll post it to http://hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage >> when I'm finished. >> >> -Cheers >> -Matt H. >> >> On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:39 AM, rob321 wrote: >> >> > >> > I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is >> > there a >> > Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install the >> > version >> > of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before >> > flashing to >> > Gumstix? >> > -- >> > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for- >> > development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 >> > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > --- >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> > browser. >> > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gumstix-users mailing list >> > gum...@li... >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> gumstix-users mailing list >> gum...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> > > > > -- > Rob Addis > 0044 (0) 7913445595 > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13099622 Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Jason C. <j_...@sw...> - 2007-10-08 23:37:39
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Just remember one thing. VMWare images are not transportable across diferent processor classes ie images from X86 VMs wont run on OS-X as the X86 is emulated on Mac (if I remember how a Mac works) On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 16:23 -0700, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote: > > > But I think the reason that the idea of using a VMWare server image is > attractive has to do with the fact that you don't have to modify your > current system. It's somewhat annoying, but some development > environments require specific versions of packages to be installed. > Sometimes these required versions don't jibe well with other apps > you're running. (or more likely, with other bits of software you're > developing.) |
From: Jeff S. <jef...@gm...> - 2007-10-09 03:03:10
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I would rather experiment with the code across as many different platforms here is why: If something doesn't build properly maybe it is an issue that someone overlooked. Good code should build on any platform. Could be your platform at fault but you can look up the errors and get familiar with them for later projects. I find over and over others running into issues that I have dealt with in the past and can offer to help. On 10/8/07, Jason Cox <j_...@sw...> wrote: > Just remember one thing. > VMWare images are not transportable across diferent processor classes > ie images from X86 VMs wont run on OS-X as the X86 is emulated on Mac > (if I remember how a Mac works) > > On Mon, 2007-10-08 at 16:23 -0700, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote: > > > > > > But I think the reason that the idea of using a VMWare server image is > > attractive has to do with the fact that you don't have to modify your > > current system. It's somewhat annoying, but some development > > environments require specific versions of packages to be installed. > > Sometimes these required versions don't jibe well with other apps > > you're running. (or more likely, with other bits of software you're > > developing.) > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Scott K. <sk...@gm...> - 2007-10-08 16:12:01
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Get VMWare Player (free): http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ Here are prebuilt images of Ubuntu for VMWare Player: http://isv-image.ubuntu.com/vmware/ On 10/8/07, rob321 <rob...@gm...> wrote: > > > Mathew, > > Is there a free VM out there for Xubuntu that will run on windows? I did a > quick search and found VMWare's Workstation 6 but it costs $$? > > Thanks again for your help. > Rob > > > rob321 wrote: > > > > Sweet read a lot of your wiki, a year from now everyone will be running > > round with Goliath-Verdex handhelds ;-) > > > > On 10/8/07, Matthew S. Hamrick <mha...@cr...> wrote: > >> > >> Rob... As Shakespeare once said... "Both our inventions meet and jump > >> in one." > >> > >> I'm working on a reasonably sized Xubuntu distro with the tools you > >> need to compile the source tree for the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club. > >> It should be available before Wednesday night. My goal is to make it > >> small enough to fit on one of those "business card CDs", but for the > >> near term I think getting it to work on a 650Mb CD is good enough. > >> > >> I'll post it to http://hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage > >> when I'm finished. > >> > >> -Cheers > >> -Matt H. > >> > >> On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:39 AM, rob321 wrote: > >> > >> > > >> > I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is > >> > there a > >> > Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install the > >> > version > >> > of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before > >> > flashing to > >> > Gumstix? > >> > -- > >> > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for- > >> > development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 > >> > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > >> > > >> > > >> > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> > --- > >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > >> > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > >> > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > >> > browser. > >> > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > >> > _______________________________________________ > >> > gumstix-users mailing list > >> > gum...@li... > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > >> > >> > >> > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gumstix-users mailing list > >> gum...@li... > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Rob Addis > > 0044 (0) 7913445595 > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13099622 > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Shelby R. <nov...@gm...> - 2007-10-08 17:20:17
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Also give http://www.virtualbox.org/ a look On 10/8/07, Scott Kroll <sk...@gm...> wrote: > > Get VMWare Player (free): http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ > > Here are prebuilt images of Ubuntu for VMWare Player: > http://isv-image.ubuntu.com/vmware/ > > > On 10/8/07, rob321 <rob...@gm...> wrote: > > > > > > Mathew, > > > > Is there a free VM out there for Xubuntu that will run on windows? I did > > a > > quick search and found VMWare's Workstation 6 but it costs $$? > > > > Thanks again for your help. > > Rob > > > > > > rob321 wrote: > > > > > > Sweet read a lot of your wiki, a year from now everyone will be > > running > > > round with Goliath-Verdex handhelds ;-) > > > > > > On 10/8/07, Matthew S. Hamrick <mha...@cr...> wrote: > > >> > > >> Rob... As Shakespeare once said... "Both our inventions meet and jump > > > > >> in one." > > >> > > >> I'm working on a reasonably sized Xubuntu distro with the tools you > > >> need to compile the source tree for the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club. > > >> It should be available before Wednesday night. My goal is to make it > > >> small enough to fit on one of those "business card CDs", but for the > > >> near term I think getting it to work on a 650Mb CD is good enough. > > >> > > >> I'll post it to http://hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage > > >> when I'm finished. > > >> > > >> -Cheers > > >> -Matt H. > > >> > > >> On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:39 AM, rob321 wrote: > > >> > > >> > > > >> > I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is > > >> > there a > > >> > Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install the > > >> > version > > >> > of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before > > >> > flashing to > > >> > Gumstix? > > >> > -- > > >> > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for- > > >> > development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 > > >> > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> > --- > > >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > >> > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > >> > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > > >> > browser. > > >> > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > >> > _______________________________________________ > > >> > gumstix-users mailing list > > >> > gum...@li... > > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > >> > > >> > > >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > > browser. > > >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> gumstix-users mailing list > > >> gum...@li... > > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Rob Addis > > > 0044 (0) 7913445595 > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > > browser. > > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > > _______________________________________________ > > > gumstix-users mailing list > > > gum...@li... > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > > > > > > -- > > View this message in context: > > http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13099622 > > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > |
From: rob321 <rob...@gm...> - 2007-10-08 21:36:13
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This ended up being quite an interesting thead. Thanks for the help. Shelby Reed wrote: > > Also give http://www.virtualbox.org/ a look > > On 10/8/07, Scott Kroll <sk...@gm...> wrote: >> >> Get VMWare Player (free): http://www.vmware.com/products/player/ >> >> Here are prebuilt images of Ubuntu for VMWare Player: >> http://isv-image.ubuntu.com/vmware/ >> >> >> On 10/8/07, rob321 <rob...@gm...> wrote: >> > >> > >> > Mathew, >> > >> > Is there a free VM out there for Xubuntu that will run on windows? I >> did >> > a >> > quick search and found VMWare's Workstation 6 but it costs $$? >> > >> > Thanks again for your help. >> > Rob >> > >> > >> > rob321 wrote: >> > > >> > > Sweet read a lot of your wiki, a year from now everyone will be >> > running >> > > round with Goliath-Verdex handhelds ;-) >> > > >> > > On 10/8/07, Matthew S. Hamrick <mha...@cr...> wrote: >> > >> >> > >> Rob... As Shakespeare once said... "Both our inventions meet and >> jump >> > >> > >> in one." >> > >> >> > >> I'm working on a reasonably sized Xubuntu distro with the tools you >> > >> need to compile the source tree for the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club. >> > >> It should be available before Wednesday night. My goal is to make it >> > >> small enough to fit on one of those "business card CDs", but for the >> > >> near term I think getting it to work on a 650Mb CD is good enough. >> > >> >> > >> I'll post it to http://hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage >> > >> when I'm finished. >> > >> >> > >> -Cheers >> > >> -Matt H. >> > >> >> > >> On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:39 AM, rob321 wrote: >> > >> >> > >> > >> > >> > I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is >> > >> > there a >> > >> > Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install >> the >> > >> > version >> > >> > of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before >> > >> > flashing to >> > >> > Gumstix? >> > >> > -- >> > >> > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for- >> > >> > development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 >> > >> > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> > --- >> > >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> > >> > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> > >> > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> > >> > browser. >> > >> > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > >> > gumstix-users mailing list >> > >> > gum...@li... >> > >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> > >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> > >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> > browser. >> > >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> > >> gumstix-users mailing list >> > >> gum...@li... >> > >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> > >> >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > -- >> > > Rob Addis >> > > 0044 (0) 7913445595 >> > > >> > > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> > browser. >> > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> > > _______________________________________________ >> > > gumstix-users mailing list >> > > gum...@li... >> > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> > > >> > > >> > >> > -- >> > View this message in context: >> > http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13099622 >> > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >> > >> > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> > _______________________________________________ >> > gumstix-users mailing list >> > gum...@li... >> > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> > >> >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> gumstix-users mailing list >> gum...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> >> > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13105245 Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Christopher G. <mo...@gm...> - 2007-10-08 18:22:23
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Hi Rob, I am using Microsoft Virtual PC 2007 (free) with the Backtrack2 LiveCD. The CD image is roughly 700 Mb, and requires exactly 0 configuration changes to begin using buildroot. I'm pretty pleased with it. Hope this helps, Christopher 2007/10/8, rob321 <rob...@gm...>: > > > I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is there a > Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install the > version > of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before flashing to > Gumstix? > -- > View this message in context: > http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > -- Christopher Gilbert B.S., Computer Science University of Maine 2006 http://motomastyle.com |
From: Matthew S. H. <mha...@cr...> - 2007-10-08 20:50:33
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Yeah.. I couldn't find a Xubuntu image, certainly not one that would fit on a 50 Mb "Business Card" CD. I was going to roll my own. I noticed that you can get a free 30-day eval license. Plus, at $189, it's not too expensive. Though... when I make the "official" HBMobile image, I might ask the VMware guys if they would donate a license. -Cheers -Matt H. On Oct 8, 2007, at 8:59 AM, rob321 wrote: > > Mathew, > > Is there a free VM out there for Xubuntu that will run on windows? > I did a > quick search and found VMWare's Workstation 6 but it costs $$? > > Thanks again for your help. > Rob > > > rob321 wrote: >> >> Sweet read a lot of your wiki, a year from now everyone will be >> running >> round with Goliath-Verdex handhelds ;-) >> >> On 10/8/07, Matthew S. Hamrick <mha...@cr...> wrote: >>> >>> Rob... As Shakespeare once said... "Both our inventions meet and >>> jump >>> in one." >>> >>> I'm working on a reasonably sized Xubuntu distro with the tools you >>> need to compile the source tree for the Homebrew Mobile Phone Club. >>> It should be available before Wednesday night. My goal is to make it >>> small enough to fit on one of those "business card CDs", but for the >>> near term I think getting it to work on a 650Mb CD is good enough. >>> >>> I'll post it to http://hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage >>> when I'm finished. >>> >>> -Cheers >>> -Matt H. >>> >>> On Oct 8, 2007, at 7:39 AM, rob321 wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> I'm a complete newbie to development on Gumstix. My question is is >>>> there a >>>> Linux VM avaliable for windows upon which you can build\install the >>>> version >>>> of Linux that gumstix uses to test gumstix development before >>>> flashing to >>>> Gumstix? >>>> -- >>>> View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for- >>>> development-tf4588610.html#a13097989 >>>> Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> --- >>>> --- >>>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >>>> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >>>> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >>>> browser. >>>> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> gumstix-users mailing list >>>> gum...@li... >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >>> >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> ----- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >>> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >>> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >>> browser. >>> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gumstix-users mailing list >>> gum...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Rob Addis >> 0044 (0) 7913445595 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> gumstix-users mailing list >> gum...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> >> > > -- > View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for- > development-tf4588610.html#a13099622 > Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: Julien L. <305...@st...> - 2007-10-08 21:12:41
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Quoting "Matthew S. Hamrick" <mha...@cr...>: > Yeah.. I couldn't find a Xubuntu image, certainly not one that would > fit on a 50 Mb "Business Card" CD. > > I was going to roll my own. I noticed that you can get a free 30-day > eval license. Plus, at $189, it's not too expensive. Though... when I > make the "official" HBMobile image, I might ask the VMware guys if > they would donate a license. > > -Cheers > -Matt H. > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 8:59 AM, rob321 wrote: > >> >> Mathew, Err I have downloaded VMWare server for free >_< (VMware-server-1.0.3-44356) I've used it with my WinXP CD to create my windows virtual machine, am I missing something? I heard both the player and the server went free... Julien |
From: Robert B. <ro...@vo...> - 2007-10-09 03:04:31
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Although the player is free, I use the workstation for its additional featu= res including better interoperability with (ugh) Windows. From: Julien Lebot Sent: Mon 10/8/2007 2:12 PM To: gum...@li... Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] Linux VM for development Quoting "Matthew S. Hamrick" <mha...@cr...>: > Yeah.. I couldn't find a Xubuntu image, certainly not one that would > fit on a 50 Mb "Business Card" CD. > > I was going to roll my own. I noticed that you can get a free 30-day > eval license. Plus, at $189, it's not too expensive. Though... when I > make the "official" HBMobile image, I might ask the VMware guys if > they would donate a license. > > -Cheers > -Matt H. > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 8:59 AM, rob321 wrote: > >> >> Mathew, Err I have downloaded VMWare server for free >_<=20 (VMware-server-1.0.3-44356) I've used it with my WinXP CD to create my=20 windows virtual machine, am I missing something? I heard both the=20 player and the server went free... Julien ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ gumstix-users mailing list gum...@li... https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: Matthew S. H. <mha...@cr...> - 2007-10-08 21:33:44
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I believe you may have downloaded the eval version, 'cause I think the server is a commercial product you're supposed to pay for. I'm just assuming that VMWare's eval license says something about not making images for distribution or only making images for personal use for the purpose of evaluating the product. One of the tests I'm going to run is to create an image, burn it onto a CD and give it to another HBMobile Phone Club member and see if they can get everything working on a different machine. However... before I start distributing it to multiple people, I'm fairly certain I'm going to have to have a commercial license. But... I could be wrong on several points... -Cheers -Matt H. On Oct 8, 2007, at 2:12 PM, Julien Lebot wrote: > Err I have downloaded VMWare server for free >_< > (VMware-server-1.0.3-44356) I've used it with my WinXP CD to create my > windows virtual machine, am I missing something? I heard both the > player and the server went free... > > Julien |
From: Julien L. <305...@st...> - 2007-10-08 21:37:38
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Quoting "Matthew S. Hamrick" <mha...@cr...>: > I believe you may have downloaded the eval version, 'cause I think > the server is a commercial product you're supposed to pay for. > > I'm just assuming that VMWare's eval license says something about not > making images for distribution or only making images for personal > use for the purpose of evaluating the product. One of the tests I'm > going to run is to create an image, burn it onto a CD and give it to > another HBMobile Phone Club member and see if they can get > everything working on a different machine. > > However... before I start distributing it to multiple people, I'm > fairly certain I'm going to have to have a commercial license. > > But... I could be wrong on several points... > > -Cheers > -Matt H. http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183209 Especially: "Note According to Flip314: Quote:VMWare has stated that VMWare Server will be a free product, just like VMWare player." Except from that I'm sure of nothing :) Since I was not asked anything when I clicked on "download" I guess it's not a trial version. Otherwise they would have sent a mail with a key code or something, no ? Julien |
From: Jason C. <j_...@sw...> - 2007-10-08 22:09:51
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Hi all, I am a commercial user of VMWare ESX and as such have access into the VMWare world :) The good news is that both player and server are free products to do what you like. There are no eval versions of these products and so the downloaded version is all you ever need. these products both have the hyper-visor sitting onto of the host OS (M$ or Linux). unfortunately, the vmware product for OS-X is not free :( So the best method is to use server to create a VM and distribute to run on player Jason On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 05:37 +0800, Julien Lebot wrote: > Quoting "Matthew S. Hamrick" <mha...@cr...>: > > > I believe you may have downloaded the eval version, 'cause I think > > the server is a commercial product you're supposed to pay for. > > > > I'm just assuming that VMWare's eval license says something about not > > making images for distribution or only making images for personal > > use for the purpose of evaluating the product. One of the tests I'm > > going to run is to create an image, burn it onto a CD and give it to > > another HBMobile Phone Club member and see if they can get > > everything working on a different machine. > > > > However... before I start distributing it to multiple people, I'm > > fairly certain I'm going to have to have a commercial license. > > > > But... I could be wrong on several points... > > > > -Cheers > > -Matt H. > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183209 > > Especially: > "Note > According to Flip314: Quote:VMWare has stated that VMWare Server will > be a free product, just like VMWare player." > > Except from that I'm sure of nothing :) > > Since I was not asked anything when I clicked on "download" I guess > it's not a trial version. Otherwise they would have sent a mail with a > key code or something, no ? > > Julien > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Jeff S. <jef...@gm...> - 2007-10-08 23:08:20
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OS-X should have all the necessarily tools for a buildroot environment Don't make me buy a mac just so I can get it working and teach others how to use it. On 10/8/07, Jason Cox <j_...@sw...> wrote: > Hi all, > I am a commercial user of VMWare ESX and as such have access into the > VMWare world :) > > The good news is that both player and server are free products to do > what you like. There are no eval versions of these products and so the > downloaded version is all you ever need. these products both have the > hyper-visor sitting onto of the host OS (M$ or Linux). unfortunately, > the vmware product for OS-X is not free :( > > So the best method is to use server to create a VM and distribute to run > on player > > Jason > > On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 05:37 +0800, Julien Lebot wrote: > > Quoting "Matthew S. Hamrick" <mha...@cr...>: > > > > > I believe you may have downloaded the eval version, 'cause I think > > > the server is a commercial product you're supposed to pay for. > > > > > > I'm just assuming that VMWare's eval license says something about not > > > making images for distribution or only making images for personal > > > use for the purpose of evaluating the product. One of the tests I'm > > > going to run is to create an image, burn it onto a CD and give it to > > > another HBMobile Phone Club member and see if they can get > > > everything working on a different machine. > > > > > > However... before I start distributing it to multiple people, I'm > > > fairly certain I'm going to have to have a commercial license. > > > > > > But... I could be wrong on several points... > > > > > > -Cheers > > > -Matt H. > > > > http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183209 > > > > Especially: > > "Note > > According to Flip314: Quote:VMWare has stated that VMWare Server will > > be a free product, just like VMWare player." > > > > Except from that I'm sure of nothing :) > > > > Since I was not asked anything when I clicked on "download" I guess > > it's not a trial version. Otherwise they would have sent a mail with a > > key code or something, no ? > > > > Julien > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > > gumstix-users mailing list > > gum...@li... > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > |
From: Matthew S. H. <mha...@cr...> - 2007-10-08 23:22:56
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Yes, it should, and I would like to use my Mac for this purpose. But it seems that building on Linux is the "most supported" mode currently. I chatted with Craig about this a couple weeks ago and he mentioned someone on this list has been building a series of patches to make things run smoothly on Darwin. While I generally don't like GUIs for software development, XCode is pretty slick. My former colleagues at PalmSource did some great work with making Eclipse work well with cross-dev tools, but... XCode is still a lot easier to use. But I think the reason that the idea of using a VMWare server image is attractive has to do with the fact that you don't have to modify your current system. It's somewhat annoying, but some development environments require specific versions of packages to be installed. Sometimes these required versions don't jibe well with other apps you're running. (or more likely, with other bits of software you're developing.) On Oct 8, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Jeff Sadowski wrote: > OS-X should have all the necessarily tools for a buildroot environment > Don't make me buy a mac just so I can get it working and teach others > how to use it. |
From: rob321 <rob...@gm...> - 2007-10-09 09:16:24
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Yup I develop on a lot of different OS's & environments, so use VMs heaps they just require a lot HD and RAM. The other advantage is that you can back these environments up, they're just a file. So for whatever reason you loose your dev environment you can be back up and running in minutes, once this really saved my arse. msh wrote: > > Yes, it should, and I would like to use my Mac for this purpose. But > it seems that building on Linux is the "most supported" mode currently. > > I chatted with Craig about this a couple weeks ago and he mentioned > someone on this list has been building a series of patches to make > things run smoothly on Darwin. > > While I generally don't like GUIs for software development, XCode is > pretty slick. My former colleagues at PalmSource did some great work > with making Eclipse work well with cross-dev tools, but... XCode is > still a lot easier to use. > > But I think the reason that the idea of using a VMWare server image > is attractive has to do with the fact that you don't have to modify > your current system. It's somewhat annoying, but some development > environments require specific versions of packages to be installed. > Sometimes these required versions don't jibe well with other apps > you're running. (or more likely, with other bits of software you're > developing.) > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 4:08 PM, Jeff Sadowski wrote: > >> OS-X should have all the necessarily tools for a buildroot environment >> Don't make me buy a mac just so I can get it working and teach others >> how to use it. > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13111486 Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Matthew S. H. <mha...@cr...> - 2007-10-10 07:35:25
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Okay... if you want to test out the "Official" Homebrew Mobile Phone Club VMWare development image, you can find a link to the torrent at LinuxTracker.Org: http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=4723 And... some notes about it are available at the HBMOBILE wiki: http://www.hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage But there are a couple caveats... 1. This image is totally non-official and non-supported. It's like an alpha... it's the direction we're headed, but there might be serious problems. 2. The image uses a fixed username (mobo) and password (hbmobile). It's therefore way insecure, so either change the password or don't put it on a network. 3. I'm seeding the image off a system in the DMZ at my house, so there may be torrent download problems. Please let me know if there are. 4. It's a lot bigger than I was hoping. I was aiming for 50Mb, and I got something like 900Mb. So it might take a couple days to download. Other than that... have fun and thanks for alpha-testing this concept! -Cheers -Matt H. On Oct 8, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Jason Cox wrote: > Hi all, > I am a commercial user of VMWare ESX and as such have access into the > VMWare world :) > > The good news is that both player and server are free products to do > what you like. There are no eval versions of these products and so the > downloaded version is all you ever need. these products both have the > hyper-visor sitting onto of the host OS (M$ or Linux). unfortunately, > the vmware product for OS-X is not free :( > > So the best method is to use server to create a VM and distribute > to run > on player > > Jason > > On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 05:37 +0800, Julien Lebot wrote: >> Quoting "Matthew S. Hamrick" <mha...@cr...>: >> >>> I believe you may have downloaded the eval version, 'cause I think >>> the server is a commercial product you're supposed to pay for. >>> >>> I'm just assuming that VMWare's eval license says something about >>> not >>> making images for distribution or only making images for personal >>> use for the purpose of evaluating the product. One of the tests I'm >>> going to run is to create an image, burn it onto a CD and give >>> it to >>> another HBMobile Phone Club member and see if they can get >>> everything working on a different machine. >>> >>> However... before I start distributing it to multiple people, I'm >>> fairly certain I'm going to have to have a commercial license. >>> >>> But... I could be wrong on several points... >>> >>> -Cheers >>> -Matt H. >> >> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183209 >> >> Especially: >> "Note >> According to Flip314: Quote:VMWare has stated that VMWare Server will >> be a free product, just like VMWare player." >> >> Except from that I'm sure of nothing :) >> >> Since I was not asked anything when I clicked on "download" I guess >> it's not a trial version. Otherwise they would have sent a mail >> with a >> key code or something, no ? >> >> Julien >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> ---- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> gumstix-users mailing list >> gum...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >> > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. > Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. > Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a > browser. > Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users |
From: Matthew S. H. <mha...@cr...> - 2007-10-10 08:50:35
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D'oh! That .torrent file was corrupted somehow. Use this one at this page instead... http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=4724 On Oct 10, 2007, at 12:35 AM, Matthew S. Hamrick wrote: > Okay... if you want to test out the "Official" Homebrew Mobile Phone > Club VMWare development image, you can find a link to the torrent at > LinuxTracker.Org: > > http://linuxtracker.org/torrents-details.php?id=4723 > > And... some notes about it are available at the HBMOBILE wiki: > > http://www.hbmobile.org/wiki/index.php?title=VMWareImage > > But there are a couple caveats... > > 1. This image is totally non-official and non-supported. It's like an > alpha... it's the direction we're headed, but there might be serious > problems. > 2. The image uses a fixed username (mobo) and password (hbmobile). > It's therefore way insecure, so either change the password or don't > put it on a network. > 3. I'm seeding the image off a system in the DMZ at my house, so > there may be torrent download problems. Please let me know if there > are. > 4. It's a lot bigger than I was hoping. I was aiming for 50Mb, and I > got something like 900Mb. So it might take a couple days to download. > > Other than that... have fun and thanks for alpha-testing this concept! > > -Cheers > -Matt H. > > On Oct 8, 2007, at 3:09 PM, Jason Cox wrote: > >> Hi all, >> I am a commercial user of VMWare ESX and as such have access into >> the >> VMWare world :) >> >> The good news is that both player and server are free products to do >> what you like. There are no eval versions of these products and so >> the >> downloaded version is all you ever need. these products both have the >> hyper-visor sitting onto of the host OS (M$ or Linux). unfortunately, >> the vmware product for OS-X is not free :( >> >> So the best method is to use server to create a VM and distribute >> to run >> on player >> >> Jason >> >> On Tue, 2007-10-09 at 05:37 +0800, Julien Lebot wrote: >>> Quoting "Matthew S. Hamrick" <mha...@cr...>: >>> >>>> I believe you may have downloaded the eval version, 'cause I think >>>> the server is a commercial product you're supposed to pay for. >>>> >>>> I'm just assuming that VMWare's eval license says something about >>>> not >>>> making images for distribution or only making images for personal >>>> use for the purpose of evaluating the product. One of the tests >>>> I'm >>>> going to run is to create an image, burn it onto a CD and give >>>> it to >>>> another HBMobile Phone Club member and see if they can get >>>> everything working on a different machine. >>>> >>>> However... before I start distributing it to multiple people, I'm >>>> fairly certain I'm going to have to have a commercial license. >>>> >>>> But... I could be wrong on several points... >>>> >>>> -Cheers >>>> -Matt H. >>> >>> http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=183209 >>> >>> Especially: >>> "Note >>> According to Flip314: Quote:VMWare has stated that VMWare Server >>> will >>> be a free product, just like VMWare player." >>> >>> Except from that I'm sure of nothing :) >>> >>> Since I was not asked anything when I clicked on "download" I guess >>> it's not a trial version. Otherwise they would have sent a mail >>> with a >>> key code or something, no ? >>> >>> Julien >>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> - >>> ---- >>> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >>> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >>> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >>> browser. >>> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >>> _______________________________________________ >>> gumstix-users mailing list >>> gum...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> - >> --- >> This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. >> Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. >> Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a >> browser. >> Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ >> _______________________________________________ >> gumstix-users mailing list >> gum...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users > > > _______________________________________________ > SVHMPC mailing list > SV...@te... > http://telefono.revejo.org/mailman/listinfo/svhmpc_telefono.revejo.org |
From: David R. <d....@ac...> - 2007-10-10 11:25:15
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I have been using VMware Server for several months now (several Linux VMs hosted on Windows) and am completely happy with it. It is free and very reliable. Once you have installed VMware, get a virtual machine in either of these 2 ways: 1. There are many pre-built images available at http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/ The only disadvantage that I can see in using these (I have used Ubuntu, Fedora 5, Fedora 7) is that the virtual disk has been sized at 8GB which may not be big enough for some. The virtual disk size **can** be increased using free VMware command-line tools but I ran into problems doing it. 2. Create a VM from within VMware. You can make the virtual disk as large as you want, and have the advantage that you know exactly how the OS was configured. Once you have created the virtual machine, it is just like a new physical machine - effectively a formatted but unpartitioned (I think - memory is a bit dim here) disk that you can install your favorite OS onto using any of the standard install methods for that OS - CD-ROM, network install, etc. The only noticeable difference is that the emulated machine runs more slowly than physical hardware -- I am running on a 1.7 GHz laptop and it's not too bad... BTW, I have no association with VMware or thoughtpolice... -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13133890 Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: rob321 <rob...@gm...> - 2007-10-10 11:42:39
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Hi David, Currently I'm using MS Virtual PC, I have used VMWare in the distant past. To speed up MS VPC I run it from an external usb HD, you still need lots of RAM however (depending on what software you're running esp if it's MS software). Have you tried an external HD with VMWare? Thanks for the info Rob David Rye wrote: > > > I have been using VMware Server for several months now (several Linux VMs > hosted on Windows) and am completely happy with it. It is free and very > reliable. Once you have installed VMware, get a virtual machine in either > of these 2 ways: > > 1. There are many pre-built images available at > http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/ > The only disadvantage that I can see in using these (I have used > Ubuntu, Fedora 5, Fedora 7) > is that the virtual disk has been sized at 8GB which may not be big > enough for some. The virtual disk > size **can** be increased using free VMware command-line tools but I > ran into problems doing it. > > 2. Create a VM from within VMware. You can make the virtual disk as > large as you want, and have > the advantage that you know exactly how the OS was configured. Once > you have created the virtual > machine, it is just like a new physical machine - effectively a > formatted but unpartitioned (I think - > memory is a bit dim here) disk that you can install your favorite OS > onto using any of the standard > install methods for that OS - CD-ROM, network install, etc. > > The only noticeable difference is that the emulated machine runs more > slowly than physical hardware -- I am running on a 1.7 GHz laptop and it's > not too bad... > > BTW, I have no association with VMware or thoughtpolice... > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13134102 Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: David R. <d....@ac...> - 2007-10-10 11:58:56
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Yes, I have used both the host HDD and an external USB HDD. Slight difference in speed (USB) vs. big difference in portability. VMware doesn't care and I can't notice the speed difference. rob321 wrote: > > Currently I'm using MS Virtual PC, I have used VMWare in the distant past. > To speed up MS VPC I run it from an external usb HD, you still need lots > of RAM however (depending on what software you're running esp if it's MS > software). Have you tried an external HD with VMWare? > > David Rye wrote: >> >> >> I have been using VMware Server for several months now (several Linux VMs >> hosted on Windows) and am completely happy with it. It is free and very >> reliable. Once you have installed VMware, get a virtual machine in either >> of these 2 ways: >> >> 1. There are many pre-built images available at >> http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/ >> The only disadvantage that I can see in using these (I have used >> Ubuntu, Fedora 5, Fedora 7) >> is that the virtual disk has been sized at 8GB which may not be big >> enough for some. The virtual disk >> size **can** be increased using free VMware command-line tools but >> I ran into problems doing it. >> >> 2. Create a VM from within VMware. You can make the virtual disk as >> large as you want, and have >> the advantage that you know exactly how the OS was configured. Once >> you have created the virtual >> machine, it is just like a new physical machine - effectively a >> formatted but unpartitioned (I think - >> memory is a bit dim here) disk that you can install your favorite >> OS onto using any of the standard >> install methods for that OS - CD-ROM, network install, etc. >> >> The only noticeable difference is that the emulated machine runs more >> slowly than physical hardware -- I am running on a 1.7 GHz laptop and >> it's not too bad... >> >> BTW, I have no association with VMware or thoughtpolice... >> >> > > -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Linux-VM-for-development-tf4588610.html#a13134324 Sent from the Gumstix mailing list archive at Nabble.com. |
From: Luis J. Villanueva-R. <ljv...@co...> - 2007-10-10 12:00:18
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Hi all, You can also get a virtual machine image, ready for installation of the OS you want, at easyvmx.com. The wizard gives you a zip, unzip to a folder and open with VMWare Player with the install CD in the drive. Luis David Rye wrote: > > I have been using VMware Server for several months now (several Linux VMs > hosted on Windows) and am completely happy with it. It is free and very > reliable. Once you have installed VMware, get a virtual machine in either of > these 2 ways: > > 1. There are many pre-built images available at > http://www.thoughtpolice.co.uk/vmware/ > The only disadvantage that I can see in using these (I have used > Ubuntu, Fedora 5, Fedora 7) > is that the virtual disk has been sized at 8GB which may not be big > enough for some. The virtual disk > size **can** be increased using free VMware command-line tools but I > ran into problems doing it. > > 2. Create a VM from within VMware. You can make the virtual disk as large > as you want, and have > the advantage that you know exactly how the OS was configured. Once > you have created the virtual > machine, it is just like a new physical machine - effectively a > formatted but unpartitioned (I think - > memory is a bit dim here) disk that you can install your favorite OS > onto using any of the standard > install methods for that OS - CD-ROM, network install, etc. > > The only noticeable difference is that the emulated machine runs more slowly > than physical hardware -- I am running on a 1.7 GHz laptop and it's not too > bad... > > BTW, I have no association with VMware or thoughtpolice... > |