[coderitr]

I want to run Windows in a VM on my SUSE 10.2 installation. I've tried VMWare's free VMPlayer but it is limited to one virtual processor and I have a dual core machine. I downloaded a trial of Parellels but 64 bit isn't supported yet. I downloaded a trial of VMWare Workstation but I can't get it to compile with the same header files than VMPlayer used and compiled just fine. I installed Xen from the SUSE install DVD but I really don't know what I'm doing with that. I want something that can import my existing Windows XP installation. I'm willing to pay for VMWare Workstation ($189) if I can get the trial running and verify that it's going to do what I want it to do. There are tasks that I must use Windows for: (1) remote access to my office through Cisco VPN Client and Remote Desktop (2) iTunes (3) edutainment/games for my 7 year old son. The rest I've successfully ported to Linux. I have SUSE and WinXP dual booting now but I'd rather run a VM.

[mrbrownstone]

VMware is now free and I use it to run Windows XP and various other OSs on my Ubuntu Edgy installation. These links might help you: 1 and 2.

[coderitr]

The VMWare Player is free but it won't play a VM created from an installation on a dual core processor.

[gotrootdude]

I may have a answer for you. Install schedutils through yast.
Then you may be able to launch VMware with a bitmask telling Linux which processor(s) to use with taskset. Generally, to fix this issue you will want to pick only one processor. These masks are in hexidecimal, like so: 0x00000001 which will bind it to processor 0. So, to run it on processor 0, run:

$ taskset 0x00000001 ./vmware

I'm not running vmware, so I'm not completely sure it'll work, but it's worth a shot.

[mrbrownstone]

I've installed that free version of VMware server and I have the option of using both cores of my CPU.

[coderitr]

Originally Posted by gotrootdude

I may have a answer for you. Install schedutils through yast.
Then you may be able to launch VMware with a bitmask telling Linux which processor(s) to use with taskset. Generally, to fix this issue you will want to pick only one processor. These masks are in hexidecimal, like so: 0x00000001 which will bind it to processor 0. So, to run it on processor 0, run:

$ taskset 0x00000001 ./vmware

I'm not running vmware, so I'm not completely sure it'll work, but it's worth a shot.

I don't think that will work. VMWare will run but when I try to open the VM image, I get the message that the VM exceeds the virtual processor limit. If I knew how to limit XP to only one processor core, I think that would work but as it stands, I think I'm stuck.

Originally Posted by mrbrownstone

I've installed that free version of VMware server and I have the option of using both cores of my CPU.

That free version is a beta which presumably means that at some point the beta period will expire and I'll be out of luck again.

[gotrootdude]

That free version is a beta which presumably means that at some point the beta period will expire and I'll be out of luck again.

Your a 01000111011001010110010101101011 , you should be able to figure out how it's tracking the time and extend the expiration.

Besides, a quick search shows the beta as being free with no expiration strings attached.

[coderitr]

Originally Posted by gotrootdude

Your a 01000111011001010110010101101011 , you should be able to figure out how it's tracking the time and extend the expiration.

I think that's against the site rules

Besides....

I added /numproc=1 to the boot.ini file, created the VM image using VMWare Converter and it works using the free VMPlayer.

/happy dance/


(Now I just have to recreate the VM again because I forgot to move my docs from D: to C: )