I've heard that the latest version of VMWare includes DVD support and
improved sound support as well.  You could try downloading the 30-day
trial and test it out first to make sure it does everything you need.
~M


On Mon, 5 Nov 2001, Sonja Michelle L. Thomas wrote:

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> I have an AMD Athlon 1GHz on the way with 256MB RAM.  Here's what I'd
> like to do:
>
> I want to be able to install Mandrake 8.1 as the base OS and run
> win2k in VMWare.  the CPU should be fast enough, more ram is cheap
> enough to get another stick.  The issues I would like to find out are
> as follows.
>
> I use Win2K for all my daily stuff (I know linux has tons of apps,
> but I'm not ready to migrate my desktop fully), my concern is my
> peripherals and sound. Inside of VMWare running 2k will I be able to
> hear my sound (mp3,dvd, etc), use my handspring, webcam, WinTV Card
> seamlessly or is this beyond the abilities of VMWare. Should I just
> use win2k natively and put MDK 8.1 in VMWare. I use my 7.2 box
> through exceed all the time. just not ready to upgrade the main
> internet xonnection box.  I've got ipchains/portsentry/security
> pretty well set up. Not ready for iptables(filter?) yet. Feedback is
> appreciated.
>
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> Sonja Michelle L. Thomas
> sonja@sdf.lonestar.org
>
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