Hmm. This is just thinking about this off top of my head, but I just read something in the latest Linux journal talking about using a cli command like "startx /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm -- :1" to crank up a basic X session with nothing but a plain ole xterm running on it, and have it run on the second (":1") X session (i.e. reachable via ctrl-alt-f8 key sequence). So why couldn't you use VMware by putting a script in your .bashrc that does something like "startx /blah/blah/vmware (insert options for full screen mode and running a specific (say windows) virtual machine here)"? That way, when you login, you automatically get a virtual windows (or whatever) machine running on the second session, that you can then use the ctrl-alt-f7 or 8 sequence to switch between your sessions. Am I nuts, or would that work very similarly to what Mario is describing? Mario Hines wrote: >VMWare is not the program. You can't use VMWare in a >terminal window such as tty4. Is there any way to do >it in boot options to set it where another partition >boots up at the same time except it boots into a >different terminal, such as tty3 or tty4. Is there >any boot options that can specify a solution like >that. > >Mario S. Hines > >--- Dallas Helquist wrote: > > >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mario Hines" >> >> >>>To anyone, >>> A friend of mine informed me that you can >>> >>> >>boot >> >> >>>Windows into a terminal window while having Linux >>> >>> >>up >> >> >>>in the background. What boot options would you >>> >>> >>have >> >> >>>to specific to achieve this goal? This would be a >>> >>> >>big >> >> >>>help to me. Thanks. >>> >>> >>Sounds like he might be using vmware >>(http://www.vmware.com) You can use it >>to run an OS within an OS, and you can run the >>"guest" os within a window if >>you desire. They have versions for both Linux and >>W2k that allow you to >>boot lots of different OS's (linux, bsd, w2k etc.). >> >>-dallas >> >> >> >>>Mario S. Hines, MCP >>>ACT Computer Solutions >>> >>> >>> >> >> >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > >>PLUG-discuss mailing list - >>PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >>To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail >>settings: >> >> >> >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > >__________________________________________________ >Do you Yahoo!? >U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive greatest hits videos >http://launch.yahoo.com/u2 >-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- >PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us >To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: >http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss > > >