Re: Booting Linux and Win 98

[Tom Pfeifer <mailmisc@snet.net>]

Out of curiosity, what are the basic specs (processor, RAM etc.) of the
machine where you are using VMware as you describe below? 

Tom

Kent West wrote:
> 
> And yet one more alternative: if you have the horsepower, get VMWARE and
> install Win98 on top of Linux. That way you never have to reboot and you
> have both OSes up at the same time. Click, you're in Linux; click,
> you're in Win98. Oops, Win98 just crashed? No problem, reboot it and
> click back to Linux and continue working in WordPerfect and browsing the
> web with Netscape while Win98 reboots.
> 
> This is the way my work computer is. I originally had it set up to
> multi-boot before I discovered VMWARE, and I left the original Windows
> setup on its own partition as a backup. That's been a year or so, and I
> never use it; it's just wasting space, even though I use Windows daily
> (for our work order system that requires Windows -- from Applix no
> less!).
>