![]() Sometimes you just need the native OS, or sometimes the hardware you're working with is too underpowered to handle the overhead that an emulator/virtual machine adds. So, to get more out of my hardware, I use the old Linux technique of multi-booting. I run out of desk space before I run out of dollars to buy machines. It's true that hardware is dirt cheap, but I find that my most limiting factor is not dollars but space. ![]() As I write this, I find ads selling complete systems for $800, 256 MB RAM for $80, and a 30-GB hard drive for $60. You might wonder why bother - hardware is so cheap that you can go out and get another box for peanuts. Wilson described using VMware to emulate a Windows machine running on top of a Linux box but, rephrasing his theme, it is also a technique for getting more out of your hardware. I really enjoyed Brian Wilson's article, "Using VMware as a Development Tool," in Sys Admin (March 2001). ![]() Multi-Booting Windows 98, Linux, and SolarisTM
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