[Chester LUG] VMware question

[Tim White]

Hi all

I'm getting a new (to me) lappy at the weekend and I've been thinking about 
how to configure it. I'll run Linux as my main OS of course but it would be 
convenient to have access to Windows too. Rather than dual-booting, I've been 
wondering how VMware Server works.

Where does the guest OS (Windows) actually physically live? Do I need to allow 
space in my / partition for it? If I do that, doesn't it mean that if I 
install a different host OS (Linux distro) then I would also wipe the guest 
OS? So could the guest OS live elsewhere, like in /home or even in its own 
partition? All advice gratefully received!

The lappy is a Dell Inspiron 1501 with a Turion 64 2GHz single core CPU and 
1GB RAM, 60GB HD. Should have enough power there... Not sure what distro I'll 
install, maybe Linux Mint, as the main purpose for the lappy is 
multimedia/entertainment with a bit of work stuff too, hence the need for 
Win.

Is there a meeting next week? I've missed a couple but should be able to make 
it.

Tim

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