Ditching FC3... for now =(

[Dennis Calhoun]

On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 22:20:59 -0500, you wrote:

>I may have to ditch Fedora for now because of VMWare.  I'm hoping someone
>can make a recommendation as to what distro they would use in this
>situation.
> 
>My goal...
>To successful install and use FC3 in a virtual machine hosted by WinXP for
>however long it takes me to find, install, understand, and otherwise replace
>by existing M$-based apps with Linux versions.  Then, once I have everything
>ready to roll on Linux, and have no NEED for the Windows apps blow away the
>box and install it as a FC3-only machine.
> 
>My problem...
>The current kernels with FC3 have a clock issue with VMWare.  They request
>clock ticks too often (10 times as often) and VMWare basically bogs down to
>a snails pace.  It took over THREE hours for it to come up today.
>
>My options...
>According to what I have found on RedHat's site (through the help of a few
>folks in here), I COULD switch out the kernel with an earlier version from
>some other source.  I do not want to do this as my knowledge of Linux is not
>strong enough to confidently nor efficiently do this; especially considering
>how sluggish the VM is running.  My only other option is to ditch FC3 with
>something older, or something that does not has the 2.6.X kernel already,
>then get up to speed, and then blow away the box.
>
>So, in short, I'm looking for some recommendations as to which distro I
>should use in the interim.  All thoughts, recommendations, or ramblings
>would be greatly appreciated.

Hi Ryan,

Have you considered forgetting about VMWare entirely and using a
Dual-Boot setup instead?

--
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Teach a man to fish, you feed him for a lifetime.

Dennis D. Calhoun <http://Web.InfoAve.Net/~dcalhoun/>