[nflug] Dual-Boot

[JJ Neff]

Wow it seems freakishly easy to make it work under VMware.  I need to actually
upgrade my win98 install to XP first in VMware.  Then I can try to enable 3D. 
It can only act as a 128 MB video card so I am crippling my card :-(  May be
worth a try though to avoid rebooting.  I also noted that the link was for
VMWare workstation 5.5.  I am still running workstaion 4 - does any of this
work with VM4, anyone know?

Also System Commander requires Windows or DOS for the install.  I currently
ONLY have Linux installed.  So do I have to do a Windows install first to make
System Commander work?  Anyone know of a software download offering a reduced
rate (Yes $70 is a lot of cash right now:-)

JJN

--- Sam Stern <samstern at samstern.net> wrote:

> Hi JJ,
> 
> There are a few things you can try:
> 
> 1) If you have VMWARE workstation (not server) then follow the guide at:
> 
> <http://www.vmware.com/support/ws55/doc/ws_vidsound_d3d.html>
> 
> Which CyberSource already told you about. You can increase the ram to match
> whatever ram is in your card.
> 
> 2) Tryout some of the software gfx emulation tools from 3danalize
> <http://www.3dfxzone.it/dir/tools/3d_analyze/index.htm>
> 
> 3danalize creates a software T&L shim that might just work for your needs.
> 
> IF 3danalize does not work, I have found that dual booting is one of the few
> areas where buying a tool makes more sense than using the gnu tools
> available. I've been using a tool called "system Commander" for almost a
> decade now to dual boot. It's stable, easy to use and reliable. If you
> cannot get grub to work, or prefer a less fussy solution I strongly
> recommend System Commander as a dual boot tool:
> 
> <http://www.v-com.com/product/System_Commander_Home.html>
> 
> 
> As a note for backup purposes, another tool that supersedes the various free
> tools available when dealing with image back up and restore of a Dual boot
> Linux/windows configuration is Acronis True Image
> 
> <http://www.acronis.com>
> 
> I've been using it for 4 years now and it's primary value is it's tight
> compression and native handling of all *NIX and Windows file formats. Unlike
> ghost, it supports reiserfs, ext3, xfs, and ufs2 (for any BSD nuts like me)
> with full compression.
> 
> 
> HTH
> 
> Sam S.
> 
> 
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