[nflug] Dual-Boot

[Cyber Source]

JJ Neff wrote:
> 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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The 3D stuff for VMware needs version 5 minimum.
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