AMMRL: VNMRJ and dual boot - Summary
Neal J Stolowich (stolowich@louisville.edu)
Mon, 17 Dec 2007 12:40:02 -0500
Thanks to all those who responded to my original request on running VNMRJ on
a desktop/laptop PC (as a non-spectrometer host) operating under both Linux
and XP environs. Of the seven respondents having actually done such a thing,
most are using VMware, that is running one of the operating systems as a
virtual machine. Those actually running a true dual boot system lamented
over the hassle of switching between systems. (Below are the summaries)
Happy Holidays!!
Neal
Neal J Stolowich, PhD
NMR Facilities Manager
Department of Chemistry
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40209
Phone: (502) 852-7894
Fax: (502) 852-8149
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I have several older Dells running Linux and VNMRJ1.1D with no problem a
340 and a gx270 both are using Red Hat WS 3 not 4. 4 would not load. As
for dual boot VnmrJ should not mind I ran VnmrJ in Windows XP using vmware
for awhile and actually got Inova's to go idle. But yes I had a dual boot
laptop as well and used VnmrJ as a workstation on that.
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I think a better solution is to try installing RH5 and using virtual
Windows. I had a dual boot machine and it was too annoying. I now am
surround by a Mac, a Linux box and a Windows PC with a KVM switch
connecting them all.
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I have successfully tested XP/Linux dual boot on a Dell laptop so that I
could process data. The only issue was the need to jump back and forth
between the two OS. There is a package called VMWare that should take
care of this ( I'm getting ready to order a copy). With VMWare, one
should be able to have an XP computer and within the XP environment run
a virtual Linux system. This would allow for easy transitions back and
forth without the need to reboot. Also, one could have a Linux computer
and run a virtual XP system as well.
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I've done something similar on my regular office IBM laptop, using
VMware rather than a dual boot. VMware lets me run Linux in a window
with XP still running, which is a lot more convenient than rebooting.
VnmrJ is loaded on the Linux side. I can cut and paste between the two
systems, they can both access the network simultaneously, and they can
share folders on my hard drive.
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I have a dual boot computer with XP and Linux in my office and in the
NMR lab. CPU speeds are 3.4 GHz with 1 GB of memory but I have also
installed in an older computer with 2.4 GHz CPU and 512 MB memory and
vnmrj's speed is still more than enough. For the installation, it is
best to install XP first, create a large empty partition and then
install linux. Linux's installer will use the empty space to create its
required partitions.
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I have been using Linux inside XP workstation via vMware for > 3 years now.
Before that I had dual boot, but I certainly prefer vMware. The current
version of vMware (version 6) supports 64 bit Linux and allows for file
transfer and sharing between XP host and Linux guest. Also IP sharing. I
am extremely happy.