Vahis wrote:

> On 2008-05-05, Darrell Stec <darrell_stec@webpagesorcery.com> wrote:
>> Vahis wrote:
>>
>>> On 2008-05-05, Riberto <riberto@ml1.net> wrote:
>>>> I have been a Suse Linux user for several years now.
>>>> Currently use OpenSuse 10.3 looking forward to 11.0
>>>>
>>>> For work I HAVE to use that other stuff cause my Company uses some
>>>> programs written for that stuff and we ARE required to use it WITH OUT
>>>> messing with it!
>>>>
>>>> Heck its their money so what can I say!!!
>>>>
> <snip>
>>>> Is there a program or a way to adjust any of these popular web browsers
>>>> to emulate Internet Explorer?
>>>> There are times I need to access these sites for WORK and hate to
>>>> switch over to the WRONG side of my laptop's partition.
> <snip>
>>> You can run IE in Linux with wine:
>>> http://www.winehq.org/
>>>
>>> Or you can run the whole windows in Linux with VMware.
>>> I've made instructions to put it in openSUSE:
>>>
>>> http://waxborg.servepics.com/english...vmware.en.html
>>>
>>> There's also VirtualBox, included in openSUSE which does the same thing.
>>> I've been happy with VMware, so I've got no experience with the latter.
>>>
>>> I'd reckon just for the browser, use Wine
>>>
>>> Vahis
>>
>> But that requires that they purchase Winders.
>
> This was a company in question who requires windows IE?
> They don't want Linux?
> So they phey pay?
>
>
>> And none of those virtual
>> machines will work with many modern computers because the manufacturers
>> do not provide Windows disks anymore.
>
> None will work? Where did you get that from?
>
> And sure windowses can be bought.
>

But that is the whole point. They already purchased Windows once with the
machine, just like I did with mine. The purchase price was built in. When
there are no disks and only an all or nothing recovery partition then
virtual machines are of no use. To use Windows they must purchase a second
copy on disk.

So yes Windows can be purchased but with a VM it gets bought twice.

>> A great many of them have a restoration
>> partition that wipes out the harddrive and restores the computer to its
>> pristine, just bought condition. Even if the VM is free, it is going to
>> cause an outlay of cash for the Winders disks.
>
> Virtual machine gives a disk image to the guest OS who takes it as a disk.
> It also provides it with the rest of the virtual hardware.
> The guest won't touch the rest of the disk. It does not even know there's
> life outside this virtual machine.
>

But doesn't Windows have to be installed on the Linux partition or are you
saying that with a dual boot setup, a virtual machine talks to the Windows
partition from the Linux partition?

I didn't think that was the case.

>
> Vahis

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