Brian,<br><br>Virtualization is the only safe way to run Linux on an unpartitioned Window disk. It also saves the problems that dual booting Windows and Linux can create for your students. It's so easy that you could set it up in an afternoon. Further, snapshots give students a safe and easy way to undo a screwed up admin assignment.
<br><br>Contact me directly,<br>Dick Dowdell<br><br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 10/16/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Brian Fahrlander</b> <<a href="mailto:brian@fahrlander.net">brian@fahrlander.net</a>> wrote:
</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Dick Dowdell wrote:<br><br>> If you are interested in this approach, I can give you detailed,
<br>> step-by-step, instructions. For years, I've been using this approach for<br>> testing Linux software on Linux and Windows hosts because you cannot screw<br>> up the host from inside a virtual machine and you can take snapshots of
<br>> virtual machines and restore them to their pre-test state if there are<br>> problems. A Ubuntu virtual machine can have full network access and can<br>> apply any standard Ubuntu updates as needed.<br><br>
Yeah, I really like the idea...and if there weren't just two weeks<br>to spring something to life, I might go that way (like, if it isn't<br>picked up this semester).<br><br> In the big picture, having Linux clients that run Windows in a
<br>virtual window really makes a lot of sense; I love how VMWare can 'jail'<br>an instance of Windows and use the persistant disk to...immunize...the<br>contents of the guest OS. :)<br><br> It's also a way to serve BeOS and Mac (or whatever) environments to
<br>people on a casual basis; perfect for schools.<br><br>--<br> ------------------------------------------------------------------------<br> Brian Fahrländer Christian, Conservative, and Technomad<br> Evansville, IN
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