<div class="gmail_quote">2010/1/20 Charl Wentzel <<a href="mailto:charl.wentzel@vodamail.co.za">charl.wentzel@vodamail.co.za</a>> <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> On Wed, 2010-01-20 at 09:06 +0200, Ewald Horn wrote: Just remember that installing an operating system in a virtual machine to test it on a machine, is not the same as installing it directly on a machine. In a virtual machine the hardware is a "simulated machine" which is different from the actual machine. So if it works on a virtual machine it doesn't actually mean it will work if you install it directly. Charl </blockquote></div>Very true indeed. I do find it usefull to test on VM's, especially when I'm deploying a new version of a software application. I've broken too many dependancy chains by being a tad bit over-eager. Now I first test on a VM. Charl is correct though, a VM doesn't guarantee anything. Best regards Ewald