(Note: This was presented first at the InterWorks conference held April 10-13, 2000 in Las Vegas, NV.)

Outline For "One Box, Two OSs at the Same Time"

This presentation assumes you already have a working knowledge of the Linux and MS Windows NT. It will cover a method for utilizing multiple operating systems on a single machine. The abstract provides an overview of the topic and the outline is below. Presentation slides are available.

One Box, Two OSs at the Same Time

• Introduction
• Background of Multi-OS Use
  • Multiple Machines
  • Multi-boot A Single Machine
  • Emulation
• Virtual Alternatives
• VMware on Linux
  • Obtaining
  • Licensing
  • Installing VMware Itself
    • Technique
    • Location and Assist Links
    • Modules
  • The Guest OS
    • Starting VMware
    • Boot and Install The Guest OS
    • Using the Guest OS
    • Applications For The Guest OS
  • My Environments
  • Web Browsing and Serving
  • Documentation and Graphics
  • Spreadsheets and Financials
  • Tests With Linux As Guest OS
    • SuSE
    • Caldera Open Linux (COL)
• Preformance Perceptions and Suggestions
• Conclusions
• Where is this paper?

Selected Web References in this presentation (for people with printed copies)

Full paper for this presentation

http://www.arde.com/Papers/MultiOS/paper.html

Caldera Open Linux Web site

http://www.calderasystems.com/

Microsoft Web site

http://www.microsoft.com/

VMware Web site

http://www.vmware.com/

(Updated 10 APR 2000)