Re: I want to migrate to Linux

General Schvantzkopf <schvantzkopf@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:KfSdnWjOJqpXg1vanZ2dnUVZ_qrinZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx:

When you install an OS in VMware it sees virtual devices not the
actual devices in the machine. These devices are either so generic
that you don't need drivers or they use the drivers that are included
in VMware. These drivers are called VMware Tools. After you do the OS
install and you have booted into the OS the graphics will be running
VGA mode just like they would be if you had installed the OS on real
hardware and you hadn't installed the graphics driver. There is a menu
item called Install VMware tools, when you select that Windows will
think you have mounted a driver disk. You run the installer for VMware
Tools and it will install all of the drivers that you need. After
you've installed VMware tools and done a reboot you will have full
functionality. You will not need any drivers for the real hardware,
just for VMware.

Networking is configured after you have done the install not before.
You follow the same steps you would on real hardware,

1) Install OS
2) Install drivers (i.e. install VMware Tools), reboot
3) Setup networking in Win98. You can use static IPs or you can use
DHCP. Linux has a DHCP server included, you don't need a router.

SAMBA allows Linux to share folders with Windows. At it simplest it's
like turning on sharing in Windows. SAMBA does a lot more than this
also, it can do everything that Windows Server can do. However all you
need is the base functionality. You would use SAMBA to share Linux
directories, you would mount them in Windows in exactly the same
manner as if you had shared them from another Win98 machine.

The browser interface is for Webmin. Think of it as a super Control
Panel where all of the control panels are in a browser window. You
don't need to use Webmin, I was just suggesting it because I think
it's easier and more powerful than the administration tools that
Ubuntu provides. Ubuntu provides a very Windows like control panel. I
hate it because it's so much like Windows, but you will probably be
comfortable with it.

I'm ready to buy distros and dive in head first. Thanks for your
patience and help. Where do I send the check? (just kidding) You really
do deserve high praise.

--
pcbldrNinetyEight
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