Interesting. I just created a Vmware virtual ISO/CD Server appliance that will share (21) ISOs as drives E -> Y out of the box. (Linux host and Win2k guest.)
He could copy all his stuff to HD, run mkisofs, turn off all the CDROMs, and save a bundle on electricity + wear and tear.:)
Seriously, if I were you I'd talk to the good folks over at Ubuntu. Last I heard, they were sitting on something like $10 million; maybe you could convince them to develop and release their own wireless card + Linux driver.:)
--Just make sure to upgrade 2000 to SP4 if it's not already, and you should be golden.:)
--You should backup all Win98 data before converting obviously; and run a P2V (Physical to Virtual) process on the 98 stuff when deploying/restoring it into a VM. Vmware Workstation has a free 30-day trial for creating your Virtual Machine, and is IMHO worth the $$.
--Only other thing is memory and disk. Keep VMs on separate disk/spindle if possible, for performance reasons; and 384-512MB RAM on Host should go a long way toward a good VM interactive response.
--Bonus: After making your 98 environment a VM, you can also run it from a Linux host!:)
--I was a Win98SE fanboi up until last year, when I discovered Win2kpro. Trust me, it's like night (98) and day (W2k.) In almost all cases, I prefer Win2k over XP due to resource usage and nagginess: XP == forced activation, genuine disadvantage, etc.
--With Win2kpro, you can also host Vmware Player instances. That alone is worth the money for the OS upgrade.:) Meaning: Upgrade your hostbox to Win2k, and you can still have your Win98 environment as a guest.
Try Opera. I'm still using 7.54 on Linux and all my Win installs, including my 98SE VMware image.
Personally tho, I think it's time for Win98 to fade away like OS/2 did. Except for some corner cases, there's usually no reason to NOT replace Win98 with Win2kpro.
--If you're only getting 4MB/sec on an empty LAN, then you arguably need to upgrade your hardware.
--With decently fast disks (ATA-100/133) and halfway decent processors (900MHz AMD Duron tower// 750 MHz Intel laptop) I've easily seen FTP speeds from 8-12MB/sec on standard 100Mbit Ethernet. Windows - Linux.
--You should also make sure to use Switches instead of Hubs, and CAT5(e) cabling; it might be collisions that are causing your throughput to collapse.
> Maybe MS could learn something about "release early, release often"?
MS could learn A LOT of things from Linux development.
** n-Step Plan for MS to save themselves: **
o Continue support for Win2k Pro for the next 5 years, and continue selling (licenses + install media) and developing for it. Come out with an update that has all the latest driver support.
o Go back to teh Win2kpro codebase, incorporate all the best kernel features from XP along with faster booting, firewall, etc. Ditch the fancy graphics and concentrate on RELIABILITY.
o Run more efficiently on less resources, by default.
o Separate the OS development process from the Interface + Features development. Make sure the underlying OS is rock-solid, secure, and stable. Save teh "features" for later, as add-ons.
--Will MS *ever* do this? NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!!:b
--Best speed I've gotten is LVM'ing (2) 120GB IDE UDMA 133 drives [7200 RPM] into (1) Striped ~240GB volume, and formatting it with JFS. 32MB+/second SUSTAINED WRITE speeds. And Read speed is phenomenal.
--Economical and practical also, from a $$/time POV. If you don't already have one, google for a Silicon Image IDE 133 PCI board and hook the drives up to that.;-)
--Suggest you try JFS instead. I switched all my big Reiserfs partitions over to JFS and haven't had a problem; except that sometimes you need a (very) quick fsck before mount. YMMV.
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Interesting. I just created a Vmware virtual ISO/CD Server appliance that will share (21) ISOs as drives E -> Y out of the box. (Linux host and Win2k guest.)
:)
He could copy all his stuff to HD, run mkisofs, turn off all the CDROMs, and save a bundle on electricity + wear and tear.
?? 256 ?? At 160Kbit VBR, I can't tell the difference from the original .wav!!
Seriously, if I were you I'd talk to the good folks over at Ubuntu. Last I heard, they were sitting on something like $10 million; maybe you could convince them to develop and release their own wireless card + Linux driver. :)
" First mate? There is no first mate - this is the good ship Lifestyle! "
:b
--Just make sure to upgrade 2000 to SP4 if it's not already, and you should be golden. :)
:)
--You should backup all Win98 data before converting obviously; and run a P2V (Physical to Virtual) process on the 98 stuff when deploying/restoring it into a VM. Vmware Workstation has a free 30-day trial for creating your Virtual Machine, and is IMHO worth the $$.
--Only other thing is memory and disk. Keep VMs on separate disk/spindle if possible, for performance reasons; and 384-512MB RAM on Host should go a long way toward a good VM interactive response.
--Bonus: After making your 98 environment a VM, you can also run it from a Linux host!
--I was a Win98SE fanboi up until last year, when I discovered Win2kpro. Trust me, it's like night (98) and day (W2k.) In almost all cases, I prefer Win2k over XP due to resource usage and nagginess: XP == forced activation, genuine disadvantage, etc.
:) Meaning: Upgrade your hostbox to Win2k, and you can still have your Win98 environment as a guest.
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--With Win2kpro, you can also host Vmware Player instances. That alone is worth the money for the OS upgrade.
See:
http://www.edirectsoftware.com/product.php?produc
http://www.vmware.com/products/player/
--I remember a 486 DX-2/66 that *was* fast -- in DOS. 486's didn't start to be perceived as "slow" until you loaded Windows on them.
:) If you had 16MB of EMS RAM, you were *golden* baby, yeah!
--Ah, Xtree Pro Gold, and 4DOS; that was Teh Shiznit back then.
Try Opera. I'm still using 7.54 on Linux and all my Win installs, including my 98SE VMware image.
Personally tho, I think it's time for Win98 to fade away like OS/2 did. Except for some corner cases, there's usually no reason to NOT replace Win98 with Win2kpro.
" Whatever you do, NEVER call the Librarian a Monkey--! "
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terry_Pratchett
" To be waiting on you to return the library book, Soft One! "
:b
> As someone else pointed out, it's a question of how much you can buy, not how much you make in absolute terms.
--This was covered extensively in Mark Twain's " A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court ".
--If you're only getting 4MB/sec on an empty LAN, then you arguably need to upgrade your hardware.
// 750 MHz Intel laptop) I've easily seen FTP speeds from 8-12MB/sec on standard 100Mbit Ethernet. Windows - Linux.
--With decently fast disks (ATA-100/133) and halfway decent processors (900MHz AMD Duron tower
--You should also make sure to use Switches instead of Hubs, and CAT5(e) cabling; it might be collisions that are causing your throughput to collapse.
--Can you post your friend's contact info? (Mebbe in your profile / blog for those of us who might be interested?)
--They also forgot:
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o The SparQ 1GB drive
http://www.streettech.com/archives_hardware/SparQ
Suggest you replace the fans with ball-bearing type when they wear out; prolly came with Sleeve bearing, which only last about a year.
> Maybe MS could learn something about "release early, release often"?
:b
MS could learn A LOT of things from Linux development.
** n-Step Plan for MS to save themselves: **
o Continue support for Win2k Pro for the next 5 years, and continue selling (licenses + install media) and developing for it. Come out with an update that has all the latest driver support.
o Go back to teh Win2kpro codebase, incorporate all the best kernel features from XP along with faster booting, firewall, etc. Ditch the fancy graphics and concentrate on RELIABILITY.
o Run more efficiently on less resources, by default.
o Separate the OS development process from the Interface + Features development. Make sure the underlying OS is rock-solid, secure, and stable. Save teh "features" for later, as add-ons.
--Will MS *ever* do this? NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!!
[ /me buys Dan a $virtual-beer ]
Suggest you install some Samba servers, and migrate the Windoze shares over for security + reliability.
Seconded. KIDS don't even need to be using AOL in the 1st place; all they "need" is email and Instant Messaging.
Create a locked-down VM running, say the Vmware Browser Appliance. Workstation has a 30-day free trial.
Run VM with Vmware Player, BACK IT UP once you're done installing any needed programs (gaim?) and have it set to Revert to saved state at VM poweroff.
Pouf - end of problem.
Here's another concept: "YOU BROKE DAD'S COMPUTER. AGAIN. Your online privileges are suspended for a week. Now quit yer cryin' and go play outside."
--Do NOT let them use the main computer if they are unable to NOT BREAK IT.
You can (IIRC) add another USB 2.0 NIC to a Mini. Then with full-duplex, you can easily get 400 if the links are saturated.
Farallon and D-link are two MF's I know of that mfr USB NICs.
--I'll give you an AMEN to that. ;-) VGA-IN for laptops is long overdue, and could be quite helpful.
--Talk to Apple, I'm sure they'd consider adding it as $feature to distinguish themselves in teh future.
P600 HP laptop with cracked screen is my Squid proxy server. 10GB disk, 128MB RAM, 10/100 Ethernet, Debian Linux, no worries.
Which HZ do you recommend, personally?
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--Best speed I've gotten is LVM'ing (2) 120GB IDE UDMA 133 drives [7200 RPM] into (1) Striped ~240GB volume, and formatting it with JFS. 32MB+/second SUSTAINED WRITE speeds. And Read speed is phenomenal.
;-)
--Economical and practical also, from a $$/time POV. If you don't already have one, google for a Silicon Image IDE 133 PCI board and hook the drives up to that.
(ahem) Bullshit. I run Vmware Workstation 5.5 on a P750 Dell Latitude, with 384MB RAM ad 20GB HD == NO problems. XP + Ubuntu, dual-boot.
You know what you doing.
Move all "zig".
For great justice.
--Suggest you try JFS instead. I switched all my big Reiserfs partitions over to JFS and haven't had a problem; except that sometimes you need a (very) quick fsck before mount. YMMV.