Justin Cormack justin@street-vision.com writes:
I think you will find that Win2k server doesnt use BIOS disk requests, accesses the hardware directly.
Bleh.
Why not run it on VMware on a diskless Linux box?
Their kernel modules have caused me no end of pain... main gripes being:
a) System instability resulting from said modules.
b) Their sinister "you must pay us more money every time Linus releases a new kernel" policy (when a new kernel comes out they only update the kernel modules for the newest vmware). I don't object to buying a new vmware when I want to run a new *guest* OS, but I figure that if I've paid them for the software, I should be able to continue using it for the same task forever even when I upgrade my host OS.
If they ever release a version that doesn't require kernel modules, I'll be the first in line with a fistfull of cash... their product is otherwise fantastic.
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Adam Megacz