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ivoryjohn   12-05-2001 at 07:15:05 PM

The HowTo article on Win4Lin suggested that VMWare required a separate file system for the Windows system on a Linux box. The implication was that sharing files was difficult. This is not entirely true, the virtual machine does require a "Windows" file system which can either be a linxu file emulating a disk or an actual Windows formatted partition.

Sharing files, however, is easy. I have Samba on my Linux box, and am able to share files easily in the Samba directories. VMWare is able to emulate a TCP/IP connection to its host (it actually has a special mode to make this more efficient). As far as the Windows machine is concerned it is writing to a Windows server, but Linux sees it as a Linux directory.

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Anonymous   12-30-2001 at 08:28:49 PM
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Thanks for your comments. I apologize for taking so long to respond... I had not thought to check the forums for feedback on the article.

I agree that it is possible to use VMWare and a Samba server to share files, and it is something I have done in the past. Doing this has some disadvantages, though. First, configuring a Samba server is not a trivial task, but it is possible VMWare has made this easier in their latest version.

I'm not sure what you mean when you write, "Linux sees it as a Linux directory." I was under the impression that VMWare does not want you to mount the Windows filesystem while it is in use.

Lastly, running a samba server in the background eats a lot of CPU cycles. I found that if you were running VMWare and Samba it was a really big resource hog.

CR

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