Thanks for the info chaps.

I have just tested out VMWare GSX but it does not allow stand alone booting;

it requires an operating system to host it before it can do anything. I was

hoping to find something which doesn't rely on any particular OS.

In my case I am likely to be running various different versions of Windows.

Does the Sun Virtual Box which you have mentioned allow booting to a virtual

OS without the requirement to have a host OS?

Thanks,

Nick

> -----Original Message-----

> From: profox-bounces@leafe.com [mailto:profox-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf

> Of Paul Hill

> Sent: 04 November 2008 19:56

> To: ProFox Email List

> Subject: Re: [NF] VMWare of other Virtualization software

>

> On Tue, Nov 4, 2008 at 2:19 PM, David Smith <dsmith@doandelivers.com>

> wrote:

> > I've had great luck with Sun VirtualBox under Linux. Runs XP and W2K

> > flawlessly. It's free too :)

>

> Same here. I was using it to run a small Linux distro for testing

> under XP. Normally I use VirtualPC but I couldn't get this to run

> Linux properly.

>

> I use VirtualPC for testing different languages. Our hotel app

> supports English, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, French, Russian,

> Estonian, Lithuanian and Thai. This means I don't have to mess with

> my regional settings (re-boot required) on my 'real' PC.

>

> --

> Paul

>

>

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