BB> BOB KLAHN wrote in a message to ALL:   
      
    BK>> Has anyone here used Win 95 or Win 98 or ME in a virtual machine?   
      
    BK>> I am wondering, is the virtual machine on the HD, or in ram? How   
    BK>> large is it?   
      
    BB> The VM runs on the hard drive. On my system Ubuntu is on   
    BB> the internal HD and the VM is on an an external usb HD.   
      
    BK>> I was just thinking of adding ram to an old laptop, and got to   
    BK>> thinking about linux distros that run in ram. I was wondering about   
    BK>> running Win 98 in ram, and if it would run much faster.   
      
    BB> RAM is volitle therefore you need your OS's on HD's.   
      
    Puppy Linux and DSL run in ram. I was thinking of a ram disk,   
    transfering tie virtual machine to the ramdisk. Then seeing if   
    I can do it with a Compact Flash or SD drive to start it all   
    off.   
      
    IOW, pushing the leeding edge on obsolescence.   
      
    Ever notice how similar obsolescence is to less sense?   
      
    This is just playing with it, after all.   
      
   BOB KLAHN bob.klahn@sev.org   http://home.toltbbs.com/bobklahn   
      
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