Comments on: Getting Your Feet Wet With VMWare http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/02/12/getting-your-feet-wet-with-vmware/ Musings on the craft and business of software development Thu, 10 Jun 2010 13:45:33 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Inez Wells http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/02/12/getting-your-feet-wet-with-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-441 Inez Wells Sat, 10 Mar 2007 01:12:48 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/?p=29#comment-441 This blog is really superb!!! Thank you for you work! Good Luck. This blog is really superb!!! Thank you for you work! Good Luck.

]]> By: Alex http://bobondevelopment.com/2007/02/12/getting-your-feet-wet-with-vmware/comment-page-1/#comment-435 Alex Sun, 25 Feb 2007 18:27:22 +0000 http://bobondevelopment.com/?p=29#comment-435 Interesting about VMware Server, I had no idea it actually *ran* VMs. As to only seeing 3GB, does this apply? http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/08/14/699521.aspx <em>Bob replies: Not exactly. That post is regarding server versions of Windows. 32-bit client versions of Windows (most notably, Windows XP and 32-bit Vista) are limited to 3G of total addressable memory. Frankly I'm not sure whether some of that ends up going to memory-mapped devices as well; all I'm saying is that if you open the System control panel applet in XP, you will never see more than 3G of system RAM reported, no matter how much is actually installed.</em> Interesting about VMware Server, I had no idea it actually *ran* VMs.

As to only seeing 3GB, does this apply?

http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2006/08/14/699521.aspx

Bob replies: Not exactly. That post is regarding server versions of Windows. 32-bit client versions of Windows (most notably, Windows XP and 32-bit Vista) are limited to 3G of total addressable memory. Frankly I’m not sure whether some of that ends up going to memory-mapped devices as well; all I’m saying is that if you open the System control panel applet in XP, you will never see more than 3G of system RAM reported, no matter how much is actually installed.

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