Greets~
Dilemna-
Windows won’t boot from any drive; all of which are Sata.
The board doesn’t support pata, nor does it have a floppy controller. I’d like to run Linux with VMware and attempt Win Vista that way…just slightly confused on this.
The following is what I’d like and and seeking your thoughts on the how to portion…
boot/OS drive, 160gb
storage=+3TB via 750gb drives
board has 6 sata ports
pcie has 2 additional sata ports.
overheating is not an issue-
600w psu
I will obtain any flavor Linux, but I want to run Windows via VMware to use data that is on most of the other drives. Those drives use True Crypt which I’d like to run when mounted over VM. I don’t want to use any of the drives over Linux, mainly because I don’t understand how to use Linux over the home network and don’t want to erase them or further risk destorying them.
My question for the masses is:
1-What is your Linux of choice and why?
2-Do I need VMware wkstn or server?
I can fumble my way through Linux with techrepublic posts and google; though using root and su are still very foreign to me.
Could anyone detail the requirements to format, install Linux, update/patch, then install VMware to usability by chance?
Thanks in advance!
Can IM/PM me for info if needed-
Regards
