"Dave Uhring" <daveuhring******.com> wrote in message
news:pan.2008.06.01.19.58.52.704691******.com...
> On Sun, 01 Jun 2008 20:38:31 +0100, dennis@home wrote:
>
>> He is having a problem with the interaction between VMware and linux that
>> doesn't happen with VMware and windows if you bother to read his posts.
>
> In vmware the hardware is hidden from the guest OS. Windows disregards
> normal behavior in this matter and accesses any hardware it discovers,
> which is one of the primary reasons that it is so ****ed insecure.

And you think linux doesn't?
Linux probes for all the hardware it can find and installs drivers just like
windows does.
There is no real difference.

>> Its probably a simple driver issue as linux doesn't appear to recognise
>> his NIC, so if you know anything useful about linux why not help?
>
> If he wants to ask a Linux question I would be happy to help but my
> experience with wireless hardware is limited. His problem is not Linux,
> however; it is the simple fact that he is NOT using Linux but rather
> VMWare with a guest OS which has no access to his hardware.

Obviously not true or windows wouldn't be able to find it in the VM.

>
> If he really wants to have Linux access his hardware he can **** well run
> Linux, either from live optical media or install it.

Or just decide its not worth the hassle you get from linux advocates and
stick with windows?
>