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Check out Xen.
I haven't used it yet but it is part of fedora and now RHEL5.
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VirtualBox is the one to go for

http://www.virtualbox.org/
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If you want to use it I suggest you let Automatix2 install it as it has to setup user/group permissions, you might come unstuck if you try to do this yourself if you are a newb.
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You wont have any problems then, good look. I have it installed at the moment on my laptop. Used to have it on my Desktop and ran XP and Mandrake no problem.
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Most people who use it comment on the speed, I think it's the "weapon of choice" with most people on this forum.
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It's only VMWare Player and Server that are free.
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gansmoe wrote:Oh.. I did not know that VMware was free. Thanx.

Anyway. I have already Tried VirtualBox, but I could only use virtual harddrives. I want to use a real disk. This way it will be easier sharing files between systems. (not only virtual systems, but also other systems on my disk.)
Xen is also a good program, but here my problem is that I want to use Mint. And also, I'll have to format my disk to use this system.
Have a look here:
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/OpenVPN_on_VBox
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@gansmoe:

Have a look at this thread.

You can have both your host and Virtual machine on the same subnet, then all you have to do is share a folder and you will have your problem solved.

I would advise you not to give up so quickly on virtualbox, since I have tried qemu, Vmware player and workstation and now virtualbox. All I can say is WOW. It's free and not supprisingly, works way better. I mean honestly, the speed is amazing!!!

give it another try gansmoe!!! ;)
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