Windows XP Laptop - wanting to run Linux and Oracle using vmware

[sevans29]

Hi,

I have a laptop running Windows XP. Is it possible to install vmware and run linux and Oracle upon the Windows laptop?

thanks

Steve

[Mr_Flibble1]

Yes, you can certanly do this. In fact, I have multiple copies of Red Hat Linux running Oracle 8, 9 and 10g in VMWare Workstation on my XP Laptop for testing.

[mikepodoherty]

Also works with VMware server with no problems.

Oracle has their own version of Red Hat called Oracle Unbreakable Linux. You can download it from Oracle while you are getting the Oracle database software.

If I remember correctly, there is an appliance with Linux & Oracle availabe in the VMware appliance library.

[petedr]

You definitely can as others are saying. I have run Oracle/Red Hat Linux environments on both Server and Workstation.