Walk through a step-by-step Microsoft Virtual PC 2004 installation of SuSE Linux 9.1 Professional. Once it's built, you can clone your Virtual PC, back it up, perform experiments on it, restore it, and even distribute it to others.
by Martin Heller
January 30, 2006
irtual PCs are extremely useful for development, testing, and setting up deployments that require applications to be isolated from one another. During the past year or so, I've built more than a dozen Virtual PCs with Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, and used a few more that Microsoft supplied with the product.
Because developers need to replicate their customers' problems, the ability to run their software in the same environments as their customers is important. If you develop on Windows XP, and a customer discovers a problem on Windows 98 Second Edition, it helps you immensely to have a Windows 98 SE installation.
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irtual PCs are extremely useful for development, testing, and setting up deployments that require applications to be isolated from one another. During the past year or so, I've built more than a dozen Virtual PCs with Microsoft Virtual PC 2004, and used a few more that Microsoft supplied with the product.
