yawnmoth Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I currently test unattended CDs by running them in Virtual PC. Unfortunately, this can be a rather slow process, at times. Are there any better ways to test? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piXelatedEmpire Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 The best and most thorough way to test your unattended CD's is to have a second PC or laptop or something that you can play around with, that way you can test drivers and everything. Failing that, Virtual PC is about your only option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Takeshi Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Use iso directly, not CD.Some used to say VMWare is faster than VPC, the older versions anyway.The above reply can also be a "better" method, apart from speed, but I hate using factory machines for testing because of drivers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mazin Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 Are 6 (even more) 700MB-CDs for US$1 considered expensive, anyway? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ricktendo Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I use DAEMON Tools or CD-RWs and i save allot of money that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonken Posted September 7, 2006 Share Posted September 7, 2006 I think VMware 5.5 is quite faster than Microsoft's Virtual PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blinkdt Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Like piXelatedEmpire, I rely on a testbed machine. Anything in the PIII range or better works nicely, but it doesn't hurt to run a test install on a PII (550 or better) as well, in my experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamus Posted September 12, 2006 Share Posted September 12, 2006 Takeshi is right VMware is faster that Virtual PC, but don't forget to install the VMware Tools in your virtual machine. Is better to test your images than burn cd's each time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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