2 Magic Jacks on 1 PC

Woebringer · Post by **Woebringer** » Tue Apr 01, 2008 10:09 pm

Back on the old beta boards I seem to remember a project or working hack to enable multiple MJs on one PC. Does anyone remember this or have knowledge they can share?

-Woe

jaqie · Post by **jaqie** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 9:17 pm

Yep. works fine inside a VM. I am one of the contributors to that thread you mention.

either use vmware (pay for) or virtualbox (free OSS) and run one inside the VM.
This method even lets you run a windows VM on a linux host and run mj inside that.

testing123 · Post by **testing123** » Wed Apr 02, 2008 10:04 pm

jaqie wrote:Yep. works fine inside a VM. I am one of the contributors to that thread you mention.

either use vmware (pay for) or virtualbox (free OSS) and run one inside the VM.
This method even lets you run a windows VM on a linux host and run mj inside that.

jaqie: vmware server is free -- you just have to register your Email addr and answer a couple of questions; you can then request as many licenses as you need. License keys are then sent to you instantly.

jaqie · Post by **jaqie** » Thu Apr 03, 2008 1:52 pm

Yes. have you ever tried to set up a new VM with the free software? it's not for people that don't know much about PCs. That is the very reason I say it is pay for, because the only even somewhat user friendly method of setting up a new VM for player is not a simple process.

Woebringer · Post by **Woebringer** » Fri Apr 04, 2008 6:44 pm

Thank you for the feedback. If I get some time this weekend the VMware route is always doable. My memory could be foggy but I thought someone also had a MoP where they renamed some files and ran to MJ instances as services without the need for a Virtual Machine. Anyone remember anything about that?

nickage · Post by **nickage** » Tue May 27, 2008 12:37 am

jaqie wrote:Yep. works fine inside a VM. I am one of the contributors to that thread you mention.

either use vmware (pay for) or virtualbox (free OSS) and run one inside the VM.
This method even lets you run a windows VM on a linux host and run mj inside that.

Can you run multiple VM inside your host. What OS is supported? System requirements?

stroths · Post by **stroths** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:48 am

nickage wrote:
jaqie wrote:Yep. works fine inside a VM. I am one of the contributors to that thread you mention.

either use vmware (pay for) or virtualbox (free OSS) and run one inside the VM.
This method even lets you run a windows VM on a linux host and run mj inside that.
Can you run multiple VM inside your host. What OS is supported? System requirements?

You can run as many VM as you want. The real limitation is your resources (RAM, CPU, Diskspace). RAM is the big one because you allocate a set amount to each virtual machine. VMWare will run on a variety of hosts like Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, XP, 2000, etc. It will run almost any OS as a VM too.

nickage · Post by **nickage** » Tue May 27, 2008 10:50 am

stroths wrote:
nickage wrote:
jaqie wrote:Yep. works fine inside a VM. I am one of the contributors to that thread you mention.

either use vmware (pay for) or virtualbox (free OSS) and run one inside the VM.
This method even lets you run a windows VM on a linux host and run mj inside that.
Can you run multiple VM inside your host. What OS is supported? System requirements?
You can run as many VM as you want. The real limitation is your resources (RAM, CPU, Diskspace). RAM is the big one because you allocate a set amount to each virtual machine. VMWare will run on a variety of hosts like Linux, FreeBSD, Solaris, XP, 2000, etc. It will run almost any OS as a VM too.

is this the url for it? http://www.virtualbox.org/

stroths · Post by **stroths** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:02 pm

The official website is vmware.com, but you can get the free server version
HERE

If you want Microsoft's version of this, you can also get it free

HERE.

I prefer vmware myself as its more seasoned and works very well. However, either is a good choice considering the price (free)

nickage · Post by **nickage** » Tue May 27, 2008 1:40 pm

stroths wrote:The official website is vmware.com, but you can get the free server version
HERE

If you want Microsoft's version of this, you can also get it free

HERE.

I prefer vmware myself as its more seasoned and works very well. However, either is a good choice considering the price (free)

Is it easy to use? how much Ram should I allocate for each vrtual PC?

stroths · Post by **stroths** » Tue May 27, 2008 6:59 pm

nickage wrote:
stroths wrote:The official website is vmware.com, but you can get the free server version
HERE

If you want Microsoft's version of this, you can also get it free

HERE.

I prefer vmware myself as its more seasoned and works very well. However, either is a good choice considering the price (free)
Is it easy to use? how much Ram should I allocate for each vrtual PC?

It's not that difficult to use IMO, and RAM allocation really depends on the OS and what you plan on using it for. If you really tweak the OS, you can lower the amount of RAM you need. For example, you could run a bare bones version of XP that you create with nlite and disable all the unneeded services. You could get away with 128mb RAM if you tweak it enough. I have a lot of RAM in my main system, so my XP test beds generally have 256mb+.

nickage · Post by **nickage** » Tue May 27, 2008 9:56 pm

stroths wrote:
nickage wrote:
stroths wrote:The official website is vmware.com, but you can get the free server version
HERE

If you want Microsoft's version of this, you can also get it free

HERE.

I prefer vmware myself as its more seasoned and works very well. However, either is a good choice considering the price (free)
Is it easy to use? how much Ram should I allocate for each vrtual PC?
It's not that difficult to use IMO, and RAM allocation really depends on the OS and what you plan on using it for. If you really tweak the OS, you can lower the amount of RAM you need. For example, you could run a bare bones version of XP that you create with nlite and disable all the unneeded services. You could get away with 128mb RAM if you tweak it enough. I have a lot of RAM in my main system, so my XP test beds generally have 256mb+.

I cannot get it to install my operating system on the virtual machine, I have tried vmware serever and workstation and sun virtual box. I pop in the XP disk it installs for a bit and prompts me to hit enter a few times and then it says that my disk is either not a proper windows disk or that it cant read it. Well it is a proper windows disk and it was just able to read it. there is not a scratch on it. I have xp home on the host and trying to install xp pro on the guest

nickage · Post by **nickage** » Thu May 29, 2008 7:02 am

stroths wrote:
nickage wrote:
stroths wrote:The official website is vmware.com, but you can get the free server version
HERE

If you want Microsoft's version of this, you can also get it free

HERE.

I prefer vmware myself as its more seasoned and works very well. However, either is a good choice considering the price (free)
Is it easy to use? how much Ram should I allocate for each vrtual PC?
It's not that difficult to use IMO, and RAM allocation really depends on the OS and what you plan on using it for. If you really tweak the OS, you can lower the amount of RAM you need. For example, you could run a bare bones version of XP that you create with nlite and disable all the unneeded services. You could get away with 128mb RAM if you tweak it enough. I have a lot of RAM in my main system, so my XP test beds generally have 256mb+.

I got it installed ok except one the MJ on my virtual pc, no one can hear me and I cant hear them. I am using the sun virtual box