I believe Tom Kyte has given this setup rave reviews on his blog (http://tkyte.blogspot.com). You may have to go back into the archives a bit to see the posts. Justin Cave <jcave@xxxxxxxxxxx> Distributed Database Consulting, Inc. http://www.ddbcinc.com -----Original Message----- From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Rodd Holman Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 2:44 PM To: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Oracle in VM? Have any of you attempted to run Oracle in a VMWare session. I'm sure it's not authorized for production/support purposes, but for testing? playing with features? If you have, were there specific pitfalls to watch for, settings to adjust? Thanks, -- Rodd Holman Enterprise Data Systems Engineer LodgeNet Entertainment Corporation rodd.holman@xxxxxxxxx -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l