Wow. VMWare is *that* closed source -- I mean the kernel modules don't even get compiled on the host OS? Even NVIDIA drivers are compiled for the local kernel... whenever I upgrade my kernel, I just have VirtualBox recompile its modules and it works every time regardless of the version. I mean sometimes I have to tell it where the source headers are or something, but it's surprisingly easy. It can also do everything you listed, snailgod, except for the mapping a folder to a folder -- it may be able to do that, but I don't know how. My host drive appears as a network attached drive in the guest OS.Thanks for the info kmfkewm; I'll get that up and running the next time I feel like playing around :)