Re:Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with V...
by aninteger on Friday September 02, 2011 @04:12PM
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I know you aren't the creator of those VMs but, any idea why they are so big?
What's weird is that there's a jump from 8.4 GB to 13 GB on Windows 7. What is on the IE9 vhd that isn't on the IE8 vhd?
Edit: Nevermind, from the official link the IE9 vm comes with additional tools.
Re:Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with V...
by pointyhat on Friday September 02, 2011 @05:21PM
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On Win7, the jump is due to WinSxS. Every DLL several times and several versions. DLL hell solved.
Re:Automate download, install, config of IE-only VM's with V...
by MarkSweep on Friday September 02, 2011 @10:40PM
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DLL hell solved indeed. How many versions do you keep?
For what it's worth, the DLLs in System32 are projected out of WinSxS with hardlinks, so they should not take up extra space. You still have the multiple version thing, however that can be somewhat mitigated by making service packs permanent[1].
[1] http://blogs.technet.com/b/joscon/archive/2011/02/15/how-to-...
Rough VM size estimates:
IE7: 13GB IE8: 8.4GB IE9: 13GB Currently, the script will leave the compressed RAR files in place, which means you're looking at something like 45 freaking GB if you don't prune them manually (in ~/.ievms/vhd/). This wasn't a big deal for me on my company workstation, but kinda sucks on my Macbook Air, so I'll be adding a cleanup option shortly. You probably don't need to keep the compressed files around anyway since we take a snapshot like you mentioned.