[huskerlug] Re: Running Windows XP inside Linux
- From: Jim Worrest <jworrest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: huskerlug@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 30 Dec 2006 17:42:55 -0600
...or
http://www.crazysquirrel.com/computing/debian/applications/xp-under-debian-with-qemu.jspx
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GreyGeek wrote:
> Thanks, Gabe, I'll check out VMWare.
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> GreyGeek
> Gabe Ives wrote:
>> GreyGeek wrote:
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>>> What I am looking for is a way to run the existing installation of XP,
>>> on hda1, in a virtual window on my MEPIS system without having to reboot.
>>>
>>> Possible?
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>> I haven't done this in a long time, but VMware Workstation has an
>> advance option of running a Guest OS from a real physical partition (I
>> don't know if this is a feature with the other virtualization software
>> you listed). In the past I had mix results running a pre-existing
>> Windows installation in this way. So it might "just work", or it might
>> not. If it doesn't work, you'll get a BSOD, but a Windows "repair" from
>> an installation CD should fix that (but I think you mentioned not having
>> a real installation disk for the laptop). Also if it's the type that
>> needs activation, it might require re-activation.
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>> Something else I have done is create a new virtual machine on a
>> different computer (using virtual disks and not a real partition),
>> making sure networking works on the virtual machine, boot both the real
>> computer that has the Windows Installation you want to save and the
>> virtual machine that is currently running on a different computer with
>> ghost boot disks, and ghost the "real" computer to the virtual machine.
>> Making sure not to "boot" the virtual machine after ghosting (on the
>> "other" computer). Then what I have done is wipe out the Windows
>> Installation on the computer I just ghosted, install and setup Linux,
>> copy the virtual machine (with the virtual disk) over from the "other
>> "computer, and run the virtual machine.
>>
>> The same issues can result from this method as the first one I
>> described, it may "just work", or you might get a BSOD, but that can be
>> repaired. And it may or may not need re-activation.
>>
>> Those are the two methods I've used to migrate pre-existing OS
>> installations to run under a virtual machine. There might be other
>> methods, some better, but I haven't needed to do that in a while (it's
>> been a couple of years).
>>
>> Gabe
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