Run my windows dual-boot install in a window in f17

Roger arelem at bigpond.com
Thu Jul 26 05:07:53 UTC 2012


On 26/07/12 14:52, Richard Vickery wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 25, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Steven Stern 
> <subscribed-lists at sterndata.com 
> <mailto:subscribed-lists at sterndata.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 07/25/2012 09:01 PM, Matt Morgan wrote:
>     > I have Windows actually installed on a separate partition. Can I
>     run it
>     > from inside Linux somehow? That is, without rebooting into
>     Windows. I
>     > looked at VirtualBox and Virtual Machine Manager (I'm completely
>     new to
>     > them) but it wasn't obvious that they could use a real
>     installation of
>     > Windows.
>     >
>     > Thanks,
>     > Matt
>     >
>     >
>     I run XP in VirtualBox (from the Oracle repo) on my machine and it's
>     very happy with about 1.5G of memory.
>
>     --
>     -- Steve
>
>
> What is the thought of WINE?
>
>
As far as I can tell you have to install windows inside VirtualBox or 
other Virtual system. As I understand it they don't pick up a previous 
install in another partition or hard drive.
That's my experience.
Roger
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