Virtualizing Windows on Ubuntu

[Jarod Wilson]

On Fri, 2008-11-14 at 10:41 -0500, Eric Chadbourne wrote:
> > Just install virtualbox from virtualbox.org. Bring a Windows 
> > XP install DVD. Once you install VB, then run it, and create 
> > a new VM. It will prompt you to load the install media.
> 
> As mentioned by Jarod your emulated hardware won't be your actual hardware.
> In my case I have a legal copy of Windows XP Media Center that came with
> my HP.  Currently I'm running CentOS on that box.  When I tried to install
> XP Media Center it didn't work, saying that this isn't the correct hardware
> even though it actually is.  Fortunately there are easily obtainable hacks.
> But this may not matter if you have a retail version of M$...
> 
> Another reason why f/oss is better.

Ew, that's right, just about any $LARGEOEM bundled version of Windows is
going to bitch about the emulated hardware not being the right hardware,
I forgot all about that. Only a retail copy of Windows is (more or less)
guaranteed to install in a virtual machine w/o hackage.


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Jarod Wilson
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