booting XP in Linux

[Pyranima]

I want something that can do what bootcamp does for apple does anyone know anything?

[integr8e]

Re: booting XP in Linux

Yep, here you go

Just be very careful, and work cautiously.

Edit: Strange, the link here seems to have been discontinued (it was in my bookmarks). I'll google around a bit and see if I can turn up the instructions for you.

Another Edit: Ah, try this one Some of it was written for Gentoo, so let me know if you run into difficulty.

[Qqmike]

Re: booting XP in Linux

and dedo's:

http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/vmware_player.html

[lingenfr]

Re: booting XP in Linux

I suggest that you check out Virtualbox. It's in the repositories. I couldn't find a good howto, probably because you don't need it. Install it, run it and follow the instructions. Mine works like a champ. VMWare is good too, but I try and support open source solutions. I do applaud VMWare for making it available, but I can't say it is any better than virtualbox and usb works better in virtualbox than it ever did for me in vmware.

[Pyranima]

Re: booting XP in Linux

i need something free

[Qqmike]

Re: booting XP in Linux

http://forums.hardwareguys.com/ikonb...ST;f=21;t=6217
a recent discussion on the two

[integr8e]

Re: booting XP in Linux

Both VMware Player/Server and VirtualBox are free (as are KVM, Xen, and many others)

It seems as though I once found a command that allows an existing hard drive partition to be run as a VM in VirtualBox (creates a .vdi file to read/write from the hard drive), but I can neither remember where I found it, nor what it was :P