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Ok im taking the complete plung.....

post #1 of 9
3/27/07 at 9:37am
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Ok so i am going to totally do away with the Windows partition on my notebook. But i want to still run some windows programs that do not run either very well or at all in Wine, so.... How do i install windows on a virtual machine inside of my Ubuntu Edgy install?

The more and more i use linux of course the better i get, but i am by no means an expert, so a dumbed down explanation of what i need to do would be great!

Thank you linux gods here!
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post #2 of 9
3/27/07 at 10:06am
get yourself some qemu and kqemu

http://fabrice.bellard.free.fr/qemu/

the website is well documented so follow what it says.

then create a virtual image, stick in your windows disk, boot up your virtual machine and go for it.



btw....are there any native linux alts to the programs you wanna run? i am 100% linux right now on all 3 of my computers (2 lappies on PCLOS2007, desky on Ubuntu) and really dont have the urge to run any windows apps, besides maybe some games that cedega should take.
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post #3 of 9
3/27/07 at 1:55pm
Actually Virtualbox I found relatively easy to set up and use, might be worth looking into. Uses the Qemu and KQemu code.

Seablade
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post #4 of 9
3/27/07 at 7:15pm
i would agree with abf, i tried vmware and it had a few bugs in ubuntu, but i did hack around at it to get it to work on an existing install, that may have been the problem. i'm sure it would have worked if i installed it manually.
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post #5 of 9
3/28/07 at 12:30am
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Originally Posted by BIGEE1212
i would agree with abf, i tried vmware and it had a few bugs in ubuntu, but i did hack around at it to get it to work on an existing install, that may have been the problem. i'm sure it would have worked if i installed it manually.
What bugs? I've been using it for years and never had a problem.
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post #6 of 9
3/28/07 at 5:28pm
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Ok, i am trying out the new Ubuntu Beta of Feisty Fawn 7.04 and FINALLY got it working on my work laptop. So now for the stupid linux n00b questions, how do i install QEMU in my debian installation?

Thanks, i apologize for the stupid questions... lol
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post #7 of 9
3/28/07 at 6:36pm
little goes a long way:
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=39513
and
http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=142191
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post #8 of 9
3/28/07 at 9:41pm
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lol i got alien and figured it out, thanks. Im in the process right now of figuring out how to install Win2k.
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post #9 of 9
3/29/07 at 9:00am
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awesome, well after messing around with my work laptop last night (i dont want to try it on my own laptop because i actually have data on here that i need) i got it working. First off, i upgraded to feisty fawn and formatted the whole hdd for linux with a gig swap partition. Then i installed the tuns of updates for feisty. Then i followed the directions for kqemu on ubuntu's website and FINALLY got Win2k to first off find a partition then format it then actually install to it. Awesomeness, its installing as i speak on a sweet ass 700mhz laptop and amazingly enough i think it will be enough to use my Outlook and OneNote perfectly. Oh man i love LInux!

Thank you for everyone that helped me here!
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