[BL] downloadable Linux guest for a MS XP host
Stephen Clement
s.clement at sympatico.ca
Mon Mar 21 23:55:21 EST 2005
t.maiden at att.net wrote:
> I am looking for a downloadable version of Linux that will run on a
> Windows XP machine as a guest of XP. I found 2 that looked promising
> at first, CoLinux and DragonLinux, but each had difficulties that made
> them impractical. I suspect the problems stem with the way XP has
> been re-developed from earlier Windows. All the PCs I have to work
> with are XP. These PCs have been setup in a way that makes them
> impossible to reboot from a floppy drive or the CD-ROM drive. The
> college doesn't want us students messing with them, but being able to
> run some kind of Linux on them would be handy. I am taking a
> UNIX/Linux System Admin. class...
I'd really recommend you take a second look at CoLinux. Besides
DragonLinux, you have _no other options_, unless of course you can use
something like Qemu or VMWare, but VMWare costs a fortune and Qemu is
quite slow and a little unstable under Windows. I currently distribute a
version of BLAG Linux and GNU ( www.blagblagblag.org ) specially
designed for CoLinux (distros have to be specially designed for it). If
you are interested, please contact me.
Thanks,
Stephen Clement
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