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Re: [BL] downloadable Linux guest for a MS XP host
- From: Stephen Clement <s.clement AT sympatico.ca>
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- Subject: Re: [BL] downloadable Linux guest for a MS XP host
- Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2005 23:55:21 -0500
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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[BL] downloadable Linux guest for a MS XP host,
t . maiden, 03/21/2005
- Re: [BL] downloadable Linux guest for a MS XP host, James Miller, 03/21/2005
- Re: [BL] downloadable Linux guest for a MS XP host, sindi keesan, 03/21/2005
- Re: [BL] downloadable Linux guest for a MS XP host, Stephen Clement, 03/21/2005
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