[Wylug-discuss] Running Windows with VirtualBox

[Anne Wilson]

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On 13/02/12 16:43, Andrew J Cole wrote:
> Anne,
> 
> On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 15:53:38 -0000, Anne Wilson 
> <cannewilson at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
>> I do have an XP DVD + license for a machine that is no longer 
>> used, so maybe I'll try to virtualise that.  As far as I'm 
>> concerned, I've paid for one license to run the OS on one machine
>> and that's all I'll be doing.  Drivers may turn out to be a
>> problem, with hardware so much newer than the system.
> 
> This (virtualisation) should be problem free with both VMware 
> Player and VB.
> 
> The virtual h/w maps between the generic drivers used inside the
> VM to the drivers on the real os.
> 
I did play around with virtualisation some time back, but it didn't
solve my problems.  The real problem is that this (very expensive)
software is dongle-protected, and getting linux drivers for such
dongles is harder than pulling hens' teeth.

Anne
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