Linux along with Windows booted from USB Stick (Co-existence of Linux& Windows)

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Hi,
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications.
But, the computer currently has only
Linux(Ubuntu Destop version - 9.10) on it.
I do not wish to disturb the Linux installed
on it. So, i am trying to have Windows via
USB stick !! :-)

I am following the below steps for
Windows XP from USB stick -
http://www.winusb.de/index_en.html
(Windows XP is booted from USB Stick)

But,
I understand that by the above method
we can have the Windows XP booted
up from the USB Stick and Windows
XP will be using entire RAM :-(

But, i would like to have Linux also !
Is it possible to have Linux and Windows
simulataneously so that i can switch
between Linux & Windows ?

Any ideas ?

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
 
karthikbalaguru said:
Hi,
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications.
But, the computer currently has only
Linux(Ubuntu Destop version - 9.10) on it.
I do not wish to disturb the Linux installed
on it. So, i am trying to have Windows via
USB stick !! :-)

I am following the below steps for
Windows XP from USB stick -
http://www.winusb.de/index_en.html
(Windows XP is booted from USB Stick)

But,
I understand that by the above method
we can have the Windows XP booted
up from the USB Stick and Windows
XP will be using entire RAM :-(

But, i would like to have Linux also !
Is it possible to have Linux and Windows
simulataneously so that i can switch
between Linux & Windows ?

Any ideas ?
Click to expand...

Use a virtual machine instead. VirtualBox is free.
 
Hi,
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications. [snippety snip]
Any ideas ?
Click to expand...

Wine. Or at least, a mention that the current Wine release was tried and
didn't work for the particular app(s). It's not 100% but I've been
surprised at some of the apps that it does support.
 
karthikbalaguru said:
Hi,
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications.
But, the computer currently has only
Linux(Ubuntu Destop version - 9.10) on it.
I do not wish to disturb the Linux installed
on it. So, i am trying to have Windows via
USB stick !! :-)

I am following the below steps for
Windows XP from USB stick -
http://www.winusb.de/index_en.html
(Windows XP is booted from USB Stick)

But,
I understand that by the above method
we can have the Windows XP booted
up from the USB Stick and Windows
XP will be using entire RAM :-(

But, i would like to have Linux also !
Is it possible to have Linux and Windows
simulataneously so that i can switch
between Linux & Windows ?

Any ideas ?

Thx in advans,
Karthik Balaguru
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Install Xp in VirtualBox?

/Henning
 
Rich said:
Hi,
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications. [snippety snip]
Any ideas ?
Click to expand...

Wine. Or at least, a mention that the current Wine release was tried and
didn't work for the particular app(s). It's not 100% but I've been
surprised at some of the apps that it does support.
Click to expand...
wine works for about 1% of apps, badly

VMware or virtual box is a lot better.
 
karthikbalaguru said:
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications.
But, the computer currently has only
Linux(Ubuntu Destop version - 9.10) on it.
I do not wish to disturb the Linux installed
on it. So, i am trying to have Windows via
USB stick !! :-)

I am following the below steps for
Windows XP from USB stick -
http://www.winusb.de/index_en.html
(Windows XP is booted from USB Stick)

But,
I understand that by the above method
we can have the Windows XP booted
up from the USB Stick and Windows
XP will be using entire RAM :-(

But, i would like to have Linux also !
Is it possible to have Linux and Windows
simulataneously so that i can switch
between Linux & Windows ?

Any ideas ?
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Use a virtual machine instead. VirtualBox is free.
Click to expand...
So is Vmware. Pretty much rock solid for me here. used daily.
Click to expand...

Clarification: VMware Player and VMware Server are free. VMware Workstation
will cost you.

Either work fantastically. Either is better than dual-booting/booting from
USB/booting from CD or DVD/using something like WINE, IMHO.
 
Shenan said:
Clarification: VMware Player and VMware Server are free. VMware Workstation
will cost you.

Yes.

Either work fantastically. Either is better than dual-booting/booting from
USB/booting from CD or DVD/using something like WINE, IMHO.
Click to expand...

Fantastic? No. screen and cursors is a tad slow, and networking is a
fair bit slower than a native windows.

But its good enough for what I do. CAD work mainly.
 
karthikbalaguru said:
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications.
But, the computer currently has only
Linux(Ubuntu Destop version - 9.10) on it.
I do not wish to disturb the Linux installed
on it. So, i am trying to have Windows via
USB stick !! :-)

I am following the below steps for
Windows XP from USB stick -
http://www.winusb.de/index_en.html
(Windows XP is booted from USB Stick)

But,
I understand that by the above method
we can have the Windows XP booted
up from the USB Stick and Windows
XP will be using entire RAM :-(

But, i would like to have Linux also !
Is it possible to have Linux and Windows
simulataneously so that i can switch
between Linux & Windows ?

Any ideas ?
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Use a virtual machine instead. VirtualBox is free.
Click to expand...
So is Vmware. Pretty much rock solid for me here. used daily.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Clarification: VMware Player and VMware Server are free. VMware
Workstation will cost you.

Either work fantastically. Either is better than
dual-booting/booting from USB/booting from CD or DVD/using
something like WINE, IMHO.
Click to expand...
Yes.

Fantastic? No. screen and cursors is a tad slow, and networking is a
fair bit slower than a native windows.

But its good enough for what I do. CAD work mainly.
Click to expand...

Well - on my quad core processor system with 8GB memory and 64-bit base OS -
it works great with Windows XP, Windows Vista and Windows 7 virtual
machines... Guess it is all relative.

If the screen and cursors are slow? Sounds like a driver issue (guest
additions for virtualbox and vmware tools for vmware usually help those
things) or lack of actual physical resources (memory/processor.)
 
Shenan Stanley schreef:
Clarification: VMware Player and VMware Server are free. VMware Workstation
will cost you.

Either work fantastically.
Click to expand...

Provided you have plenty of RAM memory (and a Windows XP license). If
you have, a virtual machine is definitely the way to go.
 
Rich said:
Hi,
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications. [snippety snip]
Any ideas ?
Click to expand...

Wine. Or at least, a mention that the current Wine release was tried and
didn't work for the particular app(s). It's not 100% but I've been
surprised at some of the apps that it does support.
Click to expand...
wine works for about 1% of apps, badly

VMware or virtual box is a lot better.
Click to expand...

Probably true. But I'd like to see a citation for that 1%, badly,
assertion.
 
Rich Webb said:
Rich said:
On Mon, 4 Jan 2010 12:23:16 -0800 (PST), karthikbalaguru

Hi,
I need Windows for certain applications
and Linux for certain other applications.
[snippety snip]
Any ideas ?

Wine. Or at least, a mention that the current Wine release was tried and
didn't work for the particular app(s). It's not 100% but I've been
surprised at some of the apps that it does support.
Click to expand...
wine works for about 1% of apps, badly

VMware or virtual box is a lot better.
Click to expand...

Probably true. But I'd like to see a citation for that 1%, badly,
assertion.
Click to expand...

Try running the dotnet flamework.

/Henning
 
Clarification: VMware Player and VMware Server are free.  VMware Workstation
will cost you.

Either work fantastically.  Either is better than dual-booting/booting from
USB/booting from CD or DVD/using something like WINE, IMHO.
Click to expand...

Can any of you guys recommend a utility to snapshot an existing XP
machine into a VM image, where the utility is run on the existing XP
machine ?

Thanks in advance,
Best Regards, Dave
 
Dave said:
Can any of you guys recommend a utility to snapshot an existing XP
machine into a VM image, where the utility is run on the existing XP
machine ?
Click to expand...

VMware has a converter (p2v, etc) that does a good job.
http://www.vmware.com/products/converter/get.html

You can also utilize your favorite imaging utility to do it (I've used
several in the past to make a drive image and apply it to a virtual machine
drive.)
 
Can any of you guys recommend a utility to snapshot an existing XP
machine into a VM image, where the utility is run on the existing XP
machine ?
Click to expand...

I doubt that can be done, as a full copy of the drive is required. You
cannot make a useful copy of the drive while it's being updated by the
running xp system.

If you provide more info on what you are trying to accomplish, and what
hardware you have available, perhaps another solution can be found.

Regards, Dave Hodgins
 
David said:
I doubt that can be done, as a full copy of the drive is required. You
cannot make a useful copy of the drive while it's being updated
by the running xp system.

If you provide more info on what you are trying to accomplish, and
what hardware you have available, perhaps another solution can be
found.
Click to expand...

VMware converter can do it and if you have the right setup - remotely. ;-)
 
I doubt that can be done, as a full copy of the drive is required.  You
cannot make a useful copy of the drive while it's being updated by the
running xp system.

If you provide more info on what you are trying to accomplish, and what
hardware you have available, perhaps another solution can be found.

Regards, Dave Hodgins
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There are a number of utilities that can do this.
I was hoping for recommendations. I have Acronis
(which can do this) but it wants a license for each
machine. Other utilities don't seem to be reliable...
I'm going to try

Best Regards, Dave

a license for each machine
 
I doubt that can be done, as a full copy of the drive is required.  You
cannot make a useful copy of the drive while it's being updated by the
running xp system.
Click to expand...
If you provide more info on what you are trying to accomplish, and what
hardware you have available, perhaps another solution can be found.
Click to expand...
Regards, Dave Hodgins
Click to expand...

Sorry, keyboard misfire...

There are a number of utilities that can do this.
I was hoping for recommendations. I have Acronis
(which can do this) but it wants a license for each
machine. Other utilities don't seem to be reliable...

I'm going to try VMconverter and qemu-img, we'll see.

Best Regards, Dave
Click to expand...
 
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