Dual Boot 14.04 and 8.1

[Doug Penner]

If that's the case, it should (at least I would hope, it's been a while
since I had to install windows) be fairly simple to reinstall Windows
back to a partition.

If his only reason for using windows is for a single piece of hardware
that should have full Linux support in the future, it's probably worth a
shot to see if it will work in the virtual machine.

He may also have other copies of windows (7, etc) form other computers
or old MSDN subscriptions (I have one through my school) which may be
able to be installed in the VM.

My main point was that VirtualBox has full USB-passthrough, so if you
can get windows running, there shouldn't be any problem connecting
hardware to it.


~Doug

On Thu, 8 May 2014, CrankyOldBugger wrote:

> Normally I'd agree, Doug, but if we want Linux to be the primary (base) OS instead of Windows, and the laptop ships with Windows installed, and if William wipes the
> HDD then installs Linux, then builds a Virtual box Windows 8.1 guest, there is a possibility that he won't be able to use his Windows license in the VM.  I've heard
> of cases of this happening.  Sorry for the run-on sentence!
> If William a few spare 8.1 licenses lying around (say from before they closed TechNet) then he should be ok to build a 8.1 VM.  
> 
> But if he wants to leave Windows as the host OS, then install Linux into a VM, that should work fine.  But who wants that?  lol
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> On 8 May 2014 16:40, Doug Penner <darwinsurvivor at gmail.com> wrote:
>        VirtualBox with USB passthrough could also be a viable solution.
>       On 14-05-08 13:05 CrankyOldBugger wrote:
>       Would Wine work instead of dual-boot?
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>       On 8 May 2014 15:56, William Frick <frickwg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>       Haven't riun windows on my machines since 6.04 but a 3dscanner i funded is coming with windoze software first, then OSX and linux when they get to it.....
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>       On Thu, May 8, 2014 at 12:07 PM, CrankyOldBugger <crankyoldbugger at gmail.com> wrote:
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>       Have the UEFI turned on before you start the install.  Ubuntu notices if it's on or off, then installs accordingly.  Windows will want it on anyway, so
>       probably best to set both OS to use UEFI/Secure Boot.
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>       At least, that's been my experience with 13.04.  By 13.10 I was running Ubuntu by itself, no more Windows.
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>       On 8 May 2014 14:47, William Frick <frickwg at gmail.com> wrote:
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>       Just got my HP Sleekbook and want to dual boot to 14.04...... Is there any thing I should be watching out for in the install ?
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