Running Ubuntu under Windows/running a Windows app under Ubuntu

[Ouattara Oumar Aziz]

Eric Dunbar a écrit :
> On 28/01/07, Akshay Lamba <akshay at lambaweb.com> wrote:
>> Eric Dunbar wrote:
>>> 1. use Linux and run the Windows apps (e.g. ArcView GIS 3.x and ArcGIS
>>> 9.x) under some compatibility environment;
>>>
>> You could try to run the win apps under wine.
>>> 2. use Linux and run Windows XP in a virtual computing environment
>>> (like Virtual PC on Mac and now also on Windows);
>>>
>> I would recommend this, vmware player is in one of the repositories for
>> ubuntu and a quick apt-get will set u up.
>>> 3. use Windows XP and run Linux in a virtual computing environment
>>> (the free? Virtual PC 2004 app).
>>>
>>> Questions...
>>> I. Has anyone run the free (?) Virtual PC 2004 app under Windows with
>>> Ubuntu? (http://www.microsoft.com/windows/virtualpc/evaluation/sysreqs.mspx)
>>>
>>> 2. Can I run Windows under Linux or a Windows app under Linux?
>>>
>> Windows under linux = vmware player/workstation
>> Windows app under linux =wine
> 
> I'd primarily like to run the Intel box as an Ubuntu server, but
> sometimes I'd like to be able to boot into Windows and run that same
> server as a virtual machine in Windows.
> 
> I'm going to play with VMWare Player under Windows and see if it'll
> allow me to use a disk as the source of the operating system
> (according to the Wikipedia entry VMware is able to do that _but_ that
> entry didn't mention which VMware product would do that... not sure if
> VMware Player will do that).
> 

The product I knew that was able to do that was VMware workstation. In 
fact even VMware Player could do that. The only problem is to create the 
VM with the right configuration. For that job, only VMware Workstation 
or VMware Server can be used. EasyVMX can't .

Another point is that the partition you will use to run the VM has to 
have a boot flag set.

wattazoum

PS: That feature is very *experimental* . It may cause you big problem 
with your disk. I don't recommend using that.