CodeWeaver Crossover Linux

Joel Goguen jgoguen at jgoguen.ca
Mon Nov 3 18:19:37 UTC 2008


On Mon, 2008-11-03 at 13:02 -0500, Ed Jabbour wrote:
> On Monday 03 November 2008 09:37:05 Gilles Gravier wrote:
> 
> > You can always run Windows inside VirtualBox for those incompatible apps.
> > :)
> 
> > Cheri Lindsey wrote:
> > > Thanks.  I tried Wine but some things run and some don't.  I'm hoping
> > > the CodeWeavers
> > > program works with more programs so I can get rid of Windows
> > > completely.........Cheri
> 
> Will a "restore" disk, rather than a true OS, install Vista inside VirtualBox?
> 
Depends.  Some restore discs check that they're on the right type of
hardware.  Some (I believe Dell's discs are like this) don't care and
will happily install on whatever they're put into.  My HP discs won't
even install on another model, but I restored a friend's Compaq from
someone's Dell discs.

-- 
Joel Goguen
Bug-free code is a myth.
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