Installing XP on Ubuntu

Fred Roller froller at tnclimited.com
Wed Oct 21 19:12:57 UTC 2009


dheeraj bansal wrote:
> Hi Folks,
>
> I want to install XP on an ubuntu machine. Somebody please tell me
> that it is possible and then how can do it. Somebody please help me.
>
> Thanks and Regards,
> Dheeraj Bansal
>
>   
I personally use Virtualbox.  In this way if (when) the XP machine 
becomes unstable I can reset to a "snapshot" of the system.  I don't use 
it often but there are still somethings I need the XP system for in work.

If you are comfortable with command line then simply type:
   
    sudo apt-get install virtualbox

which should fetch what you need from the repos.  The wizard for 
creating new machines is fairly straight forward.  Go to this link:

    
http://www.ubuntugeek.com/create-and-manage-virtual-machines-using-virtualbox.html

and scroll down to "Create a Virtual Machine".  This will give you a 
good start on how to create the XP machine.

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