[OT] Re: Failed attempt to virtually install Win7 inside Kubuntu 10.04 @ my Asus Eee PC 1001HA.

NoOp glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Nov 9 17:51:11 UTC 2010


On 11/09/2010 09:42 AM, Bas Roufs wrote:
...
> 
> Thanks for this info, it's clear. Even when using exactly the same laptop
> with which the "recovery" CD came, a virtual environment inside another OS
> is a "different computer"... This is apparently one of the ways Micro$oft
> tries to maintain  it's oligopoly.
> For the time being I keep using the dual boot solution that is available at
> this machine, along with "Wine" at this partition, until I find a more
> practical solution. Unlike the colleague at the the Virtual Box forum, I did
> maintain a shrinked version of the Win7partition at this laptop. However it
> may be, no need for me to continue this thread.

Look into VMware standalone converter & VMware Player... that may get
you what you need.





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