create a boot-able disk from an iso file

[Bill Stanley]

> I don't understand why you would want to run a lobotomized version when
> you have a legal license. I don't really want to know more details, but
> if you change your mind, you can get the install disks here:
>
> http://www.tipandtrick.net/2008/download-unmodified-original-windows-xp-
> with-sp3-integrated-full-retail-and-vl-install-cd-iso-image-from-msdntec
> hnet-plus-via-http-or-torrent/

By the way is that a single ULR?  My email program (Thunderbird) made it 
into several lines.

> If you're your schizophrenic friend, that's fine; but if you're really
> turning this loose on someone else, I hope they're a friend you plan to
> visit often. You know they'll save the image when they shut it down.
> Within fifteen minutes of connecting the VM to the network, the saved
> image will include viruses. Then you'll have to provide a new, clean VM
> (sans all their saved documents).
>
I would tell to save any important documents to a shared folder.  (one 
that is actually a Linux folder.  Would a virus be able to do any harm 
to documents stored there?  As for me, I almost exclusively use Linux 
for personal work.  Unfortunately, I also have to work on a program and 
compile it as a Windows program so I must be able to run Windows. The 
compiler and IDE are the only thing I run on the VM.  As such a OS that 
doesn't have many features is acceptable.

> Anyway, I really don't want to know, but if you only used the pirated
> version because it's all you could find, you might change your mind and
> have another go with these install images, and use the license number on
> the sticker attached to the laptop. I'm pretty sure you can still
> (legally) run this inside of a VM, but DRM will block many games because
> they're running in a VM (even if it's legal).
>
> (I've been running WinDirStat lately looking for my lost disk space, so
> I know what you mean by bloat. The XP patches consume as much space as
> the Original XP Pro SP3 install. It has doubled in size. This means, in
> essence, that MS completely rewrote XP since it was released. Wow.)

Thanks for the tip about other places where I might get a legal version. 
  I would always prefer to use legal stuff.  Of course, this is a 
Windows issue and this is an Ubuntu Linux forum.  But since it also a 
VirtualBox matter running under Ubuntu I guess the subject is germaine.


Bill Stanley