Re: How should we run Windows XP from Linux Desktop?

On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 23:02:53 +0000, Amarok wrote this:

> noi wrote:
>
>> Can you load Windows programs with QEMU emulating W2k?
> qemu emulates a machine, not a SO... you install whatever windows you want
> in qemu and then you install programs in windows.
>
>> Can you install W2k on QEMU or make W2k image first then invoke QEMU and
>> install W2k programs? Or do you still need Wine?
> no wine needed... you will be running a real windows on a simulated
> enviroment.
>
> once you get started with qemu (there is kqemu, a nice frontend for qemu)
> you will understand how it works, it might be a little hard to understand
> how do you install other sistems in the begining, so don't give up at
> first try.
>
> you will need to create virtual-disks, that is started to create empty
> files with some space... let's say, 3Gb... this sound strange to me
> because you use to think that a empty file as 0bytes. there is a program
> "qemu-img" that does the job.
> then you will ned to create a partition on that file and format it. for
> that use the tools of the system your going to install: those partition
> tools on winxp cd or the good old "fdisk" and "format c:".
>
> qemu can boot from the first hd (you choose witch virtual disk will be
> HDA). it can boot from disquete if you tell him the path to your drive
> (/dev/fd0) and put a boot disquete on it.
> and it can boot from cdrom if you give him the path for one of your
> cd-readers.
>
> qemu emulates a graphical card (cirrus logic), a sound blaster (sb16) and
> a ethernet card, but it does not emulate a cd-burner. it doesn't let you
> change cd's (at least not to me)... so, don't think you will be abled to
> do everything you would do on a real windows instalation, there are some
> limitations. Ahhhh, it's not good for gaming because of the cirrus logic
> card.
>
> regards
> Amarok


Thanks.
Doesn't fit my need for installing alcohol120
to burn cds. K3b works fine no problems with it.
.

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