-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 And there are also some tools for removing drivers and similar things from Windows in Windows Support Tools.[1] http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=49ae8576-9bb9-4126-9761-ba8011fabf38&displaylang=en
Andrew Sackville-West yazmış: > On Mon, Jul 09, 2007 at 11:51:31PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: >> I apologize if this has already been discussed to death. I did do multiple >> searches on phrases like "existing partition" but didn't find what I'm >> hoping exists. >> >> The box I'm typing on, like most cheap PCs, came with Windows Home >> preinstalled, but no installation disks, just "restore" disks to reproduce >> the exact original disk image. When I installed Debian, I shrank the >> original Windows partition and never booted it again. >> >> I need to use Windows software occasionally for work, so I'd like to set up >> qemu, but all instructions I can find for it require the installation CD, >> which I don't have. Is there any reason I can't just define /dev/hda (real) >> as hda (for qemu)? If not, it's only 15 gig--what if I just dd a copy of >> it? > > i've played around with this a bit, but had no real success. The > problem is that usually windows will not boot on the "new hardware" > of qemu. There are a couple of work-arounds. One I've tried, and > failed with, is to make a full system backup using windows tools, > including the registry state. You then do a basic installation (this > of course requires a cd) to your qemu image and then restore the > system from the backup which you've placed somewhere where qemu can > get at it. As I said, this failed for me, after multiple tries. The > other option is to prepare windows for new hardware. There are a > couple ways to do this using various versions of windows. The process > is that essentially, you have to get windows into a state where it > will boot from and recognise new hardware, as if you were changing the > motherboard. THere are many google hits on this. The one I find > intriguing, but haven't tried, is to do the following within windows: > > remove any specialised disk drivers and replace them with the windows > default drivers for ide disks. > > remove any specialised pci bridge drivers and replace them with the > window default drivers. > > remove the vga driver. > > reboot in the new system and it should come up and you can then > install proper drivers. I guess windows has some "generic" ide, pci > and vga drivers that will allow you to boot from most hardware. > > This method seems to make sense to me BUT it has the problem of > changing your windows install into a state where it may not boot AT > ALL. So definitely dd it first. > > hth > > A -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iQEVAwUBRpOrqHCg+7fCe3L1AQKvpwf/X/dJvSfS1YU/KNUWteSC+0cCQV5vdtZl HeeCkGsLTPNVkG9zSUEEoCyiPSVN4sGCh2XNoH9hozBsEMonsdfVJtk9rV/f3FJE Diw05jdPtS+Xm9rO8pRTDwowBWuiXLyS3OTox6nryjqpP9XAZSERkwUblNwcox7d G6zS0l3a0q0VDdxW8LiC8tciF9Z38doTQrzFGx8kWZJU2A1HoaOj+wAB6vr5wDC8 g2xR06SVfnbGfsMoXsRFbgk9wR7migkJsbtGwyxFVLRGQmjY6j12q4zaVcmR1OxH Cwun8s199fqMi8nj+n+nmWhnDk7Ca+ik5dGRkkkNI+qxinCvMKTofQ== =8U8G -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
