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25 Oct 2021, 05:40 by lbrt...@gmail.com:
> Use case: At work (a school) they use Windows 10 and IT is kind of
> fundamentalist about it. So I am thinking of "just" using the RAM and
> the processor in their machine. I am thinking of:
> * running Debian Live from an external USB attached DVD player
> * via Qemu, which, of course, I will have to install and for which I
> may need admin rights, and
> * attached an external pan and/or microdrive with whatever code I
> need for my business.
>
> Is such an environment possible? What kinds of technical problems do
> you foresee with such setup?, probably with the BIOS? Any tips you
> would share or any other way of doing such thing (I don't like to use
> Windows, but at work you must use it)?
>
Why not an install on an external harddrive in an enclosure?
Have the BIOS geared to pick up the USB connection first, and GRUB will pick up
the Windows install.
You choose which you boot into there.
Cheers!
Harry.
