Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-16 Thread Phill Whiteside
Looking on the wine forum, running sage is a mix of alchemy and magic spells. Certainly not for the faint of heart, but evidently possible. My fall back, M.Y.O.B. (that we use) is also crippled. Regards, Phill. On 16 June 2012 15:02, Liam Proven wrote: > On 16 June 2012 11:06, richard wrote:

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-16 Thread richard
On 16/06/12 15:02, Liam Proven wrote: On 16 June 2012 11:06, richard wrote: Apologies if I have broken the rules, No, I have. Don't worry. but I am trying to bring the wife over from the dark side. I have persuaded her to use linux on her new laptop but she needs sage to do our accounts henc

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-16 Thread Liam Proven
On 16 June 2012 11:06, richard wrote: > > Apologies if I have broken the rules, No, I have. Don't worry. > but I am trying to bring the wife over > from the dark side. I have persuaded her to use linux on her new laptop but > she needs sage to do our accounts hence windows in virtualbox. >  Whic

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-16 Thread richard
On 15/06/12 14:31, Alan Bell wrote: On 15/06/12 12:23, Liam Proven wrote: On 15 June 2012 07:23, richard wrote: can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the to try linux and thought she could have windows in a virtual machine, but i think we might have got the wrong

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 June 2012 14:31, Alan Bell wrote: > On 15/06/12 12:23, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 15 June 2012 07:23, richard  wrote: >>> >>> can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the to >>> try >>> linux and thought she could have windows in a virtual machine, but i >>> think >

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-15 Thread Avi Greenbury
richard wrote: > can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the > to try linux and thought she could have windows in a virtual machine, > but i think we might have got the wrong sort of disc. > By the letter of the license, no - an OEM disk is only to be used on the hardwa

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-15 Thread Alan Bell
On 15/06/12 12:23, Liam Proven wrote: On 15 June 2012 07:23, richard wrote: can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the to try linux and thought she could have windows in a virtual machine, but i think we might have got the wrong sort of disc. /Some/ OEM disks. On bal

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-15 Thread Liam Proven
On 15 June 2012 07:23, richard wrote: > can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the to try > linux and thought she could have windows in a virtual machine, but i think > we might have got the wrong sort of disc. /Some/ OEM disks. On balance, probably not. Also, Win7 is

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-15 Thread Tyler J. Wagner
On 2012-06-15 09:08, Simon Greenwood wrote: > Some OEM disks check for something in the system that identifies the > hardware as belonging to a maker so it really might depend on the vendor. > You could test it by installing Virtualbox in Windows as by default > Virtualbox identifies itself as a ge

Re: [ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-15 Thread Simon Greenwood
On 15 June 2012 07:23, richard wrote: > can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the to > try linux and thought she could have windows in a virtual machine, but i > think we might have got the wrong sort of disc. > > -- > Some OEM disks check for something in the system

[ubuntu-uk] virtualbox problems

2012-06-14 Thread richard
can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the to try linux and thought she could have windows in a virtual machine, but i think we might have got the wrong sort of disc. -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu