Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

Sudhir Khanger, http://sudhirkhanger.com https://github.com/donniezazen On May 15, 2014 4:53 AM, "Doug" wrote: > > > On 05/14/2014 06:41 PM, Steven Rosenberg wrote: >> >> >> On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 8:19 AM, fedora wrote: >>> >>> Ever considered to install W XP as a VM on linux? >>> I was successf

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

On 05/14/2014 06:41 PM, Steven Rosenberg wrote: On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 8:19 AM, fedora > wrote: Ever considered to install W XP as a VM on linux? I was successful with both of them (XP and 7) installed on VirtualBox in Linux. This sounds like the best so

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

On Sun, May 11, 2014 at 8:19 AM, fedora wrote: > Ever considered to install W XP as a VM on linux? > I was successful with both of them (XP and 7) installed on VirtualBox in > Linux. > This sounds like the best solution. -- Steven Rosenberg http://stevenrosenberg.net/blog http://blogs.dailynews

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

Am 11.05.2014 23:52, schrieb Timothy Murphy: Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Updating_GRUB_2_configuration_on_BIOS_systems I'm not sure if I completely understood the advice in this URL, or rather you would apply it, as you say, with a Live CD. As I understand i

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

On 05/11/2014 09:24 PM, Tim wrote: On Sun, 2014-05-11 at 19:36 -0400, Doug wrote: 2. If I do, is XP still subject to viruses like it was when it stood alone? Yes, it would be. The virtual machine acts as a "virtual machine." It emulates an actual machine as much as is possible. So what runs

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

On Sun, 2014-05-11 at 19:36 -0400, Doug wrote: > 2. If I do, is XP still subject to viruses like it was when it stood > alone? Yes, it would be. The virtual machine acts as a "virtual machine." It emulates an actual machine as much as is possible. So what runs, runs, including malware. You can

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

On May 11, 2014, at 9:14 AM, Timothy Murphy wrote: > I rarely use Windows on my dual-boot Fedora-20/KDE laptop, > but I'd like to update Windows XP to Windows 7 now. > > I found when I did this on a CentOS machine > I was unable to get back to Linux, > and had to re-install CentOS. > I don't un

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

On 05/11/2014 11:19 AM, fedora wrote: Ever considered to install W XP as a VM on linux? I was successful with both of them (XP and 7) installed on VirtualBox in Linux. suomi On 2014-05-11 17:14, Timothy Murphy wrote: I rarely use Windows on my dual-boot Fedora-20/KDE laptop, but I'd like t

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

Klaus-Peter Schrage wrote: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Updating_GRUB_2_configuration_on_BIOS_systems I'm not sure if I completely understood the advice in this URL, or rather you would apply it, as you say, with a Live CD. As I understand it, I boot my Live Fedora USB stick, open a term

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

Am 11.05.2014 17:14, schrieb Timothy Murphy: I rarely use Windows on my dual-boot Fedora-20/KDE laptop, but I'd like to update Windows XP to Windows 7 now. I found when I did this on a CentOS machine I was unable to get back to Linux, and had to re-install CentOS. I don't understand why, as I ha

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

On 11 May 2014 at 16:14, Timothy Murphy wrote: To: users@lists.fedoraproject.org From: Timothy Murphy Subject:Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop Date sent: Sun, 11 May 2014 16:14:39 +0100 Organization: Trinity College D

Re: Upgrading Windows on a Linux laptop

Ever considered to install W XP as a VM on linux? I was successful with both of them (XP and 7) installed on VirtualBox in Linux. suomi On 2014-05-11 17:14, Timothy Murphy wrote: I rarely use Windows on my dual-boot Fedora-20/KDE laptop, but I'd like to update Windows XP to Windows 7 now. I