On 15 June 2012 14:31, Alan Bell <alan.b...@libertus.co.uk> wrote: > On 15/06/12 12:23, Liam Proven wrote: >> >> On 15 June 2012 07:23, richard<longforth1...@gmail.com> 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 a big, resource-thirsty OS. >> >> Go looking on isohunt.com or one of the other bittorrent indices for >> "TinyXP" - a very small, cut-down version of XP Pro. Absolutely ideal >> for VMs. >> >> Runs in about 70MB of RAM, although to be fair, once you have updated >> it and put some antivirus on it it's bigger. Still runs fast with room >> for an app or 2 in 512MB though. >> > um, windows support isn't really what we do on this list, especially if that > includes mention of questionable sources of said software that we don't > support.
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