[wellylug] Windows on Linux

[Ian Sterling]

I'd suggest vmware if all you need to do is run a few windows apps. 
You can get a 30-day free trial from their site, and the software's
worth the price they're asking.  Alternatively, you can try Bochs
(free, IIRC) or Win4Lin ($99USD).  Win4Lin runs the DOS-based versions
of Windows using the ext2/3 filesystem.  It's really pretty smart how
they do it.  That, and how'd you like to do a TWO MINUTE install of
Win98?  You can with Win4Lin.

--Ian...


On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 21:21:00 +1300, jumbophut <jumbophut at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 6 Oct 2004 18:10:53 +1000 (EST), Paul Johnson wrote:
> > I`m currently running Mandrake Comm. 10.0 standalone
> > on my desktop and have been happily exploring Linux
> > and its wealth of documentation for a little while now
> > but have just got a job where I need to create some
> > Windows/Office stuff.  I`ve been through the adding
> > Linux to a Windows machine but was wondering what were
> > the procedures and  pitfalls of installing Windows on
> > a Linux machine.
> 
> Yeah, MS doesn't play nicely.  The usual suggestion is to install
> Windows first, then Linux.
> 
> Anyway, one possibility is to repartition your drive (e.g. add a new,
> blank partition using 'parted' or some other similar utility), and
> hopefully Windows will let you choose that partition to install on.  I
> can't guarantee this will work, as I haven't installed Windows in many
> moons.
> 
> Alternatively, Cross-Over Office and/or WINE.
> 
> --
> Tony (echo 'spend!,pocket awide' | sed 'y/acdeikospntw!, /l at omcgtjuba.phi/')
> 
> 
> 
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