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How to run a minimal Linux inside a running 64-bit Windows 7
On my previous Windows Vista laptop, I used to run Portable Ubuntu Remix for Windows, which is based on coLinux, like the similar andLinux. This worked fairly well with limited system resources (a ...
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How to move my physical debian server to VirtualBox?
I'm looking for information how to transfer my physical server running debian into a VirtualBox machine running on my Win7 desktop.
My gut feeling is to simply recreate the partition table of the ...
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Best way to handle portable Virtual Machine instances?
Background: I have been working on Linux as my desktop OS for a couple years now. I love the development flexibility it provides. However, I also need to run windows since I do video and photo work. ...
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How to clone Windows 7 into a image file?
I want to clone my Windows 7 system into a image file and boot it from my Xen vm. Windows 7 has a boot partition and a system partition. I know there are plenty of tools in Linux that can clone a ...
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Run Windows 7 partition as virtual machine in Ubuntu
I have a dual-boot setup with Ubuntu Linux and Windows 7. Is it possible, in any way, to have a virtual machine to run from the Windows 7 partition, when I'm running Ubuntu on the machine?
The ...
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Is Windows 7 Inside Linux Just as Good as Running as Main OS (esp for Graphics and Video)?
New Linux user. Was wondering if running Windows 7 inside Ubuntu/Linux Mint via VMPlayer will be just the same as running Windows 7 as the main OS.
By "same" I particularly mean:
Will the graphics ...
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Raw partition vs btrfs for Windows 7 guest?
If my root filesystem is btrfs on an SSD, will my Windows 7 Virtual Machine guest run better if I install it to a raw partition than if I install it to a file on the btrfs partition?
Host OS: Ubuntu ...
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Attempting to get BackTrack 5 running with a VMware virtual machine on Windows 7
For starters I'm running a 64bit Version of Windows 7. I'm also dual-booting 64bit Ubuntu 10.04 (if it matters). However, for this I'm trying to get this working on the Windows 7 side of things.
I ...
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Running Windows 7 within Linux w 4GB RAM - bad idea?
I am fairly new to Linux, and have only tried Ubuntu sporadically over the years since it was first released. I just bought a new laptop with a quad-core i3 processor and 4GB RAM. I need Windows 7 ...
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Advice on Windows 7 Host and Ubuntu Guest - from WAMP
I have been using WAMP for a while on windows and I thought it was about time I moved over to a full server environment on linux. I chose ubuntu and I have installed and configured as a virtual ...
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Tools required for a Web Development Project [closed]
I wanted to design a project in linux which could contain programming languages(C, perl, PHP, HTML, XML etc) basically a web based project.
Why i have chosen to build on Linux is because it is Open ...
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How do I share files with a linux virtual machine from a Win 7 desktop
I have a Win7 deskptop (host) and want to run a linux virtual machine; but I want that linux virtual machine to be able to access a directory on the host machine (in this case, to serve a web ...
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Virtual Machines and Dual Monitors with a Windows 7 Host and Linux Guest
I'm looking for virtual machine software that supports dual monitors on a Linux guest with a Windows 7 host.
VirtualBox supports dual monitors only for Windows guests.
VMware Player was extremely ...
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Windows 7 64 bit vs. 32 bit for a Virtual Machine
I'm running Ubuntu 10.04 and want to run Windows 7 in a virtual machine. I have a 64-bit system so I can run 64-bit Windows, but I'm wondering if this is a good idea or not for a virtual machine. Will ...
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