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Trying to passthru my RTX 2080 ti to a Windows 7 x64 bit vm using virt-manager on Ubuntu 21.10 : it gives error 12
I would like to virtualize Windows 7 x64 bit passing through my graphic card (rtx 2080 ti) with qemu-kvm on Ubuntu 21.10. It's failing for me,so I'm trying to understand what's wrong. After several ...
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How to run a XEN virtual machine ontop of a RHEL 7 installation and then run windows 7 pro 64-bit ontop of/in the XEN VM
I would like to run a XEN virtual machine ontop of an RHEL 7 installation and then run windows 7 pro 64-bit ontop of/in the XEN VM.
How best can I go about it.
Re: the baseline RHEL 7 is properly ...
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Xen Hypervisor with linux host and Win7 guest - gaming
I'm a bit of a newbie in the linux community, and especially in virtualization. I discarded Windows a while back and moved to linux, mainly because my university uses Ubuntu on their computers, and it'...
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Free 'no-host OS' virtualization and vm management for desktop
Is there good, robust enough for every-day use, way to setup free hardware-based virtualization which would support at least Windows and Linux and also be supported by some usable, user-freindy and ...
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running windows on linux HOW TO?
I've got linux and windows while I use linux majority of my time. However from time to time I'd like to play some games which wine doesn't support without rebooting the machine. Is it possible to run ...
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would virtualizing windows 7 on a linux distro be more or less effective than virtualizing linux on a windows 7 platform? [closed]
All I do on windows that actually requires windows is play world of warcraft, diablo3 and use MS Office for school. That's not true, I also need silverlight to run labsims, and moonlight doesn't want ...
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Backing up a VirtualBox VM
I've got a VirtualBox Windows 7 virtual disk image (.vdi) disk.
This .vdi boots Linux 64 bit on my 32 bit ubuntu on a 64-bit
machine with virtualization enabled.
I have installed a lot of programs in ...
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Better performance - Running Windows 7 VM with Linux Host, or vice versa?
I will be getting a Windows 7 machine at work soon. I want some of the software that Windows offers (i.e. Office, iTunes), but I develop software in Linux. Should I install Linux on a virtual machine ...
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How to Virtualize an OEM windows install. [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
Windows 7 and Vista Activation FAQ: How do language, version, 64-bit or 32-bit, and source affect ability to install and transfer Windows licenses?
I've bought a new computer ...
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configuring virtual machines
I Have windows 7 and I installed one virtual machine in it and in this virtual machine I installed opensuse Linux
Virtual A-------------Linux(Virtual C)--------Virtual B
I want linux to be in the ...
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What version(s) of Windows 7 can run as guests in VirtualBox?
Back a couple years ago when Windows 7 was first rolling out, I recall some noise about all but the Super Galactic Ultimate editions being impossible to run in a virtual environment (like VMWare or, ...
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Testing out my first Linux server in a VM
This may be a bit of a long one, since I'm not exactly sure what I'm looking for so I'll be giving as much info as I can to help. Also I'm basically new to Linux.
So, my plan is to either take the ...
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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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Need advice on virtualisation software and a suitable Linux distro
I'm looking for reasonably user-friendly, free virtualisation software that I can run on Windows 7. I want to install a Linux distro (though I don't know which one yet).
Can anyone recommend the ...
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Run Windows 7 over Linux without Intell VT support with free software
I have dual boot, and additionally I want to be able to run Windows 7 (that installed directly on hard disk) over Linux (CentOS 5.5), but my processor doesn't support Intel VT (hardware virtualization)...
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