Hello Mathew D. Watson: > > I would like to try running XP inside of VirtualBox, but I am having > difficulty visualizing the process of building the system. Please set me > straight if I have this wrong. > > 1. Install latest Ubuntu desktop system (my favorite linux flavor). > 2. Install VirtualBox (as part of step 1?). > 3. Install XP. > > Part of my motivation is to learn about using virtualization. The other > part is that I have to use XP only applications, and I am hoping that > virtualization will allow me to perform most of my administration using > linux (e.g. file systems and backup). In other words, I want a primary > linux systems with on demand access to XP apps, without having a > separate XP system. It will be fun to see if this works. > > Mat
You might instead want to look at KVM. See: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/KVM and http://www.howtoforge.com/installing-windows-xp-as-a-kvm-guest-on-ubuntu-8.10-desktop -- Larry M. Bateman, <l...@l3sys.com> L3 Systems PO Box 2954, Redmond, WA 98073 Tel: (425)836-5438 Fax: (425)460-1011
