On Sunday, March 17, 2013 20:59:58, Jack Chastain wrote: > On Sat, Mar 16, 2013 at 7:32 AM, John Mort <[email protected]> wrote: > > Try installing windows 8 in virtual box on your windows 8 system you > > currently have. That will let you know if the recovery cd is sufficient. > > Finally got to this - and as near as I can work out, it does NOT work. The > "Recovery" CDs (5 DVDs actually) created just fine, but won't start a > recovery in a VBox session. This might be expected. They do start and > present me with all the normal menu items, but when I initiate the > recovery, an error occurs saying basically "these CDs cannot be used on > this system" - or words to that effect. The procdess thinks it is some > other computer I am trying to install to.
That's right. You might now something about "Windows Genuine Advantage" as to why this happens... the Win8 installation is locked to the "real" hardware, and thus cannot be installed into a Virtual machine. This is why I'm recommending /shrinking/ the Windows8 installation as-it-is and dual-booting... because that will work [at least as far as Windows8 is concerned]. > So - I am reluctant to simply wipe out the OS on the current internal HD - > However.... > > Does it make sense to simply pull the internal HD, replace it with the SSD, > Boot the LiveCD and install Linux on this SSD, attaching the 750Gb previous > internal HD in the external system and just use it for external storage. If > I ever find I have a real need to really boot the full OS, I can simply put > the drive back in? Yes that would work, but you're not going to want to swap the drive in-and-out of the machine like that, and /that/ Win8 installation won't work on other hardware because it's locked to /that/ laptop. > My primary concern today is L:inux. At this moment, I don't care a bit > about W8, but I probably will in the future. I will most likely need to run > some program (Visio, Photoshop) in at least a VBox session - but am stuck > on creating one. I can live without for now though. > > It seems I need a real ISO image, and that the only way to get an ISO image > (easily/legally) is to buy an update from some previous OS directly - I am > not willing to give M$ MORE money for this so may have to find a way to get > an image regardless... somehow. Hell - if it comes down to it, I would > rather have 7 anyway! > > Until then, I suppose I may just pull the HD and put the SDD in and try > that out. Not going to do it for some time though. I don't want to go and > screw myself right off ;-) That's safe to try. -- Chris -- Chris Knadle [email protected] _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Feb 6 - Raspberry Pi Mar 6 - 10th Anniversary Meeting - Linux where you least expect it Apr 3 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art
