Tim Wescott wrote:
> On to my real question:
>
> I really hate Windows. I really, really hate the fact that I need to
> have it up and running sometimes (I have yet to fully break free from my
> accounting software which uses Explorer for navigation, and some
> microprocessor debugging tools only work under Windows).
>
> It's about time to upgrade the Ubuntu in my work desktop; I'm thinking
> of wiping the whole thing clean and doing a fresh install, then
> installing VirtualBox (for which there's a native Ubuntu install!!) in
> which to run Windows XP for that dang accounting program and for those
> few proprietary chip debugging environments that just have to have Windows.
>
> So:
>
> Does anyone have any experience with VirtualBox? How'd it go? Any
> gotchas? Anything I should know before I just start happily installing
> software? Is there a way to import an already-working hard drive image,
> or do I just have to install Windows fresh in a new virtual machine?
>
> Danke
>
Several people have replied saying "it was hard to get USB up", and one
has replied "you have to pay $$ to get the version that supports USB in
the guest OS".
So -- does "hard to get USB up" mean that it's hard to get USB working
in the _host_ OS, and there's no chance at getting it going in the
_guest_ OS, or does it mean that you found a way to get it working in
the guest OS, too.
('cause if I want to run those chip debuggers I mentioned, I'm going to
have to have USB).
Thanks again.
--
Tim Wescott
Wescott Design Services
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Cell: 503-349-8432
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