To rip the win 7 image: http://superuser.com/questions/614400/how-can-i-clone-a-hard-drive-directly-to-a-vdi-image On May 12, 2016 9:46 PM, "Denis Heidtmann" <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Thu, May 12, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Denis Heidtmann < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > On the same morning that the 76 was shipped back, I went to EcoBinary at > > Keith's suggestion. Great idea. I now have a new-looking Lenovo L420 > > ($180). > > > > I want some advice on setting it up. It has a 320G HD; 4G ram. I have a > > 128G SSD. I want to switch from current Windows 7 Pro to Ubuntu, but put > > the W7 into VBox, along with my present Windows 2000. I will run a > couple > > of older programs in the W2K and a couple of newer programs in the W7. > > Most work will be done in Ubuntu; the performance of the virtual machines > > is not very important. How might I best configure this? > > > > The max. ram this will take is 8G. The seller said he thought currently > > the 4G is in one stick. Assuming that is correct, is it ok to add a 2nd > 4G > > stick, or should they both be of the same vintage? > > > > I was able to find a Hardware Maintenance Manual, so with some study I > may > > be able to answer the last of these questions myself. > > > > Thanks for the advice.. > > > > -Denis > > > > On-line research leads me to believe that the L420 can have a 2nd HD by > replacing the optical drive with a HD in a carrier. It is unclear to me > how this drive will be seen by the system: can it be configured to mount > automatically? Can VB use it for its big files? If yes, then it just a > matter of learning how to set it up. If not, then perhaps I should opt for > a single larger SSD drive. > > -Denis > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
