Why not just use VirtualBox instead, foregoing the unnecessary overhead of emulating the hardware? Virtualization is /much/ more efficient and more appropriate if you aren't running on a different architecture (ie. running an x86 OS on PPC hardware).
On Thu, Jun 4, 2009 at 2:44 PM, Rubin Bennett <[email protected]>wrote: > Qemu is super cool, and is used on Windows as well (it's used as the > testing mechanism for the UBUSB Ultimate USB Boot disk, Windows PE > system). I've used it a few times in the past, in both Linux and > Windows, for simple-ish virtualization tasks. > I know, I know, yer all gasping with horror that I of all people would > stoop to using a Windows boot environment, but even my customers (or > family/ friends, more often :) manage to get viruses on their > workstations occasionally, and it sure is nice to boot off a stick, > clean the viruses with Avast, and reboot 'em from their nice, clean > drive again. > > Rubin > > On Thu, 2009-06-04 at 13:36 -0500, chris yarger wrote: > > dear vilinous vaguerants, > > i have found a very nice little processer emulator celled Qemu > > > > http://www.nongnu.org/qemu/ > > > > with it i am able to install and run a copy of ubuntu from a flash > > drive within a windows box, very similar to a portable virtual. > > no local installs are necissary, > > does anyone know of anything else that is similar? > > warmest regards, > > > > Chris Yarger > > > > web: http://YargerDesigns.org > > skype: cpyarger > > msn: [email protected] > > aim: patyarg > > yahoo: christoyarg > > > > > > ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign > > X against HTML e-mail > > / \ > -- > Rubin Bennett > rbTechnologies, LLC > 80 Carleton Boulevard > East Montpelier, VT 05651 > > (802)223-4448 > http://thatitguy.com > > "Think for yourselves and let others enjoy the privilege to do so too." > Voltaire, Essay on Tolerance > French author, humanist, rationalist, & satirist (1694 - 1778) >
