Hi > -----Original Message----- > From: Alex Smith (K4RNT) [mailto:shadowhun...@gmail.com] > Sent: 04 January 2010 1:50 AM > To: sean darcy > Cc: vbox-users@virtualbox.org > Subject: Re: [vbox-users] 3.1.2: can I install Windows 7 on > linux host? > > The whole point of virtualization is that the host shouldn't > matter - in theory, you should be fine - does your processor > support hardware virtualization, like VT or AMD-V? Is it > enabled? 32 or 64 bit guest on > 32 or 64 bit host? > > On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 19:41, sean darcy <seandar...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Alex Smith (K4RNT) wrote: > >> > >> I think I remember Vista's EULA expressly disallowing use in a > >> virtual machine unless you bought the Business, Enterprise or > >> Ultimate editions, so that may be your problem. > >> > >> I did, previously, install Windows 7 Professional in > VirtualBox on an > >> XP Pro host, if it helps... > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 3, 2010 at 18:57, sean darcy > <seandar...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> I went and bought Windows 7. It's an iso downloaded from > digital river. > >>> > >>> I've tried to install it on a vm under 3.1.2 and Fedora > 12. All goes > >>> well until I put in the activation code, which is > invalid. After 7 > >>> tries I'm left with two theories: > >>> > >>> 1. MS screwed me. The activation code is bad. > >>> > >>> 2. Win 7 won't install in vbox on a linux host. > >>> > >>> Has anybody installed W7 on a linux host? > >> > > > > Well this is Win 7 Pro. Can I install it on an XP host, and > then move > > the vm to linux?
Yes should not matter > > > > In general, can you create a vm on Windows and run it on linux, and > > vice versa? I do this all the time, also I have windows 7 32/64bit running under linux ubuntu 9.10 > > > > sean > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > vbox-users mailing list > > vbox-users@virtualbox.org > > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > > > > > > -- > " ' With the first link, the chain is forged. The first > speech censured, the first thought forbidden, the first > freedom denied, chains us all irrevocably.' Those words were > uttered by Judge Aaron Satie as wisdom and warning... The > first time any man's freedom is trodden on we're all > damaged." - Jean-Luc Picard, quoting Judge Aaron Satie, Star > Trek: TNG episode "The Drumhead" > - Alex Smith (K4RNT) > - Nashville-Davidson County, Tennessee USA > > _______________________________________________ > vbox-users mailing list > vbox-users@virtualbox.org > http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users > _______________________________________________ vbox-users mailing list vbox-users@virtualbox.org http://vbox.innotek.de/mailman/listinfo/vbox-users
