[conspire] VirtualBox

[Carl Myers]

Virtualbox is available for Linux.  If your usage is primarily Linux, you
probably want to install Linux, then Virtualbox, then windows as a guest.

I am not certain, but I thought there was some rule that you must be provided
windows installation media "upon request" or something?  Maybe investigate that
avenue.  Failing that, there are other ways to obtain windows (which vary in
degrees of cost / annoyingness / legality).

-Carl

On Sun, Mar 06, 2016 at 04:47:51PM +0000, Paul Zander wrote:
> Date: Sun, 6 Mar 2016 16:47:51 +0000 (UTC)
> From: Paul Zander <paulz at ieee.org>
> To: Conspire List <conspire at linuxmafia.com>
> Subject: [conspire] VirtualBox
> 
> So I have a laptop that was factory installed with Win 8.1.  No install media came with it.
> 
> After I get Linux installed, I anticipate that my usage will be 90% Linux and 10% Windows.  I have never used VirtualBox, but several people say it is the way to go. I am inclined to give it a try since dual-boot does not happen as part of installing Debian or Mint on this machine.
> 
> After reading the documentation, it appears that what I need to do is:
> * Install VirtualBox on Windows.
> * Create a new partition for the guest OS.
> * Possibly create another partition for shared data
> 
> * Launch VirtualBox 
> 
> * From inside VirtualBox install Linux as a virtual machine into the new partition.
> 
> 
> After everything is configured, I will always be running Windows and be subject to the annoying unscheduled downtime when Microsoft decides to install an update.
> 
> Is this the only practical option?
> 
> 
> Perhaps I should bring all of the pieces to the next CABAL and do the install there...
> 
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