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# Roll on the Fowl puns
I got a spare hard disk from a job I was on a while ago, I keep meaning to put linux on it. How hard is it to run windows in linux on a seperate monitor in linux, anyone know?
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 21 May 2007, 14:22, archived)
# it's a piece of piss
I got ubuntu running wine with no problems, however it does tend to slow things down somewhat
(I helped save b3ta! VampireMonkeyOnSpeed a super sexy sexual sex terrorist sex, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:24, archived)
# Groovy. I may give it a go tonight when I finish writting a report.
I just fancy looking all geeky now, you know to impress people, let them know I never leae the house.
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 21 May 2007, 14:27, archived)
# i had one running years ago
ir was that linux running on a windows machine.

i think it was called sandbox, or somthing like that, it was running a version of suse, crikey this is taking me back a few years.

you could also use wine
www.winehq.org/


[edit]also here, www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/07/20/1654251
after a quick google search.
(I helped save b3ta! Thor_sonofodin has done things, terrible things on, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:26, archived)
# cheers matey.
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 21 May 2007, 14:32, archived)
# this thread confirms in my mind that i never want to go near linux/unix
you spend all your time installing it then trying to get it to work, and you can't run proper software on it anyway

seems very daft to me
(I helped save b3ta! mictoboy shitting in your cunt since, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:39, archived)
# Bah!
I don't have a windows machine in my house.
(I helped save b3ta! Aenesis, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:43, archived)
# It's not hard,
but you'll need:

A dual-head graphics card or two single-head graphics cards;
VMWare server;
A windows install disk;
The latest version of Ubuntu on a CD.
(I helped save b3ta! wheelybird mreee!, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:26, archived)
# Im using
Wubi and ubuntu. Wubi will allow me to run ubuntu on a windows partition, but it runs as a seperate OS.

Its very handy.
(I helped save b3ta! Aenesis, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:30, archived)
# I have Windows on the origonal HD already
was going to install Linux on the spare one and have it ask you which one you wnated to use on start up.
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 21 May 2007, 14:31, archived)
# Thats easy enough todo.
The bootloader for ubuntu will let you do that.
(I helped save b3ta! Aenesis, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:39, archived)
# cheers I'll give that a go.
(I helped save b3ta! Laird Dave Draws Now charges to take off his clothes., Mon 21 May 2007, 14:41, archived)
# Or the easier approach.
Download Wubi, download ubuntu 7.04 alternative iso from ubuntu.org and install that. It has made things easier for me.
(I helped save b3ta! Aenesis, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:47, archived)
# we have VMWare
and works perfectly (never tried on two monitors, but I can't see why not)
To write the configuration file you need the full version though.
(I helped save b3ta! Your watch is BACK, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:29, archived)
# Which is free,
free I tell you! Free, like a bird with eyes.
(I helped save b3ta! wheelybird mreee!, Mon 21 May 2007, 14:32, archived)