Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-12-12 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
On 09/11/15 22:01, Alan Chandler wrote: [cut] > Up until last April, I ran Windows 7 under virtual Box on my Debian > machine for my daily work almost every day for about 2 years. I > have cut down now to one day a week, and generally do that on a > Macbook Air, also running Virtual Box. It wor

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-10 Thread Stuart Longland
On 10/11/15 04:58, D&P Dimov wrote: > I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer that > is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that is not > proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit ridiculous...). This > Debian page: https://wiki.debian.org/Syst

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-10 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Tue, 10 Nov 2015, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 10/11/15 01:47, Patrick Bartek wrote: > > On Mon, 09 Nov 2015, Alan Chandler wrote: > > > >> On 09/11/15 18:58, D&P Dimov wrote: > >>> I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer > >>> that is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd li

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-10 Thread tomas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 09:35:53AM +0100, basti wrote: > I run some MS Server 2008 (R2) and some Win7 Hosts in KVM/Qemu since > years staring with Debian 6. 8 Weeks ago I upgrade the Host (Hypervisor) > to Debian 8 without any Problems. Not a heavy us

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-10 Thread basti
I run some MS Server 2008 (R2) and some Win7 Hosts in KVM/Qemu since years staring with Debian 6. 8 Weeks ago I upgrade the Host (Hypervisor) to Debian 8 without any Problems. A quick and dirty explanation I found here http://serverfault.com/questions/631317/windows-7-as-kvm-guest-installation-wit

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-10 Thread Himanshu Shekhar
As far as Windows 7 is concerned, I have used it on my laptop in VirtualBox, with 1 of total 4 gb ram, and I can assure that t works flawlessly. I can't say anything about Windows 10 as I haven't given it a try on Virtualbox, but Windows 7 does work well. Good luck Himanshu Shekhar

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread Alan Chandler
On 10/11/15 01:47, Patrick Bartek wrote: On Mon, 09 Nov 2015, Alan Chandler wrote: On 09/11/15 18:58, D&P Dimov wrote: I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer that is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that is not proprietory (I know, I know - this

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread Glenn English
On Nov 9, 2015, at 6:56 PM, Patrick Bartek wrote: > On Mon, 09 Nov 2015, D&P Dimov wrote: > >> I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer >> that is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that >> is not proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit >

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 09 Nov 2015, D&P Dimov wrote: > I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer > that is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that > is not proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit > ridiculous...). This Debian page: > https://wiki.debian.org

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread Patrick Bartek
On Mon, 09 Nov 2015, Alan Chandler wrote: > On 09/11/15 18:58, D&P Dimov wrote: > > I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer > > that is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that > > is not proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit > > ridiculou

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread Alan Chandler
On 09/11/15 18:58, D&P Dimov wrote: I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer that is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that is not proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit ridiculous...). This Debian page: https://wiki.debian.org/SystemVi

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread Florian Pelgrim
Hi, Am 09.11.15 um 19:58 schrieb D&P Dimov: > I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer that > is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that is not > proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit ridiculous...). This > Debian page: https://wiki.debian

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread GC
> On Nov 9, 2015, at 10:58 AM, D&P Dimov wrote: > > I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer that is > running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that is not > proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit ridiculous...). This > Debian page: https://

Re: Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread Mike McGinn
On 11/09/2015 01:58 PM, D&P Dimov wrote: > I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer that > is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that is not > proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit ridiculous...). This > Debian page: https://wiki.debian.o

Install MSWindz 7 as Virtual Machine on Debian 8

2015-11-09 Thread D&P Dimov
I need to install MS Windows 7 as a Virtual Machine on a computer that is running Debian 8. To do that, I'd like to use software that is not proprietory (I know, I know - this may sounds a bit ridiculous...). This Debian page: https://wiki.debian.org/SystemVirtualization recommends Qemu, KVM, Vi