Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2009-01-06 Thread Bill Davidsen
Agile Aspect wrote: Robert L Cochran wrote: I now have a virtual machine that runs Windows XP, however I am in trouble with the Windows activation process because I can't (yet) provide a valid product key code to the Microsoft activation server. The installation CD is from Dell, I just bought a

Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-16 Thread Richard Shaw
On Tue, Dec 16, 2008 at 2:22 PM, Bill Davidsen wrote: > Hal Meyer wrote: >> When I try to install a new virtual machine the process wants to install >> XP from the CD. Is there a way to just point to the XP partition on the >> disk? >> > No, you want a disk image. And I wouldn't let any install pr

Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-16 Thread Bill Davidsen
Hal Meyer wrote: I have FC10 and Windows dual booted on my PC and would like to virtualize XP with KVM. I want to be able to both boot to XP and also virtualize it in FC10 (obviously not at the same time). When you boot, do you come up in a boot manager? If you tune your grub to do a highly

Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-14 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Robert L Cochran wrote: > > Wayne Feick wrote: >> >> Your license key may or may not work in a VM. Last time I tried to >> install Dell's OEM version of XP inside VMWare (admittedly a few years >> ago), it refused to activate and gave a message that it was only >> licensed to run on Dell hardwa

Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-14 Thread Robert L Cochran
Wayne Feick wrote: > On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 13:20 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: >> Agile Aspect wrote: >> > Robert L Cochran wrote: >> >> I now have a virtual machine that runs Windows XP, however I am in >> >> trouble with the Windows activation process because I can't (yet) >> >> provide a vali

Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-14 Thread Wayne Feick
On Sun, 2008-12-14 at 13:20 -0500, Robert L Cochran wrote: > Agile Aspect wrote: > > Robert L Cochran wrote: > >> I now have a virtual machine that runs Windows XP, however I am in > >> trouble with the Windows activation process because I can't (yet) > >> provide a valid product key code to the M

Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-14 Thread Robert L Cochran
Agile Aspect wrote: > Robert L Cochran wrote: >> I now have a virtual machine that runs Windows XP, however I am in >> trouble with the Windows activation process because I can't (yet) >> provide a valid product key code to the Microsoft activation server. The >> installation CD is from Dell, I ju

Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-14 Thread Agile Aspect
Robert L Cochran wrote: I now have a virtual machine that runs Windows XP, however I am in trouble with the Windows activation process because I can't (yet) provide a valid product key code to the Microsoft activation server. The installation CD is from Dell, I just bought a new laptop with a Del

Re: Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-14 Thread Robert L Cochran
I just installed Windows XP Professional under KVM. I put the installation CD in the CD drive. This is very much like installing Windows XP on any other machine. Pop the CD in and go! Once I set up the virtual machine for Windows XP, the installer on the CD started right up and installed it. I now

Virtualizing XP with dual boot FC10/XP

2008-12-14 Thread Hal Meyer
I have FC10 and Windows dual booted on my PC and would like to virtualize XP with KVM. I want to be able to both boot to XP and also virtualize it in FC10 (obviously not at the same time). When I try to install a new virtual machine the process wants to install XP from the CD. Is there a way to