richard wrote: > can i install win 7 on virtualbox from an oem install disc? I got the > to try linux and thought she could have windows in a virtual machine, > but i think we might have got the wrong sort of disc. >
By the letter of the license, no - an OEM disk is only to be used on the hardware with which it shipped. Frequently they will work, but there's no guarantee that MS wont at some point in the future decide to clamp down on it and introduce something into the updates that'll brick the VM. -- Avi -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
