Howto: install Windows in Ubuntu Hoary for free

[Lunde]

I haven't installed KQemu (as far as I know).

Sorry, I really appreciate you trying to help me out- what's the exact syntax?

ira@gator:~/Qemu$ qemu -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda hd.img -no-kqemu
qemu: invalid option -- '-no-kqemu'
ira@gator:~/Qemu$ qemu -boot-no-kqemu d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda hd.img
qemu: invalid option -- '-boot-no-kqemu'

Correct should be like this:
qemu -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda hd.img -no-kqemu

So you compiled it without kqemu or did you just do atp-get install qemu?

[gangalee]

Correct should be like this:
qemu -boot d -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda hd.img -no-kqemu

So you compiled it without kqemu or did you just do atp-get install qemu?

I just apt-get install qemu

The syntax you just gave me is the same as the one I tried. Notice the error.
Is it a conspiracy to keep me from escaping booting into *******!!???

[n1tro]

Thanks for the great tutorial. I had to redo the steps several times because I am a complete n00b at Linux but I managed to get XP sp2 installed onto my Asus laptop. But here something odd that happened and maybe the more experienced users can answer this one for me quickly. When I first installed qemu and made the launcher for it, I had the option (-cdrom /dev/cdrom) for the cdrom to be emulated fine. However, now when I press on my launcher, nothing happens. But when I take out the option for the cdrom in the command line, qemu boots my XP fine. What's up with that? Does it have anything to do with me installing cd/dvd burning apps? Possibly the new apps took over control of the cdrom? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[Ozziej]

I tried installing kqemu bu i get the following error:

Warning: could not find /home/ozzie/documents/download/qemu-0.7.1/kqemu/.kqemu-mod.o.cmd for /home/ozzie/documents/download/qemu-0.7.1/kqemu/kqemu-mod.o

i get this while doing make in de qemu dir. I followed every step in the howto, but i cant get past make, cause it keeps on giving this error.

does anyone know what to do about it?
i tried redownloading the files and extracting them but that doesnt help.

btw, both of the files named in the error message are in the specified diretory.

[n1tro]

Solved my own problem. Apparently you have to put "sudo" in front of the command line for qemu for it to run with the cdrom option. otherwise it would just run the hard drive image.

Thanks for the great tutorial. I had to redo the steps several times because I am a complete n00b at Linux but I managed to get XP sp2 installed onto my Asus laptop. But here something odd that happened and maybe the more experienced users can answer this one for me quickly. When I first installed qemu and made the launcher for it, I had the option (-cdrom /dev/cdrom) for the cdrom to be emulated fine. However, now when I press on my launcher, nothing happens. But when I take out the option for the cdrom in the command line, qemu boots my XP fine. What's up with that? Does it have anything to do with me installing cd/dvd burning apps? Possibly the new apps took over control of the cdrom? Any help is greatly appreciated.

[gangalee]

If anyone gets a clean Win98SE image built, could you send it to me before you start customizing it?

Thanks,

[rherman]

I'm a complete noobie at this, but I am going to give it a try. I own a license for Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Server. I only need to run a few simple apps in emulation. How can I avoid the lengthy install and load a "skinnier" version if one exsists? Or do I just do a complete install and how do i trim off the fat? Thanks.

Rob

[rherman]

NEWBIE WARNING****

The install works as written step-by-step; HOWEVER, make your hd image size larger than 3500M for Win 2K Server. I just finished rebooting the hd.img after installing, and my 'c:' drive shows 132kb free! Is there a way to change the hd.img size available at this point? Please say yes.

Rob

[edongski]

Pardon me for my inability to comprehend. I have this problem:

gcc -Wall -O2 -g -fno-strict-aliasing -fomit-frame-pointer -I. -I/root/qemu-0.7. 1/target-i386 -I/root/qemu-0.7.1 -D_GNU_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -D_LARGEFI LE_SOURCE -I/root/qemu-0.7.1/fpu -I/root/qemu-0.7.1/slirp -c -o translate-op.o / root/qemu-0.7.1/translate-op.c
In file included from /root/qemu-0.7.1/translate-op.c:36:
op.h: In function `dyngen_code':
op.h:12842: internal compiler error: Segmentation fault
Please submit a full bug report,
with preprocessed source if appropriate.
See <URL:http://gcc.gnu.org/bugs.html> for instructions.
For Debian GNU/Linux specific bug reporting instructions, see
<URL:file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-3.3/README.Bugs>.
make[1]: *** [translate-op.o] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/root/qemu-0.7.1/x86_64-softmmu'
make: *** [all] Error 1
**** Installation failed. Aborting package creation.

Cleaning up...OK

I just followed the instructions but I get this.

Thank you for your help.

EDIT:

I skipped the QEMU WITH KQEMU ACCELERATOR procedure.
I got the WinXP to install but when I enter: qemu -boot c -fda /dev/fda -cdrom /dev/cdrom -hda hd.img -user-net -pci -m 256 it shows the attached image.

What did I do wrong? Please help.

[ShagzModo]

Thanks for the info!
I will try implementing this tonight, see if i can reverse engineer Active Directory / Exchange to get rid of microsoft licensing fees.... should all be done tomorrowmorning...